National Society of Film Critics Names ‘Past Lives’ Best Picture of 2023 (Complete Winners List) https://t.co/WQbfF6q1LK pic.twitter.com/fk5VI6FlP5
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The National Society of Film Critics is the third group of what is referred to as the critics trifecta (the other two being the LA and NY collectives). “Past Lives” picked up the top prize. Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named Best Supporting Actress and has become the only acting contender of the season to sweep the trifecta, further cementing her place as the Oscar frontrunner. The rest of the winners are under the cut.
Best Picture: “Past Lives”
Runners-up: “The Zone of Interest”
“Oppenheimer”
Best Director: Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
Runners-up: Todd Haynes, “May December”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Best Actor: Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Runners-up: Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest”
Runners-up: Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Melton, “May December”
Runners-up: Robert Downey, Jr., “Oppenheimer”, and Ryan Gosling, “Barbie” (tie)
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Runners-up: Penélope Cruz, “Ferrari”
Rachel McAdams, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”
Best screenplay: Samy Burch, “May December”
Runners-up: Celine Song, “Past Lives”
David Hemingson, “The Holdovers”
Best cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Runners-up: Łukasz Żal, “The Zone of Interest”
Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer”
Best experimental film: Jean Luc-Godard’s “Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars”
Film heritage award: Criterion Channel
Film heritage award: Facets, Kim’s Video, Scarecrow Video and Vidiots
Special citation for a film awaiting U.S. distribution: Víctor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes”
who knows what chaos the globes will bring tomorrow
