The National Society of Film Critics met in New York and Los Angeles on Saturday, January 7, for the 57th annual awards. This year sawTodd Field’sTÁRtake home the Best Picture and come away with the most total awards at 3.
TÁRwas the first film directed by Field since his 2006 drama,Little Children, and it tells the story and downfall of the titular Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) — an extremely talented and famous composer-conductor. The National Society of Film Critics also gave Blanchett the award for Best Actress andTÁRalso won Best Screenplay with the film also being written by Field. The film was also featured as a Runner-up in Best Supporting Actress forNina Hoss' performance. Other notable winners includeThe Banshees of Inisherinand the Polish filmEO, both winning two awards each. The former sawColin Farrellwin Best Actor for his role in theMartin McDonaghfilm as well asAfter Yang,andKerry Condonwon Best Supporting Actress.EOwon Best Film Not in the English Language and sawMichał Dymektake home Best Cinematography.
Last year’s awards from the National Society of Film Critics were dominated byRyusuke Hamaguchiand his acclaimed drama featureDrive My Carwhich won the award for Best Picture with Hamaguchi winning Best Director for his work on both theDrive My Carand fellow 2021 filmWheel of Fortune and Fantasy.Drive My CarleadHidetoshi Nishijimaalso won the Best Actor award at last year’s event. That film went on to be nominated for 5 Academy Awards — including Best Picture — and went on to win Best International Feature Film. We will need to wait to see if this success followsTÁRinto this awards season.
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Here’s the full list of winners and runner-ups for the 2023 National Society of Film Critics Awards:
Best Picture:TÁR(61 points)
Runners-up:Aftersun(49 points),No Bears(32 points)
Best Director:Charlotte Wells,Aftersun(60 points)
Runners-up:Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave, 49 points), Jafar Panahi (No Bears, 32 points)
Best Actor: Colin Farrell,After YangandThe Banshees of Inisherin(71 points)
Runners-up:Paul Mescal (Aftersun, 55 points), Bill Nighy (Living, 33 points)
Best Actress:Cate Blanchett,TÁR(59 points)
Runners-up:Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once, 38 points), Tilda Swinton (The Eternal Daughter, 27 points), and Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans, 27 points)
Best Supporting Actor:Ke Huy Quan,Everything Everywhere All at Once(45 points)
Runners-up:Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway, 35 points), Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin, 27 points)
Best Supporting Actress:Kerry Condon,The Banshees of Inisherin(57 points)
Runners-up:Nina Hoss (TÁR, 43 points),Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness, 35 points)
Best Screenplay:Todd Field,TÁR(61 points)
Runners-up:Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, 42 points), James Gray (Armageddon Time, (18 points)
Best Cinematography: Michał Dymek,EO(62 points)
Runners-up:Hoyte van Hoytema (Nope, 37 points),Kim Ji-yong, (Decision to Leave, 34 points)
Best Film Not in the English Language:EO(43 points)
Runners-up:No Bears(37 points), Decision to Leave(34 points)
Best Nonfiction Film:All the Beauty and the Bloodshed(46 points)
