La National Society of Critics, associazione con base a New York ha scelto i migliori dell’anno. Amour di Michael Haneke si è imposto sia per il migliori film che per la migliore regia su The Master e Zero Dark Thirty.
I migliori attori sono Daniel Day Lewis per Lincoln ed Emmanuelle Riva per Amour. La migliore sceneggiatura è quella di Lincoln.
Ecco tutti i vincitori ed i runner-up!
BEST PICTURE *1. Amour – 28 2. The Master – 25 3. Zero Dark Thirty – 18
BEST DIRECTOR *1. Michael Haneke (Amour) – 27 2. Kathryn Bigelow – 24 2. Paul Thomas Anderson – 24
BEST ACTOR *1. Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln – 59 2. Denis Lavant – 49 2. Joaquin Phoenix – 49
BEST ACTRESS *1. Emmanuelle Riva – Amour – 50 2. Jennifer Lawrence – 42 3. Jessica Chastain– 32
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR *1. Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike & Bernie – 27 2. Tommy Lee Jones – 22 3. Philip Seymour Hoffman – 19
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS *1. Amy Adams – The Master – 34 2. Sally Field – 23 3. Anne Hathaway – 13
BEST NONFICTION *1. The Gatekeepers – 53 2. This Is Not a Film – 45 3. Searching for Sugar Man – 23
BEST SCREENPLAY *1. Lincoln – Tony Kushner – 59 2. The Master (P.T. Anderson)– 27 3. Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell) – 19
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *1. The Master (Mihai Malaimare, Jr. ) – 60 2. Skyfall (Roger Deakins) – 30 3. Zero Dark Thirty (Greig Fraser) – 21
EXPERIMENTAL: This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi)
FILM HERITAGE
• To Laurence Kardish, Senior Film Curator at MoMA, for his extraordinary 44 years of service, including this year’s Weimar Cinema retrospective. • To Milestone Film and Video for their ongoing Shirley Clarke project.
DEDICATION: This year’s awards are dedicated to the late Andrew Sarris, one of the most original and influential American film critics as well as a founding member of the Society.