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At the end of one of the longest voting sessions in recent memory, clocking over 5 1/2 hours, the New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named A24’s First Cow as its Best Picture of 2020. The Kelly Reichardt-directed drama, executive produced by Scott Rudin, follows a skilled cook who has traveled west and joins a…

The New York Film Critics Circle will vote for its 2020 awards on December 18, the organization said Friday. Last year, Martin Scorsese's The Irishman was named the NYFCC’s best film on December 4, a day after the National Board of Review bestowed the pic the same honor. Both critics groups are always among the first…

It is difficult to fit all of the boldfaced names of those who attended Tuesday night’s New York Film Critics Circle gala into a single paragraph. Because of the event’s format, which has a presenter (usually someone notable) introducing the actual winner of a prize, the list overflowed with sparkle, this year more…

UPDATED with all winners: The New York Film Critics Circle has selected Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman as its Best Film of 2019, the second consecutive major critics group honor for Netlfix’s long (and long-in-the-works) mob drama. Yesterday, the National Board of Review bestowed it the same award. The NYFCC, one of…

The National Board of Review said Wednesday it will hold its annual awards-season gala next year on January 8 in New York City. That will be one day after the New York Film Critics Circle set its gala honoring the year’s best in movies. The NBR, which chose eventual Oscar Best Picture winner Green Book as its best…

The New York Film Critics Circle’s annual awards dinner unspooled in warmly dignified fashion, to the mild disappointment of any awards-circuit regular who witnessed last year’s riotously funny, 25-minute hijacking by Tiffany Haddish or other high drama from ceremonies past. Thankfully, from a stagecraft standpoint…

The New York Film Critics Circle has named Netflix/Participant Media’s Roma the best film of the year as well its director Alfonso Cuarón. Voting took place over the course of a near five hour period, outstripping last year’s 3 1/2 hour voting length. It’s a major breakthrough for the streaming title which is in a…

The New York Film Critics Circle, among the early smoke signalers during the ramping up movie awards season, is set to vote its best of 2018 movies November 29. The group led by IndieWire chief film critic Eric Kohn will hold its annual gala awards dinner January 7 at Tao Downtown, always one of the more lively stops…

The surprises at the annual New York Film Critics Circle dinner bash aren’t in the awards; they were announced last month. The appeal of this gathering – which in its raffishness is something like the Golden Globes but with noses tilted slightly upward – lies in how the honored artists will behave when addressing some…

After 3 1/2 hours of deliberation, the New York Film Critics Circle selected Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird as its best picture. In addition, the pic took best actress for Saoirse Ronan’s turn as a Sacramento high school senior looking to escape the confines of her northern California hometown. In sum, it marked another big…

Most of the long evening at which the New York Film Critics Circle members handed out their 82nd annual awards Tuesday night proffered the usual praise and gratitude mandatory at such affairs, with a few exceptional grace notes sprinkled in to class up the occasion. Casey Affleck, on the other hand, came prepared to…

After nearly 4 1/2 of voting where it looked like either Amazon’s Manchester by the Sea or A24’s Moonlight was going to take best picture based on their traction, the New York Film Critics Circle gave best film to Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. The Lionsgate/Summit movie also received 12 Critics’ Choice nominations…