The New York Film Critics Circle has named 鈥� 鈥� as its best picture of the year, with Todd Field鈥檚 contemporary drama about a renowned conductor and composer also nabbing best actress for .
The group met Friday in New York to vote on and announce its selections for the year.
Best director went to S. S. Rajamouli for the Telugu-language action film 鈥� .鈥� Laura Poitras鈥� Nan Goldin documentary 鈥� 鈥� was named best nonfiction film and 鈥淓O,鈥� a Polish drama about a donkey, won best foreign language film.
Colin Farrell won best actor for two of his performances this year, in Kogonada鈥檚 future-set sci-fi drama 鈥� ,鈥� in which he plays a father trying to repair his young daughter鈥檚 android, and in Martin McDonagh鈥檚 鈥� ,鈥� where he is suddenly defriended by his longtime pal (Brendan Gleeson).
McDonagh also won best screenplay for the film about the ripple effects the friendship breakup has on the inhabitants of a small island off the west coast of Ireland in 1923.
Farrell, Blanchett, McDonagh and Poitras all also won awards in September.
Ke Huy Quan was named best supporting actor for his turn in close on the heels of his , while Keke Palmer got best supporting actress for
鈥淭oday鈥檚 NYFCC winners reflect the broad range of our tastes, as well as what鈥檚 exciting audiences at cinemas today,鈥� NYFCC Chair Jordan Hoffman said in a statement.
The group is known for spreading awards across a wide swath of the year鈥檚 films: Even 鈥淭op Gun: Maverick鈥� picked up an award, for Claudio Miranda鈥檚 cinematography.
Other winners included Charlotte Wells' 鈥� ,鈥� selected as best first film, and Dean Fleischer-Camp's 鈥� 鈥� for best animated film.
The was also singled out for a special award 鈥渇or his dogged bravery as an artist, and for the humanity and beauty of a body of work created under the most oppressive circumstances.鈥�
The New York Film Critics Circle, founded in 1935, is the oldest critics group in the country, with members from newspapers, magazines and online publications. The group will hand out its awards at a dinner in early January.
Last year, the group chose as its best picture and the year before that.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
