NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Brady Corbet's won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while its lead, , also won best actor.
The win notches an early awards-season victory for one of the fall's . 鈥淭he Brutalist," which A24 will release Dec. 20, stars Brody as L谩szl贸 Toth, a visionary Hungarian Jewish architect who flees WWII Budapest for America.
Fresh off winning two awards at , RaMell Ross' 鈥淣ickel Boys鈥� picked up another pair of honors. Ross won for directing and the film's director of photography, Jomo Fray, took best cinematography honors. 鈥淣ickel Boys,鈥� which opens next week, is shot largely from a first-person perspective in telling the story, adapted from Colson Whitehead's novel, of two Black teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
The critics group, which last year best film, will hand out awards in a ceremony on Jan. 8.
Full list of 2024 New York Film Critics Circle winners
Best film: 鈥淭he Brutalist鈥�
Best director: RaMell Ross, 鈥淣ickel Boys鈥�
Best actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 鈥淗ard Truths鈥�
Best actor: Adrian Brody, 鈥淭he Brutalist鈥�
Best screenplay: Sean Baker, 鈥淎nora鈥�
Best supporting actress: Carol Kane, 鈥淏etween the Temples"
Best supporting actor: Kieran Culkin, 鈥淎 Real Pain鈥�
Best international film: 鈥淎ll We Imagine as Light鈥�
Best Non-Fiction Film: 鈥淣o Other Land鈥�
Best cinematography: Jomo Fray, 鈥淣ickel Boys鈥�
Best first film: 鈥淛anet Planet鈥�
Best animated film: 鈥淔low鈥�
Special award: To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
The Associated Press
