Yesterday came word that AMERICAN HUSTLE was named Best Picture by the New York Film Critics Circle and today we have another group naming their winner. This time the honor comes from the National Board of Review and they named Spike Jonze's HER as the top movie of 2013. Both HER and AMERICAN HUSTLE are amongst the numerous films that will likely vie for Oscar nominations in a few months and both will probably take home a number of trophies.
Spike Jonze took home the honor of Best Director of the year while acting awards went to Bruce Dern and Emma Thompson for NEBRASKA and SAVING MR. BANKS. The group also named their top 12 movies of the year which were (in alphabetical order):
12 YEARS A SLAVE
FRUITVALE STATION
GRAVITY
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
LONE SURVIVOR
NEBRASKA
PRISONERS
SAVING MR BANKS
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
The National Board of Review is often another reliable predictor for what to expect from the Golden Globes and Academy Awards and they recognized a much more varied list of films as compared to the NYFCC yesterday. It looks like we are going to have a pretty big group of nominees for the Oscars and that is all good with me.
Absent from this list is Scarlett Johansson's voice work in HER which has been the subject of debate as to whether it is worthy of an acting nomination despite no physical presence on screen. She has already been ruled out of a Golden Globe nomination, so stay tuned for more on that front.
HER opens in theaters on December 18, 2013. Check out the full list of winners below.
Best Film
HERBest Director
Spike Jonze, HERBest Actor
Bruce Dern, NEBRASKABest Actress
Emma Thompson, SAVING MR. BANKSBest Supporting Actor
Will Forte, NEBRASKABest Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer, FRUITVALE STATIONBest Original Screenplay
Joel and Ethan Coen, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVISBest Adapted Screenplay
Terence Winter, THE WOLF OF WALL STREETBest Animated Feature
THE WIND RISESBreakthrough Performance
Michael B. Jordan, FRUITVALE STATIONBreakthrough Performance
Adele Exarchopoulos, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLORBest Directorial Debut
Ryan Coogler, FRUITVALE STATIONBest Foreign Language Film
THE PASTBest Documentary
STORIES WE TELLWilliam K. Everson Film History Award
George Stevens, Jr.Best Ensemble
PRISONERSSpotlight Award
Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprioNBR Freedom of Expression Award
WADJDACreative Innovation in Filmmaking Award
GRAVITYTop Films
(in alphabetical order)
12 YEARS A SLAVE
FRUITVALE STATION
GRAVITY
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
LONE SURVIVOR
NEBRASKA
PRISONERS
SAVING MR BANKS
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
THE WOLF OF WALL STREETTop 5 Foreign Language Films
(In Alphabetical Order)
BEYOND THE HILLS
GLORIA
THE GRANDMASTER
A HIGHJACKING
THE HUNTTop 5 Documentaries
(In Alphabetical Order)
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
THE ACT OF KILLING
AFTER TILLER
CASTING BY
THE SQUARETop 10 Independent Films
(In Alphabetical Order)
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
IN A WORLD…
MOTHER OF GEORGE
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MUD
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
SHORT TERM 12
SIGHTSEERS
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
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