Another film critics group that is usually one of the first out of the gate during the start of awards season, the New York Film Critics Online released their winners today. “Minari” took their top award of Best Picture as well as Best Foreign Language film and tying for Best Supporting Actress. “Promising Young Woman” actually took three awards, with Carey Mulligan winning Best Actress and Emerald Fennell winning Best Debut Director and Screenplay.
BEST PICTURE
“Minari”
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao
“Nomadland”
BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed
“Sound Of Metal”
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan
“Promising Young Woman”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leslie Odom, Jr.
“One Night In Miami…”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(TIE)
Ellen Burstyn
“Pieces Of A Woman”
&
Youn Yuh-jung
“Minari”
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
(TIE)
Maria Bakalova
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
&
Kingsley Ben-Adir
“One Night In Miami”
BEST ENSEMBLE
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell
“Promising Young Woman”
BEST SCREENPLAY
“Promising Young Woman”
Emerald Fennell
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Minari”
(United States)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“The Way I See It”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Soul”
BEST USE OF MUSIC
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Branford Marsalis
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Nomadland”
Joshua James Richards
TOP 10 FILMS
| “The Assistant” |
| “First Cow” |
| “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” |
| “Minari” |
| “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” |
| “Nomadland” |
| “One Night in Miami” |
| “Promising Young Woman” |
| “Tommaso” |
| “The Trial of the Chicago 7” |
QUICK LIST
Best Picture: “Minari”
Best Director: Chloé Zhao — “Nomadland”
Best Actor: Riz Ahmed — “Sound Of Metal”
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan — “Promising Young Woman”
Best Supporting Actor: Leslie Odom Jr. — “One Night In Miami”
Best Supporting Actress (TIE): Ellen Burstyn — “Pieces of a Woman” + Youn Yuh-jung — “Minari”
Breakthrough Performance (TIE): Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” + Kingsley Ben-Adir — “One Night In Miami”
Best Ensemble Cast: “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Debut Director: Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman”
Best Screenplay: “Promising Young Woman” — Emerald Fennell
Best Foreign Language Film: “Minari”
Best Documentary: “The Way I See It”
Best Animated Feature: “Soul”
Best Use of Music: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — Branford Marsalis
Best Cinematography: “Nomadland” — Joshua James Richards
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE
The New York Film Critics Online, is an organization composed of 38 top online film critics in New York City. It has a rich mix of reviewers who have carved out original, innovative spaces on the internet for critical illumination. The group meets once a year, in December, and votes its film awards for that year.
