One of the bigger critics groups gave out their citations today, with the New York Film Critics Circle announcing award winners for 2020. After doling out a Best Picture win last year for The Irishman, they went decidedly smaller this time around, citing First Cow with Picture. Da 5 Bloods (Best Actor for Delroy Lindo and Best Supporting Actor for Chadwick Boseman) and Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Best Actress for Sidney Flanigan and Best Screenplay for Eliza Hittman) tied for the most wins with two apiece. NYFCC spread things out, also giving the thumbs up to Chloé Zhao and Nomadland, as well as something as off the wall as Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Supporting Actress for Maria Bakalova). If this is how awards season is going to be throughout, we’re in for something pretty fun… Here is who and what took the NYFCC prizes: Best Picture: First Cow Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers Best Cinematography: Small Axe (all films) Best First Film: The 40-Year-Old Version Best Foreign-Language Film: Bacurau Best Nonfiction Film: Time Special Award 1: Kino Lorber’s Kino Marquee Special Award 2: Spike Lee Here also from today are the nominations from the Chicago Film Critics Association: BEST PICTURE Da 5 Bloods First Cow Lovers Rock Nomadland Promising Young Woman BEST DIRECTOR Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods Steve McQueen, Lovers Rock Kelly Reichardt, First Cow Chloe Zhao, Nomadland BEST ACTOR Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins, The Father Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods Steven Yeun, Minari BEST ACTRESS Jessie Buckley, I’m Thinking of Ending Things Carrie Coon, The Nest Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Frances McDormand, Nomadland Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods Bill Murray, On the Rocks Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami Paul Raci, Sound of Metal David Strathairn, Nomadland BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Toni Collette, I’m Thinking of Ending Things Amanda Seyfried, Mank Letitia Wright, Mangrove Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Da 5 Bloods by Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Wilmott & Spike Lee Never Rarely […]