Todd Field’s ‘Tár’ won with a hat-trick, which was rare. That’s because the drama won Best Picture from the National Society of Film Critics on Saturday. He is one of the few films to win his three Best Picture awards from three major critics bodies this season, after receiving prestigious awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle. .
The last NSFC, NYFCC, and LAFVA winning films were Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car (2021), David Fincher’s The Social Network (2010), and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2010). 2009) were both nominated. the best photo. Bigelow’s film triumphed in the Academy’s top category.
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But it’s not the only movie that celebrates three-peat. ‘Tar’ star Cate Blanchett and ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ sensation Ke Her Hui Her Quan have won all her three Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor awards respectively .
“Tar” also won Best Original Screenplay, and supporting actress nominee Nina Hoss was runner-up for Best Supporting Actress.Both Blanchett and Field were on variety of Cover this week.
Colin Farrell and Kelly Condon extended their major tally by winning Lead Actor and Supporting Actress for their performances in Martin McDonagh’s Banshees of Inisherin. Farrell’s victory was combined with another acclaimed turn of his on Kogonada’s “After Yang”.
Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” was another nod to the critics’ circuit and won the award for Best Documentary.
A24’s emotional independent drama ‘After Sun’ wins Best Director for first-time filmmaker Charlotte Wells and continues to power Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision to Leave’. This is after being firmly on the BAFTA longlist. It was a finalist in multiple categories, including best film, ahead of the putative juggernauts Avatar: Path of Water and A Woman Speaks.
EO, an intimate Polish donkey story, won two awards for Best Non-English Film and Best Cinematography for Michal Dimek. This coming week is one of the most important awards season as the DGA and SAG nominations are announced this week along with the Golden Globes and Critics Awards ceremonies.
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