On December 6, local time, the 2023 National Board of Review Awards (National Board of Review) were announced. Following the New York Film Critics Circle Award awarded earlier, "Killers of the Flower Moon" was once again invincible, winning best picture, director (Martin Scorsese), actress (Lily Gladstone), cinematography (Roman) Drigo Prieto) four awards. The annual topical work "Oppenheimer" completely failed in this competition and did not win any single award.
"Killers of the Flower Moon" stills
The National Association of Review was born in New York in 1909 and has a history of more than a century. Since 1930, they have selected the best film of the year and the top ten best films every year; since 1945, individual awards such as best director and actor and actress have been added. After that, the setting, addition and removal of awards are also relatively free. Compared with several other regional film critics awards, the National Board of Review has a more diverse membership and a larger number of members - there are more than a hundred local New York filmmakers, academic scholars, film critics, and senior film critics. Although there is almost no overlap between movie fans and students and the Oscar judges, as one of the earliest awards in the annual awards season, it has some "weather vane" significance.
For example, the 2021 best picture "Liquorice Pizza" is nominated for three Oscars, the 2020 best picture "Da 5" is nominated for one, and the 2019 best picture "The Irishman" is nominated for nine awards. However, none of the above three films won any Oscars. Last year's best picture was awarded to the commercial blockbuster "Top Gun 2: Maverick". The film was nominated for six Oscars and ultimately won for Best Sound Effects.
Judging from this year's list of winners, what is more surprising is that in terms of best animated feature film, the winner is "Spider-Man: Across the Universe" instead of the recognized hit - Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron" 》. Lily Gladstone's Best Actress award and Damien Joy Randolph ("Stay")'s Best Supporting Actress award coincide with the previous New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Obviously, the two Already far ahead in the journey to "climb the Olympics". In addition, the best first film still belongs to "The Past", and director Celine Song is very likely to receive an Oscar nomination.
Although "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer", which led the 2023 box office list, were relatively poor in individual awards, they were both shortlisted for the best films of the year.
[List of individual award winners]
Best Picture: "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, "Stay in School"
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo, "Poor Thing"
Best Supporting Actress: Damien Joy Randolph, "Stay in School"
Role model: Bradley Cooper
Best Original Screenplay: David Hemingson, "Stay in School"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Tony McNamara, "Poor Things"
Best Animated Feature Film: "Spider-Man: Across the Universe"
Best International Film: "Falling Judgment"
Best Documentary Feature: "Me Still Me: Michael J. Fox"
Breakout performance: Tyana Taylor, "One Thousand and One"
Best Director's First Feature: Celine Song, "My Life"
Best Ensemble: "Iron Claw"
Outstanding Achievement in Photography: Rodrigo Prieto, "Barbie", "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Outstanding Stunt Achievement: Director Chad Staelski and action choreographers Stephen Dunleavy and Scott Rogers, "John Wick 4"
Best Films of the Year (in alphabetical order by English title, the same below):
"Barbie"
"The Boy and the Heron"
"Ferrari"
"Staying in School Alliance"
"Iron Claw"
"Music Master"
"Oppenheimer"
"Past Life"
"Poor Thing"
The five best international films of the year:
"Chimera"
"Withered Leaves"
"Teachers' Lounge"
"totem"
"Area of Interest"
The five best documentary features of the year:
"20 Days in Mariupol"
"32 Voices"
"Eternal Memory"
"Pigeon Tunnel"
"The Call of the Deep"
Top 10 independent films of the year:
"The dirt roads taste like salt"
"We are all strangers"
"blackberries"
"Mother Earth"
"Flora and Son"
"Persian Version"
"Occasionally Echoed"
"The show is here"
"Drama Training Camp"
"one thousand and One"
