The New York Film Critics Circle announced the winners of their 81st annual kudos on Thursday (Dec.1). These Gotham-based reviewers are the first critics group to weigh in with their picks for the top pic with their LA counterparts due to chime in on Sunday.
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BEST PICTURE
“La La Land”
BEST DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
BEST ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle” and “The Things to Come”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Michelle Williams, “Certain Women” and “Manchester by the Sea”
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BEST SCREENPLAY
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
James Laxton, “Moonlight”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Zootopoia”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Toni Erdmann”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“O.J.: Made in America”
BEST FIRST FEATURE (TIE)
“The Edge of Seventeen” and “Krisha”
SPECIAL AWARDS
Thelma Schoonmaker
Julie Dash’s “Daughters of the Dust” 25th Anniversary Restoration
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