Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle is the oldest such group in the USA. The circle’s membership includes critics from daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and online publications. This year, they are first critics group to announce their list of winners. The awards will subsequently be handed out during their annual ceremony in January.
In December of each year, the organization meets to vote on awards for films released in the previous calendar year for the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, which are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City–based publications.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Film:
“Boyhood”
Best Director:
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Best Screenplay:
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard, “The Immigrant” and “Two Days, One Night”
Best Actor:
Timothy Spall, “Mr. Turner”
Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Best Supporting Actor:
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Cinematography:
Darius Khondji, “The Immigrant”
Best Non-fiction Film:
‘Citizenfour’
“Citizenfour”
Best Foreign Language Film:
“Ida”
Best Animated Feature:
“The Lego Movie”
Best First Feature:
Jennifer Kent, “The Babadook”
NYFCC gave a special award to Adrienne Mancia, the former film curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.