In a dazzling celebration of cinematic excellence, Martin Scorsese's epic crime drama, "Killers of the Flower Moon," has been named the best film of 2023 by the New York Film Critics Circle.
This marks the third time Scorsese has received this prestigious accolade from his hometown critics, with his earlier triumphs being "GoodFellas" in 1990 and "The Irishman" in 2019.
Apart from this, the critics also honored Lily Gladstone with the Best Actress award for her compelling performance alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the same movie.
"Killers of the Flower Moon," a $200 million Apple Studios production based on David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, chronicles the Osage murders of the 1920s.
Christopher Nolan's blockbuster drama, "Oppenheimer," also garnered significant recognition, securing the Best Director award for Nolan and Best Cinematography for Hoyte van Hoytema.
The awards will be handed out at a dinner on 3 January. Last year, the critics named Todd Field’s “Tár” the best film of 2022.
Here’s a full list of their picks:
Best Film: “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Best Actor: Franz Rogowski, “Passages”
Best International Film: “Anatomy of a Fall”
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Melton, “May December”
Best Screenplay: “May December”
Best Non-Fiction Film: “Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros”
Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer”
Best First Film: “Past Lives”
Best Animated Film: “The Boy and the Heron”
Special Award: Karen Cooper, director of the Film Forum, the standard-bearing New York arthouse cinema
