New York Film Critics Circle Announce 2023 Winners "Killers of the Flower Moon" Named Best Film

The New York Film Critics Circle voted today at Film at Lincoln Center for their 2023 awards winners. The awards will be handed out during their annual ceremony on Wednesday, January 3, 2023, at Tao Downtown.

Killers of the Flower Moon was awarded Best Film, the third film directed by Martin Scorsese to receive this award. Christopher Nolan was named Best Director for Oppenheimer, Lily Gladstone was selected as Best Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon, and Franz Rogowski was chosen as Best Actor for Passages. 


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The Boy and the Heron was selected as Best Animated Film, marking the fourth time a Studio Ghibli film directed by Hayao Miyazaki has won the award. A Special Award was given to Karen Cooper for her five decades of creative leadership as director of Film Forum. Mick Gaw and Katherine Prior were awarded the student scholarships. Full list of winners below.

"As always, the members of the NYFCC have chosen an outstanding, exciting slate of winners. I can't wait to honor them all at our annual dinner in January," said NYFCC Chair Matt Singer of ScreenCrush.

Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle is the oldest critics group in the country, and among the most prestigious. The NYFCC's membership includes critics from daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and the web's most respected online publications.


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Every year the organization meets to vote on awards for the calendar year's films, among the first of the major groups to pronounce its winners. Oftentimes the NYFCC's selections pave a path for Awards Season, while other times their picks stand proudly independent from other organizations. The group's awards dinner in early January is also considered a kick-off to a new year of glamorous events in New York City.


Best Film:
Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Director:
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Screenplay:
Samy Burch, May December

Best Actress:
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actor:
Franz Rogowski, Passages

Best Supporting Actress:
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actor:
Charles Melton, May December

Best Foreign Language Film:
Anatomy of a Fall

Best Cinematography:
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Best Nonfiction Film:
Menus-Plaisirs -- Les Troisgros

Best First Film:
Past Lives

Best Animated Film:
The Boy and the Heron

Special Awards:
Karen Cooper for her five decades of creative leadership as director of Film Forum

Student Scholarships:

Undergraduate, Mick Gaw (NYU)

Graduate, Katherine Prior (Brooklyn College)


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A FULL LIST OF CURRENT NYFCC MEMBERS INCLUDE:

 
Matt Singer (CHAIR)
ScreenCrush
 
David Sims (VICE CHAIR)
The Atlantic
 
Stephen Garrett (GENERAL MANAGER)
Freelance
 
Sam Adams
Slate
 
Siddhant Adlakha
Freelance
 
Melissa Anderson
4Columns
 
Michael Atkinson
Freelance
 
Jason Bailey
The Playlist
 
Richard Brody
The New Yorker
 
Dwight Brown
NNPA Syndication
 
Kameron Austin Collins
Rolling Stone
 
Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine
 
David Ehrlich
IndieWire
 
Kate Erbland
IndieWire
 
David Fear
Rolling Stone
 
Graham Fuller
Freelance
 
Owen Gleiberman
Variety
 
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
 
Leah Greenblatt
Freelance
 
Steven D. Greydanus
The National Catholic Register
 
Rafer Guzman
Newsday
 
Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter

Jordan Hoffman
The Messenger

Caryn James
BBC
 
Tomris Laffly
Freelance
 
Richard Lawson
Vanity Fair
 
Violet Lucca
Freelance
 
Soraya Nadia McDonald
Andscape
 
Farran Nehme
Freelance

Sheila O'Malley
Rogerebert.com
 
Rex Reed
New York Observer
 
David Rooney
The Hollywood Reporter
 
Nick Schager
The Daily Beast
 
Kyle Smith
The Wall Street Journal
 
Dana Stevens
Slate
 
Amy Taubin
Freelance
 
Peter Travers
ABC
 
Keith Uhlich
Freelance
 
Elizabeth Weitzman
Freelance
 
Stephen Whitty
Freelance
 
Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
 
Alison Willmore
New York Magazine
 
Stephanie Zacharek
Time Magazine
 
Esther Zuckerman
Freelance


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