SS Rajamoulithe director of the surprise Telugu action hit RRR won Best Director at today’s New York Film Critics Circle Awards. The film, which has already had a sequel, tells a fictional story of real-life freedom fighters Komaram Bheem et Alluri Sitarama Rajuexploits against British colonists in 1920s India.
The film was surprisingly overlooked as India’s official selection for the Best International Feature category at next year’s Oscars, but that hasn’t dissuaded its distributor Variance Films from pushing hard for the film to be considered, including Best Picture. at the Oscars next year. This latest accolade for the film won’t do any harm as awards season kicks off over the next couple of months.
Other notable award winners include the Magnificent After sunthe first feature-length drama Charlotte Wellscharacterized Paul Mescal et Frankie Addabout a young Scottish father and his teenage daughter on a dream holiday to Turkey in the late 1990s. Oscar. After sun was awarded Best Film Debut by the Critics’ Circle in recognition of Wells’ efforts.
There was also recognition for Ke Huy Quanwith his performance in Everything, everywhere, all at once, her first film role in two decades, which earned her the Best Supporting Actor award, while in the Best Supporting Actress category, Keke Palmer she triumphed for her stage tour Giordano Pelethis is Do not.
And in a sign that may or may not mean anything, big awards season arrives, the Best Actor and Best Actress gongs have gone to Colin Farrell et Cate Blanchette. Farrell has been praised for his outstanding work in Martin McDonaghsad comedy The Banshees of Inisherin – which also won Best Original Screenplay – while Blanchett starred LIBRARY, which won Best Picture. Blanchett is the favorite to win the Oscar with the bookies, while Farrell remains the second favorite behind Brendan Fraser for his performance in The whale.
The full list of 2022 New York Film Critics Circle winners is below.
Best first work: “After Sun”
Best animated film: “Marcel the shell with shoes”
Best Non-Fiction Feature: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, “Everything everywhere all at once”
Best Supporting Actress: Keke Palmer, “Not”
Best Cinematography: « Top Gun : Maverick », Claudio Miranda
Best international film: «EO», Jerzy Skolimowski
Best Screenplay: “The Banshees of Inisherin”, Martin McDonagh
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “After Yang”
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, “LIBRARY”
Best Director: SS Rajamouli, «RRR»
Best Movie: “LIBRARY”
