New York Film Critics Circle

We join our colleagues in @lafilmcritics.bsky.social, @nsfc.bsky.social‬, and @bsfc.bsky.social in condemning the attack on NO OTHER LAND co-director Hamdan Ballal.

David Lynch Was the Great, Golly-Gee Chronicler of American Darkness Lynch, who died today at 78, combined Eisenhower-era innocence and experimental cinema to forge a disturbing, darkly hilarious look at American life.

I wish I never had to write this piece. On the late great David Lynch, a filmmaker who taught me how to look directly into the darkness.

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We’re Lucky to Have Been Alive in the Age of David Lynch The filmmaker behind Twin Peaks, Mulholland Dr., and Blue Velvet, who died at 78, made the strange seem normal and the normal feel strange.

He made strange things feel normal and normal things feel strange. We were so lucky to have him. time.com/7207633/davi...

For the Love of God, Give This Woman an Oscar Nomination No one last year gave a performance that comes close to what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in Hard Truths.

Wrote about my favorite performance of the past year, and why what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in HARD TRUTHS really feels like it's in a league of its own www.vulture.com/article/give...

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2024

A video countdown

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‘No Other Land’: A vital Palestinian doc exposes cinema’s hypocrisies Critic Siddhant Adlakha reviews documentary "No Other Land," which tells the story of Palestinians being expelled from their homes.

Thrilled the NYFCC could award “No Other Land.” Filmmakers Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal & Rachel Szor sent a powerful statement via Kirsten Johnson that mentioned colleagues Lovia Gyarkye, David Ehrlich & myself. Sending our love & support right back🇵🇸
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There she is, folks. Hard Truths opens Friday.

why look, it’s TV’s Robert Pattinson, presenting Best Picture to The Brutalist @nyfcc.bsky.social

Annie Baker accepts Best First Feature while recalling the pivotal experience of picking up Pauline Kael’s For Keeps and seeing Secrets & Lies at the age of 15; Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste are here to receive the tribute @nyfcc.bsky.social

an Igby Goes Down reunion as Claire Danes presents Supporting Actor to Kieran Culkin with a heartfelt intro. “That was beautiful,” Culkin quips. “I wish I was listening.” @nyfcc.bsky.social

a standing ovation for Carol Kane, for Between the Temples and so much more @nyfcc.bsky.social

Party time. #NYFCC

BEST FILM: The Brutalist

STUDENT PRIZES: Alexander Swift (Undergraduate, Vassar) and Drew Smith (Graduate, NYU)

SPECIAL AWARD: To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation

BEST DIRECTOR: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

BEST ACTOR: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

BEST SCREENPLAY: Sean Baker, Anora

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: All We Imagine as Light

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Carol Kane, Between the Temples

BEST ACTRESS: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

BEST NON-FICTION FILM: No Other Land

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys

BEST FIRST FILM: Janet Planet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Flow

The 22 Best Movies of 2024 ‘Anora,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘My Old Ass,’ and more of 2024’s best movies.

I have named the best movies of this accursed year. Read, please! https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/best-movies-2024

REVIEW: NOSFERATU Is What A Perfect, Classic Horror Movie Looks Like Robert Eggers has delivered a creepy, sensual vampire epic for the ages. Read our full NOSFERATU review right here.

I adored NOSFERATU, Robert Eggers's best film. My review for Fangoria is here: www.fangoria.com/robert-egger...

‘Nosferatu’ Review: Lily-Rose Depp Succumbs to the Darkness in a Psychosexual Fairy Tale That Breathes Fresh Life Into Cinema’s Most Famous Vampire Robert Eggers' gorgeous adaptation is anchored by a revelatory performance by Lily-Rose Depp, who stuns as a woman torn apart by unconscious desire.

loved Nosferatu. Lily-Rose Depp is a total revelation.

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Why Some of the Year’s Best Performances Are From Actresses Who Say Very Little Films like “Conclave” and “Bird” provide a stark contrast to the recent succession of films about women finding their voices.

I wrote a little thing for the @nytimes.com's T Magazine about a spate of recent film performances by women who speak very little--not because their voices are being repressed, but because silence is their own particular way of wielding power. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/t...