Nomadland is the critics darling of 2020
The third major critics organization, the NSFC, has fallen for Nomadland and its director Chloe Zhao, which is quickly becoming the overall critics favorite of 2020. Usually the NSFC is the last critics group to announce its winners, but this year it’s kind of all over the place, and the National Board of Review will actually be the last of the major four to announce this week (after almost always going first). Nomadland should probably be considered the frontrunner of the season at this point, but most people haven’t seen it of course, and who knows what the industry will like. The movie comes out on Hulu on Feb. 19th, so we’ve got a while yet before it can be widely seen.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS WINNERS 2020
Best Picture: “Nomadland”
Best Director: Chloé Zhao
Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”
Best Actress: Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”
Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Best Foreign-Language Film: “Collective”
Best Nonfiction Film: “Time”
