Drive My Car somewhat oddly completes a critics trifecta
It’s a very short list of films that have won the New York, LA and National Society of Film Critics Best Picture awards and you can now add Drive My Car to the list, but honestly I don’t quite understand why. I can’t imagine this movie getting an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and there’s almost no way for anyone to see it. But Penelope Cruz gets another big boost and hopefully she’ll land that Oscar nomination next month. This group announces second and third runners up so you can see the full spectrum of movies they liked.
2021 NSFC AWARDS
Best picture: Drive My Car
Runners up: Petite Maman
The Power of the Dog
Best actor: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Drive My Car
Runners up: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Best actress: Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Runners up: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Best supporting actress: Ruth Negga, Passing
Runners up: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Best supporting actor: Anders Danielsen Lie, The Worst Person in the World
Runners up: Vincent Lindon, Titane
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Runners up: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Céline Sciamma, Petitite Maman
Best screenplay: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
Runners up: Pedro Almodóvar, Paralell Mothers
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Best cinematography: Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight
Runners up: Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Memoria
Best nonfiction film: Flee
Runners up: Procession
The Velvet Underground
