NBR AWARDS

    The NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW named Zero Dark Thirty as the best film of the year. The non-profit organization, founded in 1909 in New York City, that promotes film and film education really does not have any potency in the awards season but its nice to see them go with a film that will be highly evocative and suspenseful. Also, a surprise that the well-deserved Bradley Cooper, in the excellent Silver Linings Playbook, beat out Daniel Day-Lewis for best actor. Here is a list of the winners that were announced today:

BEST FILM:  ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST DIRECTOR:  Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST ACTOR:  Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
BEST ACTRESS:  Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:  Leonardo DiCaprio, DJANGO UNCHAINED
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:  Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:  Rian Johnson, LOOPER
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:  David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:  WRECK-IT RALPH
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:  AMOUR
BEST DOCUMENTARY:  SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING:  Ben Affleck, ARGO
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR:  Tom Holland, THE IMPOSSIBLE
BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS:  Quvenzhane Wallis, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT:  Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
WILLIAM K. EMERSON FILM HISTORY AWARD:  50 Years of Bond Films
BEST ENSEMBLE:  LES MISERABLES
SPOTLIGHT AWARD:  John Goodman, ARGO, FLIGHT, PARANORMAN, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE
NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AWARD:  THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE
NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AWARD:  PROMISED LAND

TOP FILMS:

• ARGO 
• BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
• DJANGO UNCHAINED
• LES MISERABLES
• LINCOLN
• LOOPER
• THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
• PROMISED LAND
• SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

TOP 5 FOREIGN FILMS:

• BARBARA
• THE INTOUCHABLES
• THE KID WITH A BIKE
• NO
• WAR WITCH

TOP 5 DOCUMENTARIES:

• AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
• DETROPIA
• THE GATEKEEPERS
• THE INVISIBLE WAR
• ONLY THE YOUNG

TOP 10 INDEPENDENT FILMS:

• ARBITRAGE
• BERNIE
• COMPLIANCE
• END OF WATCH
• HELLO I MUST BE GOING
• LITTLE BIRDS
• MOONRISE KINGDOM
• ON THE ROAD
• QUARTET
• SLEEPWALK WITH ME