National Society of Film Critics: Coen's INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

    

     Justice is served. After getting snubbed by the Producers Guild and the Writers Guild, the Coen brothers 60s period, folk music set film Inside Llewyn Davis got major kudos with the National Society of Film Critics awards. The film won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Cinematography. It lost Best Screenplay to the wonderful Before Midnight. That is cool with me. I love the Coen brothers and they are the best filmmakers next to Martin Scorsese. Scorsese is are greatest living filmmaker and still knows how to get things done, but the Coen's are right there next to him and are about as perfect as it gets. Here is a list of all the winners and runners-up for the National Society of Film Critics awards. Enjoy!

BEST PICTURE
Inside Llewyn Davis
Runners-up: American Hustle; 12 Years a Slave; Her

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Runners-up: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity; Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Runners-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave; Robert Redford, All Is Lost

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Runners-up: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color; Julie Delpy, Before Midnight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
James Franco, Spring Breakers
Runners-up: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club; Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Runners-up: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave; Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine, Léa Seydoux, Blue is the Warmest Color

BEST SCREENPLAY
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Runners-up: Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis; Eric Singer & David O. Russell, American Hustle

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue is the Warmest Color
Runners-up: A Touch of Sin; The Great Beauty

BEST NONFICTION FILM
The Act of Killing & At Berkeley (tie)
Runner-up: Leviathan

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Runners-up: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity; Phedon Papamichael, Nebraska