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Actor Timothy Spall was named best actor for his portrayal of
one of Britain's greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner, in "Mr.
Turner," and Marion Cotillard nabbed the top actress honors for
roles in two films, "The Immigrant" and "Two Days, One Night."
With presentation set for on Jan. 5 in New York, these are the
first major movie awards in the run-up to the Oscars, the film
industry's highest accolades.
Actor J.K. Simmons picked up the best supporting actor prize for
playing a music teacher who terrorizes a student in "Whiplash,"
while Patricia Arquette won best supporting actress as the
mother in "Boyhood," which follows a boy growing up from age 5
to 18.
The New York Film Critics Circle, founded in 1935, is among the
oldest such groups in the country and its members represent
newspapers, magazines and online publications.
The awards are regarded as a bellwether for the Oscars, which
will be bestowed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences on Feb. 22.
The NYFCC selected "The Lego Movie" as the best animated film
and "Ida," the story of a young woman on the verge of taking her
vows as a nun in 1960s Poland, as best foreign film.
"Citizenfour," a documentary by director Laura Poitras about
former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who
released tens of thousands of classified documents to the media,
was named best non-fiction film.
The best screenplay award went to Wes Anderson for "The Grand
Budapest Hotel," a tale about a concierge in a famous fictional
hotel between the first and second World Wars, and the best
cinematography prize to Darius Khondji for "The Immigrant."
Jennifer Kent won the best first-film prize for her thriller
"The Babadook."
(Editing by Mary Milliken and Gunna Dickson)
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'Boyhood'
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