I wanted to start a thread to post all film critics' circle/association winners when they are announced (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc). If you see anything, please share here. Metacritic compiles a nice scorecard list too. So when I see that updated, I'll post as well. In the interim, Time magazine announced it's 10 Best Movie Performances of 2020. I'm thrilled Diane Lane is one of them.

https://time.com/5915528/best-movie-performances-2020/

We always seem to get a pre-Oscar awards thread and figured now is the time to start one as the New York Critics Circle have given out their 2020 awards to some surprising recipients :

New York Film Critics Circle Winners Full List: ‘First Cow’ Takes Top Prize

Though some movies have changed their release dates given the Oscar extension, the New York group will not consider or vote on any film released after Dec. 31.

Best Film: “First Cow” (A24)

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)

Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)

Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman for “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)

Best Animated Film: “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)

Best Cinematography: “Small Axe” – All films (Prime Video)

Best First Film: Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)

Best Foreign Language Film: “Bacarau”

Best Non-Fiction Film: “Time” (Amazon Studios)

Special Award: Kino Lorber, for their creation of Kino Marquee, a virtual cinema distribution service that was designed to help support movie theaters, not destroy them.

Special Award: Spike Lee for inspiring the New York community with his short film “New York New York” and for advocating for a better society through cinema.

First Cow is on amazon btw. Pretty great. Takes some patience to enjoy.

And Da 5 Bloods might have been a huge crowd pleaser if it made it to theaters. Similar to Inside Man and Lee’s other successful movies. Just all around entertaining.

Nice for Delroy Lindo. He’s was fantastic in Da 5 Bloods.

I didn’t feel Chadwick Boseman was particularly good in D5B but I’m not surprised he won.

LA Film Critics. Not sure about Small Axe, which sounds more like a miniseries, winning Best Picture. Boseman is a lock for Best Actor I think at the Oscars. Best Picture: Small Axe
Runner Up: Nomadland

Director: Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Steve McQueen (Small Axe)

Actor: Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Runner-up: Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)

Actress: Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Runner-up: Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Supporting Actor: Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Runner-up: Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
Runner-up: Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

Screenplay: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Runner-up: Eliza Hittman (Never Really Sometimes Always)

Documentary: Time
Runner-up: Collective

Animation: Wolfwalkers
Runner-up: Soul

Foreign-language: Beanpole
Runner-up: Martin Eden

Editing: Yorgos Lamprinos, (The Father)
Runner-up: Gabriel Rhodes (Time)

Production Design: Donald Graham Burt, (Mank)
Runner-up: Sergey Ivanov, (Beanpole)

Music/Score: Soul
Runner-up: Lovers Rock

Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner (Small Axe)
Runner-up: Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)

Career Achievement Award: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Harry Belafonte

Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film: John Gianvito's Her Socialist Smile

New Generation: Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version

Legacy Award: Norman Lloyd

Can't believe Norman Lloyd is still alive. His character died of old age in the St Elsewhere finale 32 years ago.

And while I haven't seen Ma Rainey yet, but so happy for Glynn Turman. He gave such an amazing performance in Fargo this season.

Where the fuck is The Trial of the Chicago 7 in these?? Fuck was that an incredible movie.

Same with “Let Him Go”. I thought it was the best movie I’ve seen so far this year. And Diane Lane gave the best female performance.

106 years old.
Born in 1914, started on the stage at age 9, committed to acting career at age 17, married at 22.
Married for 75 years until his wife's death in 2011. His last acting credit was in 2015.

If he appears on film or television again he will tie Mickey Rooney's record of appearing onscreen in 10 seperate decades.

The Boston Society of Film Critics 2020 awards

Best Picture – Nomadland

Best Actor – Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Best Actress – Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Supporting Actor – Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress – Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Director – Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Screenplay – Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Cinematography – Joshua James Richards, Nomadland

Best Documentary – Collective

Best Non-English Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – La Llorona

Best Animated Film – The Wolf House

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Robert Frazen, I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Florian Zeller, The Father

Best Ensemble Cast – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Original Score – Emile Mosseri, Minari

Boston Online Film Critics Association


​Top 10 of 2020
1. Nomadland
2. First Cow
3. Da 5 Bloods
4. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
5. Minari
6. Lovers Rock
7. Promising Young Woman
8. Mank
9. Dick Johnson is Dead
10. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Director
Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

Best Actress
Frances McDormand - Nomadland

Best Actor
Delroy Lindo - Da 5 Bloods

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova - Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman - I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Cinematography
Joshua James Richards - Nomadland

Best Editing
Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

Best Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Soul

Best Ensemble
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Animated Film
Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary
The Painter and the Thief

Best International Feature
Bacurau

Weird that the first award buzz that Nomadland got was for Frances McDormond as a Best Actress lock, but she hasn't won any awards yet despite the film winning numerous awards so far, including every Best Director award for Chloe Zhao.

She won in the post above yours.

That wasn't there while I was typing!

Guess I had the window open for a while, unrefreshed, before typing my response.

Chicago Film Critics Association:BEST PICTURE
Nomadland

BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand, Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland by Chloé Zhao

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wolfwalkers

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dick Johnson is Dead

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Another Round, Denmark

BEST ART DIRECTION
Mank

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nomadland, Joshua James Richards

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Emma, Alexandra Byrne

BEST EDITING
I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Robert Frazen

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
The Invisible Man

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER AWARD|
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Indiana Film Journalists AssociationBest Film: “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)

Nominees:

• “Another Round”
• “The Assistant”
• “Da 5 Bloods”
• “First Cow”
• “I’m thinking of ending things”
• “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
• “Minari”
• “The Twentieth Century”

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)

Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
Runner up: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor: Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
Runner up: Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
Runner up: Yuh-jung Youn, “Minari” (A24)

Best Original Screenplay: “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features) – Eliza Hittman
Runner up: “The Twentieth Century” (Oscilloscope Pictures) – Matthew Rankin

Best Adapted Screenplay: “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Chloé Zhao
Runner up: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (Netflix) – Charlie Kaufman

Best Animated Feature: “Soul” (Pixar)
Runner up: “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)

Best Musical Score: Ludwig Göransson, “Tenet” (Warner Bros.)
Runner up: Emile Mosseri, “Minari” (A24)

Best Documentary: “Dick Johnson Is Dead” (Netflix)
Runner up: “Athlete A” (Netflix)

Best Foreign Language Film: “Another Round” (Nordisk Film)
Runner up: “Song Without a Name” (Sophie Dulac Distribution)

Breakout of the Year: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
Runner up: Andrew Patterson, “The Vast of the Night” (Amazon Studios)

Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance: Jamie Foxx, “Soul” (Pixar)
Runner up: Sean Bean, “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)

Best Ensemble Acting: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
Runner up: “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)

Chloe Zhao is still undefeated in the Best Director category. Weird that it’s a film it’s almost impossible to see. I guess there were a couple of virtual streaming sessions that quickly sold out.

I do wonder if there are a few movies that will be coming for the extended Oscar eligibility period but after the new year that will be Oscar contenders. Can’t imagine that anyone is still sitting on an Oscar bait movie for 2020 but is waiting until February 2021 to release it. Who knows, I guess...

National Society of Film Critics Awards

Best Picture: Nomadland
Runners up: First Cow, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Runners up: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Runners up: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Runners up: Amanda Seyfried, Mank; Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Runners up: Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Runners up: Steve McQueen, Small Axe; Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
: Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, First Cow; Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland; Runners-up: Shabier Kirchner, Lovers Rock; Leonardo Simoes, Vitalina Varela

Best Foreign Language Film: Collective
Runners-up: Bacurau and Beanpole; Vitalina Varela

Best Nonfiction Film: Time
Runners up: City Hall, Collective

Sag Award Nominations are up now

Cast in a Motion Picture
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Minari”
“One Night In Miami”
“Trial of the Chicago 7”

Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”)
Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)
Gary Oldman (“Mank”)
Steven Yeun (“Minari”)

Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”)
Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”)
Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”)

Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
Chadwick Boseman (“Da 5 Bloods”_
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Jared Leto (“The Little Things”)
Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)

Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)
Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”)
Olivia Colman (“The Father”)
Youn Yuh-Jung (“Minari”)
Helena Zengel (“News of the World”)

Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Better Call Saul”
“Bridgerton”
“The Crown”
“Ozark”
“Lovecraft Country”

Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Rege-Jean Page, “Bridgerton”

Female Actor in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Emma Corrin, “The Crown”
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”

Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Dead to Me”
“The Flight Attendant”
“The Great”
“Schitt’s Creek”
“Ted Lasso”

Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”

Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Linda Cardellini, “Dead to Me”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek

Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Bill Camp, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”
Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”
Ethan Hawke, “The Good Lord Bird”
Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True”

Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You”
Nicole Kidman, “The Undoing”
Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Kerry Washington, “Little Fires Everywhere”

Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Mulan”
“News of the World”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“Wonder Woman 1987”

Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“The Boys”
“Cobra Kai”
“Lovecraft Country”
“The Mandalorian”
“Westworld”

Borat 2 was something that deserved nominations or awards?

Compared to Jared Leto in The Little Things? Absolutely.

Maria Bakalova is a lock for an Oscar nomination. And the original film was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

I don't think it's a lock being that it is a comedic role,but it would be a very well deserved nomination for Maria Bakalova if she get's the Oscar nom.