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Saturday 2 december 2017
'Lady Bird' named best picture

by New York Film Critics

By JAKE COYLE "The Florida Project" — an his screenplay to "Phantom
AP Film Writer A24 release like "Lady Bird" Thread" and Jordan Peele's
NEW YORK (AP) — The New — also fared well with the horror hit "Get Out" for best
York Film Critics Circle on New York critics, winning first film.
Thursday named "Lady best director for Sean Bak- "Mudbound" cinematogra-
Bird" best feature film and er and best supporting ac- pher Rachel Morrison be-
its star, Saoirse Ronan, best tor for Willem Dafoe. The came the first woman to
actress, throwing its full sup- film depicts the vibrant but win the NYFCC's best cin-
port behind Greta Gerwig's hard lives of those living at ematography prize. Were
comic drama about grow- a low-budget Florida mo- her success to continue,
This image released by A24 Films shows Saoirse Ronan, left,
and Lucas Hedges in a scene from "Lady Bird." The film, di- ing up in Sacramento, Ca- tel in the shadow of Disney Morrison would be the first
rected by Greta Gerwig, was named best picture by the New lif. World. woman ever nominated
York Film Critics Circle Awards on Thursday, Nov. 30. The wins for "Lady Bird," an- Timothee Chalamet, the for cinematography by the
Associated Press nounced on Twitter, add young star of the tender Academy Awards.
further steam to the film's coming-of-age tale "Call Best documentary went
growing Oscar chances. Me By Your Name," took to Agnes Varda and JR's
"Lady Bird," Gerwig's first best actor from the New travelogue "Faces Places."
feature as a solo director, York critics. Chalamet, 21, Pixar's "Coco" landed best
also has the distinction of is the youngest to receive animated movie. And the
setting a new record for the NYFCC award. It's his foreign language film win-
perfection: It's the most third award of the week, ner was Robin Campillo's
widely reviewed movie following wins at the Go- "BPM (Beats Per Minute)," a
on Rotten Tomatoes to re- tham Awards and the Na- docudrama about an AIDS
ceive 100-percent positive tional Board of Review. activist in 1990s Paris.
reviews. Another breakout star, Tif- The New York Film Crit-
Earlier in the week, "Lady fany Haddish, took sup- ics Circle Awards will be
Bird" also scored honors at porting actress for the sum- handed out January 3. The
the Gotham Awards (for mer comedy "Girls Trip." The ceremony will be dedicat-
Ronan) and from the Na- win could help propel Had- ed to one of the group's
tional Board of Review (for dish — who so far hasn't former members, the critic
Gerwig and co-star Laurie been counted among the Richard Schickel, who died
Metcalf). Ronan, 23, has category's favorites — into in February. The critics will
now won best actress from further awards contention also honor the film writer
the New York critics twice, this season. Molly Haskell with an award
following her 2015 win for Other winners included for career achievement.q
"Brooklyn." Paul Thomas Anderson for

Sundance lineup includes Robin

Williams, Gloria Allred docs

By LINDSEY BAHR perience is highlighted Grace Moretz, and "The
AP Film Writer in competition films like Tale," about a woman re-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doc- "Blindspotting," a buddy evaluating her first relation-
umentaries about Robin comedy starring Daveed ship starring Laura Dern.
Williams, Gloria Allred and Diggs, and "Sorry to Both- "Star Wars" star Daisy Rid-
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a er You," a dystopian tale ley also stars in "Ophelia,"
Lizzie Borden film with Kris- about a telemarketer with a female-focused spin on
ten Stewart and Debra Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Hamlet.
Granik's long-awaited fol- Thompson. Both are from Granik, whose last feature
low up to "Winter's Bone" Oakland-based filmmak- "Winter's Bone" earned
are among the 110 fea- ers. Jennifer Lawrence her first
tures set to premiere at the "I think they're going to Oscar nomination and os-
2018 Sundance Film Festi- make really big splashes," tensibly catapulted her
val. said Trevor Groth, the di- to stardom, is back with
The Sundance Institute rector of programming for her first narrative feature
announced the diverse Sundance. in over seven years — an
lineup of films Wednesday The festival premiered Jor- untitled film about a father
for the annual festival held dan Peele's "Get Out" in a and daughter living in a
in Park City, Utah. Festival special screening last year. secluded nature reserve in
programmers say the films Films with complex female Oregon starring Ben Foster.
this year highlight the sto- characters include "Lizzie," The domestic documen-
ries of alternative voices a psychological thriller tary competition includes
and points of view, includ- about Lizzie Borden starring a timely film called "See-
ing films by and about Kristen Stewart and Chloe ing Allred," which focuses
women, and the experi- Sevigny as Borden, "The on the women's rights at-
ence of African-American Miseducation of Cameron torney's life and taking on
men in the world right now. Post," about a girl who is both Bill Cosby and Donald
The African-American ex- forced to go to therapy for Trump. q
her sexuality, starring Chloe