Japanese drama Drive My Car was named the best picture of 2021 during the 56th annual meeting of the National Society of Film Critics, held virtually on Saturday.
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NEW YORK (AP) The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday chose Chloe Zhao’s low-budget debut feature, “The Rider,” as best picture of 2018.
Director Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white “Roma” period piece set in modern Mexico won the most awards as best picture runner-up, best foreign-language film and for best cinematography. Cuaron also got the award for best director.
The society of leading movie critics voted for Olivia Colman as best actress in “The Favourite,” and Ethan Hawke as best actor in “First Reformed.” The top accolade for best supporting actor went to Steve Yeun of “Burning,” while Regina King of “If Beale Street Could Talk” nabbed best supporting actress. About 40 of the society’s 64 members voted.
Turning 40: 1981 at the movies
By Mark Feeney Globe Staff,Updated February 18, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
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Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Paramount Pictures
Forty years ago the movies had almost left behind the New Hollywood of the â70s. Almost. In 1981, blockbusters were continuing to take over multiplexes, themselves still a relatively new phenomenon. Big hair would soon arrive, but not quite yet. Further scrambling the transition was the continuing presence of several eminent figures from the Studio Era.
Movie generations came together in a movie about generations coming together, âOn Golden Pond.â The yearâs second-biggest box-office hit, it starred Studio Era royalty, Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, who both won Oscars, and New Hollywood royalty, Henryâs daughter Jane. Another New Hollywood royal, Warren Beatty, won the directing Oscar for