The National Society of Film Critics has selected “Past Lives” as the Best Picture of 2023. The NSFC, founded in 1966 and made up of more than 60 critics from across the country, is one of the most distinguished groups of awards season. Last year, the NSFC named “Tár” as its best film of 2022. Below, the complete list of the winners from this year’s NSFC:
Best Picture: Past Lives
Best Director: Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Best Actor: Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Melton, May December
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Screenplay: Samy Burch, May December
Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Experimental Film: Jean Luc-Godard’s Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars