NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Brady Corbet's won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while its lead, , also won best actor.
The win notches an early awards-season victory for one of the fall's . 鈥淭he Brutalist," which A24 will release Dec. 20, stars Brody as L谩szl贸 Toth, a visionary Hungarian Jewish architect who flees WWII Budapest for America.
Fresh off winning two awards at , RaMell Ross' 鈥淣ickel Boys鈥 picked up another pair of honors. Ross won for directing and the film's director of photography, Jomo Fray, took best cinematography honors. 鈥淣ickel Boys,鈥 which opens next week, is shot largely from a first-person perspective in telling the story, adapted from Colson Whitehead's novel, of two Black teenagers at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
The critics group, which last year best film, will hand out awards in a ceremony on Jan. 8.
Full list of 2024 New York Film Critics Circle winners
Best film: 鈥淭he Brutalist鈥
Best director: RaMell Ross, 鈥淣ickel Boys鈥
Best actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 鈥淗ard Truths鈥
Best actor: Adrian Brody, 鈥淭he Brutalist鈥
Best screenplay: Sean Baker, 鈥淎nora鈥
Best supporting actress: Carol Kane, 鈥淏etween the Temples"
Best supporting actor: Kieran Culkin, 鈥淎 Real Pain鈥
Best international film: 鈥淎ll We Imagine as Light鈥
Best Non-Fiction Film: 鈥淣o Other Land鈥
Best cinematography: Jomo Fray, 鈥淣ickel Boys鈥
Best first film: 鈥淛anet Planet鈥
Best animated film: 鈥淔low鈥
Special award: To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
The Associated Press