National Board of Review Awards Articles

Christopher Lee, Asa Butterfield, Hugo Best Film: Hugo Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants Best Ensemble: The Help Best Original Screenplay: Will Reiser, 50/50 Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants Best Animated Feature: Rango Breakthrough Performance: Felicity Jones, Like Crazy [...]

Lesley Manville in Mike Leigh's Another Year (top); Jacki Weaver in David Michod's Animal Kingdom (bottom) National Board of Review Awards 2010: HEREAFTER, GREENBERG In; 127 HOURS, BLACK SWAN Out This year, the National Board of Review mostly opted for less well-known names in the acting categories. Whereas NBR Best Actor/Best Actress award recipients in the last ten years have usually been people like Sean [...]

Ryan Reynolds, Buried I'm not sure what's more interesting about the National Board of Review's list of 2010 award winners, those who won — especially surprises such as Best Actress Lesley Manville for Another Year and Best Original Screenplay for Buried – or those who were snubbed. In the former group, David Fincher's The Social Network was the big winner, bagging four awards: Best Film, [...]

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network David Fincher's The Social Network, about the founding of and the fighting behind Facebook, has received four top mentions at the 2010 National Board of Review Awards. The Social Network won awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Jesse Eisenberg), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin). Other winners announced thus far include surprising Best Actress Lesley Manville for Mike [...]