National Board of Review Awards Articles

Annette Bening, Julianne Moore in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right (top); Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter in Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech (bottom) National Board of Review 2010 Winners: Last-Minute Predictions The NBR voters have usually tended to stay within the mainstream in the lead actor/actress categories (e.g., Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, George Clooney, Annette Bening), while venturing off the beaten path every [...]

Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake in David Fincher’s The Social Network The 2010 National Board of Review award winners will be announced in a few hours. Below are a few strong possibilities in the top categories, based on what’s hot this year and on NBR winners of the last ten years. When it comes to their choice of Best Film, NBR voters usually opt for mainstream [...]

Tahar Rahim in A Prophet National Board of Review 2009: Top Winners Other National Board of Review 2009 winners: Jacques Audiard’s tough prison drama A Prophet, a likely Oscar candidate in the best foreign language film category, was named best foreign-language film. Michael Haneke’s widely acclaimed The White Ribbon and Sebastian Silva’s The Maid, which earned star Catalina Saavedra a breakthrough performer Gotham award, were [...]

George Clooney in Up in the Air The fact that Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air, which opens in the US tomorrow, was named best picture of 2009 by the National Board of Review should come as no surprise. On the other hand, the fact that Lee Daniels‘ Precious earned only one mention — breakthrough performance by an actress for Gabourey Sidibe as the film’s [...]