No Country For Old Men named best film by New York critics
Story by Jack Foley
NO Country For Old Men, the new thriller from the Coen Brothers, has been named best picture by the New York Film Critics’ Circle.
The film also scooped awards for best directors and best screenplay, which Joel and Ethan adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s novel.
The accolades came a week after the movie was named best film by the National Board of Review and mean that it is now considered an early Oscar favourite. It should also feature prominently when the Golden Globe nominations are announced on Thursday (December 13, 2007).
In other awards handed out by the New York critics, Daniel Day-Lewis took best actor for his role as a ruthless oil baron in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.
And Julie Christie was named best actress for Away From Her, in which she plays a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who puts herself into a nursing facility.
Amy Ryan was named best supporting actress for her role in Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone – adding to the awards she took from the Los Angeles critics and the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.