American Hustle Named Best Picture

The New York Film Critics Circle voted today for their picks for the 2013 awards at the Film Society at Lincoln Center.  The awards will be handed out during their annual ceremony on Monday, January 6th at The Edison Ballroom.

American Hustle was awarded Best Picture and 12 Years a Slave’s Steve McQueen was named Best Director. Cate Blanchett was selected as Best Actress for her role in Blue Jasmine and Robert Redford was chosen as Best Actor for All is Lost. A Special Award was given to legendary filmmaker, Frederick Wiseman. Full list of winners below.

Says 2013 NYFCC Chairman, Time Out New York's Joshua Rothkopf  "I'm very happy with the work we've done today. The complexion of our group guarantees some surprises, but we always vote from our hearts. It was an extremely strong year for American movies.” Stephen Whitty of The Star Ledger will take over as the 2014 NYFCC Chairman with Marshall Fine of Star Magazine serving as the Vice Chairman.
 
Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle is the oldest and most prestigious in the country. The circle’s membership includes critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines and the web’s most respected online publications.  Every year the organization meets in New York to vote on awards for the calendar year's films.  The Circle's awards are often viewed as harbingers of the Oscar nominations.  The Circle's awards are also viewed — perhaps more accurately — as a principled alternative to the Oscars, honoring aesthetic merit in a forum that is immune to commercial and political pressures.

Best Picture: 
American Hustle
 
Best Director:
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
 
Best Screenplay:
Eric Singer & David O. Russell, American Hustle
 
Best Actress: 
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Best Actor: 
Robert Redford, All is Lost
 
Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
 
Best Foreign Language Film:
Blue is the Warmest Color
 
Best Cinematography:
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Nonfiction Film:           
Stories We Tell
 
Best First Film: 
Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station

Best Animated Film:
The Wind Rises
 
Special Award:
Frederick Wiseman


A full list of voting members is below:

Thelma Adams
YAHOO! MOVIES
 
Melissa Anderson
ARTFORUM
 
John Anderson
FREELANCE
 
Michael Atkinson
VILLAGE VOICE
 
Dwight Brown
NNPA SYNDICATION
 
Richard Corliss
TIME

David Denby
THE NEW YORKER
 
Karen Durbin
ELLE
 
Bilge Ebiri
NEW YORK MAGAZINE

David Edelstein
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
 
David Fear
TIME OUT NEW YORK

Marshall Fine
STAR MAGAZINE

Graham Fuller
ARTINFO.COM

Owen Gleiberman
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Rafer Guzman
NEWSDAY
 
J. Hoberman
FREELANCE
 
Stuart Klawans
THE NATION

Eric Kohn
INDIEWIRE

Lou Lumenick
NEW YORK POST
 
Joe Morgenstern
WALL STREET JOURNAL

Vincent Musetto
FREELANCE 

Farran Smith Nehme
NEW YORK POST
 
Joe Neumaier
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Andrew O’Hehir
SALON.COM

Nick Pinkerton
FREELANCE

Peter Rainer
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

Rex Reed
NEW YORK OBSERVER
 
Joshua Rothkopf
TIME OUT NEW YORK

Richard Schickel
TRUTHDIG.COM
 
Kyle Smith
NEW YORK POST
 
Dana Stevens
SLATE.COM

Amy Taubin
ARTFORUM
 
Peter Travers
ROLLING STONE

Keith Uhlich
TIME OUT NEW YORK
 
Elizabeth Weitzman
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Armond White
CITYARTS

Stephen Whitty
THE STAR LEDGER/NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

Stephanie Zacharek
THE VILLAGE VOICE