The National Society of Film Critics announced their winners. With it, they disclose the tallies of the weighted voting on a ballot system. Instead of blowing your mind with the ins and outs of that process, take a look at these winners:
Best Picture
The Rider (44 points)
Runners-up
Roma (41 points)
Burning (27 points)
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (60 points)
Runners-up
Lee Chang-dong, “Burning” (22 points)
Chloé Zhao, “The Rider” (22 points)
Best Actress
Olivia Colman, The Favourite (36 points)
Runners-up
Regina Hall, Support the Girls (33 points)
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (27 points)
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed (58 points)
Runners-up
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate (30 points)
Ben Foster, Leave No Trace (25 points)
John C. Reilly, The Sisters Brothers and Stan & Ollie (25 points)
Best Supporting Actress
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk (47 points)
Runners-up
Elizabeth Debicki, Widows (37 points)
Emma Stone, The Favourite (24 points)
Best Supporting Actor
Steven Yeun, Burning (40 points)
Runners-up
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (35 points)
Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk, Widows and Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (32 points)
Best Screenplay
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, The Death of Stalin (47 points)
Runners-up
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (27 points)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite (24 points)
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma (70 points)
Runners-up
James Laxton, If Beale Street Could Talk (26 points)
Lukasz Zal, Cold War (24 points)
Best Foreign Language Film
Roma (44 points)
Runners-up
Cold War (34 points)
Burning (30 points)
Shoplifters (30 points)
Best Non-Fiction Film
Minding the Gap (35 points)
Runners-up
Shirkers (31 points)
Amazing Grace (24 points)