2015 Awards -- National Society of Film Critics

The NSFC is a large group of critics and writers from all over the country. They represent many prominent newspapers, magazine as well as freelance writers. As of now, their membership is at 54 members. They were founded in 1966, and their membership is also decided by election. They are also the official critic delegate to the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. There are no nominees, all films opening in the U.S. during the calendar year are eligible, and voting is conducted using a weighted ballot system.
After the voting was counted...Spotlight takes home yet another critics group.

BEST PICTURE
1. SPOTLIGHT -- 23
2. Carol -- 17
3. Mad Max: Fury Road -- 13

BEST DIRECTOR
1. TODD HAYNES -- 21
2. Tom McCarthy -- 21 (appeared on fewer ballots, majority counts)
3. George Miller -- 20

BEST ACTOR
1. MICHAEL B. JORDAN - "CREED" -- 29
2. Geza Rohrig - "Son of Saul" -- 18
3. Tom Courtenay - "45 Years: -- 15

BEST ACTRESS
1. CHARLOTTE RAMPLING - "45 YEARS" -- 57
2. Saoirse Ronan - "Brooklyn" -- 30
3. Nina Hoss - "Phoenix" -- 22

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. MARK RYLANCE - "BRIDGE OF SPIES" -- 56
2. Michael Shannon - "99 Homes" -- 16
3. Sylvester Stallone - "Creed" -- 14

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. KRISTEN STEWART - "CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA" -- 53
2. Alicia Vikander - "Ex Machina" -- 23
3. Kate Winslet - "Steve Jobs" & Elizabeth Banks "Love & Mercy" -- 17

BEST SCREENPLAY
1. SPOTLIGHT -- 21
2. Anomalisa & The Big Short -- 15

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. CAROL -- 25
2. The Assassin -- 22
3. Mad Max: Fury Road -- 12

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. TIMBUKTU -- 22
2. Phoenix -- 20
3. The Assassin -- 16

BEST NON-FICTION FILM
1. AMY -- 23
2. In Jackson Heights -- 18
3. Seymour: An Introduction -- 15

FILM HERITAGE AWARDS:

Film Society of Lincoln Center and the programmers Jake Perlin and Michelle Materre, for the series Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986

The Criterion Collection and L’Immagine Ritrovata for the restoration and packaging of the reconstructed version of The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray

Lobster Films and L’Immagine Ritrovata for supervising the digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s Essanay Films

SPECIAL CITATION for a film awaiting American distribution:   One Floor Below, a Romanian film directed by Radu Muntean.

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This meeting was dedicated to the late Richard Corliss, longtime critic at TIME magazine, not just a writer of extraordinary intelligence, wit, and energy, but also a generous friend and colleague.