National Society of Film Critics Crowns One Battle After Another Best Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson is having one of those seasons where you just keep adding trophies to the shelf. His epic political thriller One Battle After Another, led by Leonardo DiCaprio, keeps racking up critics hardware, and now it just took the top prize from the National Society of Film Critics at their 60th annual vote on Saturday.

That Best Picture win came with more love for the film across the board: Anderson also picked up Best Director, Benicio del Toro was named Best Supporting Actor, and Teyana Taylor took Best Supporting Actress. The train does not seem to be slowing down for this movie, which has already clicked with groups like the Gotham Independent Film Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle.

Elsewhere, Ethan Hawke won Best Actor for Blue Moon, while Jafar Panahi landed Best Screenplay for It Was Just an Accident, and Autumn Durald Arkapaw won Best Cinematography for Ryan Coogler's Sinners. It was a strong spread for Sinners and The Secret Agent in general, with both showing up repeatedly as runners-up and winners. Also: the nonfiction winner has a title that feels like three titles duct-taped together, and the Best Director runners-up list includes Richard Linklater for Blue Moon and, oddly, something also called Nouvelle Vague. That is how the group listed it, which is... a choice.

NSFC winners and runners-up

• Best Picture
  Winner: One Battle After Another
  Runners-up: Sinners; The Secret Agent
• Best Director
  Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
  Runners-up: Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident; Richard Linklater - Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague
• Best Actor
  Winner: Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
  Runners-up: Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent; Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
• Best Actress
  Winner: Kathleen Chalfant - Familiar Touch
  Runners-up: Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You; Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
• Best Supporting Actor
  Winner: Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
  Runners-up: Delroy Lindo - Sinners; Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value
• Best Supporting Actress
  Winner: Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
  Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value; Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
• Best Screenplay
  Winner: Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident
  Runners-up: Robert Kaplow - Blue Moon; Kleber Mendonça Filho - The Secret Agent
• Best Cinematography
  Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw - Sinners
  Runners-up: Adolpho Veloso - Train Dreams; Michael Bauman - One Battle After Another
• Best Nonfiction Film
  Winner: My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
  Runners-up: The Perfect Neighbor; Orwell: 2+2=5
• Best Film Not in the English Language
  Winner: The Secret Agent
  Runners-up: It Was Just an Accident; Sentimental Value
• Special Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution
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Short version: One Battle After Another just tightened its grip on the critics race, and the NSFC doubled down by spreading the wealth to its director and two of its supporting stars. If you are keeping score, this one has been a critics favorite all season and shows no sign of letting up.