Not much of interest here as they seem overly focused on ignoring American films in favor of foreign ones. Even the season-dominant The Power of the Dog struggled.

Award Tallies

(4) Drive My Car

The Awards

Best Picture

1. Drive My Car (48 points)
2. Petite Maman (25 points)
3. The Power of the Dog (23 points)

Best Director

1. Ryusake Hamaguchi – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Drive My Car (46 points)
2. Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (36 points)
2. Celina Sciamma – Petite Maman (28 points)

Best Actor

1. Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car (63 points)
2. Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog (44 points)
3. Simon Rex – Red Rocket (30 points)

Best Actress

1. Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers (55 points)
2. Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World (42 points)
3. Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza (32 points)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Anders Danielsen Lie – The Worst Person in the World (54 points)
2. Vincent Lindon – Titane (33 points)
2. Mike Faist – West Side Story (26 points)
3. Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog (26 points)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Ruth Negga – Passing (46 points)
2. Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (22 points)
3. Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter (21 points)

Best Screenplay

1. Drive My Car (46 points)
2. Parallel Mothers (22 points)
3. Licorice Pizza (20 points)

Best Cinematography

1. The Green Knight (52 points)
2. The Power of the Dog (40 points)
3. Memoria (35 points)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Flee (41 points)
2. Procession (28 points)
3. The Velvet Underground (28 points)

Film Heritage Award

Maya Cade for founding the Black Film Archive, which expands knowledge of and access to Black films made between 1915 and 1979, and includes her critical essays that define the project and consider the films in relation to each other and to the cinema overall.
The late Bertrand Tavernier and Peter Bogdanovich, distinguished critic-filmmakers who never lost their passion for other people’s movies and film history. Both crowned their careers with invaluable chronicles of their engagement with the cinema: Tavernier with the with the documentary “My Journey Through French Cinema” and the books “50 Years of American Cinema” and “American Friends,” and Bogdanovich with the books “Who the Devil Made It” and “Who the Hell’s In It.”

Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution

Returning to Reims

National Society of Film Critics Data

Year Founded: 1966
First Awards: 1966 (56)