Meanwhile, Greta Gerwig wins Best Director for 'Lady Bird'.

Plus, a surprise in Best Actress and a Top 10 that includes 'Hail, Caesar!' and 'Silence'.

The National Board of Review names 'Mad Max: Fury Road' the best film of 2015, Sundance announces its 2016 lineup, and I suggest giving 'A Very Murray Christmas' a try in the final pieces of this week's Top 5.

'The Martian' and 'The Hateful Eight' also landed trophies from the first big awards announcement of the season.

Yesterday, the New York Film Critics Circle named Boyhood as the best film of 2014.  Today, the National Board of Review has revealed they decided to go a different way by selecting J.C. Chandor‘s A Most Violent Year for the …

The critics awards are off and running after the New York Film Critics Circle announced its picks for the best of the year yesterday, and today the National Board of Review has named Her the best picture of 2013.  Spike …

The second major critics organization has announced its Best of 2012 winners, and director Kathryn Bigelow’s drama Zero Dark Thirty is once again the victor.  The National Board of Review named Zero Dark Thirty the best film of the year, …

The National Board of Review has announced their honors for 2011.  As always, the wide selection allows the NBR to technically have a say in directing awards season, and their picks remain solid.  While I didn’t go nuts over Hugo, …

Just how happy was Wes Anderson to receive a Special Filmmaking Achievement award from the National Board of Review for Fantastic Mr. Fox? Enough that he showed up to accept the award in stop-motion form and in character, and we’ve …

The National Board of Review has chosen Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air as the Best Picture of 2009, but as Anne Thompson states, the National Board of Review tends to be a bellwether of where Oscar momentum is heading, …