New York Film Critics Circle

Matt Singer on KPop Demon Hunters As a dad of two girls under the age of 10, I say this from experience: Most kids movies stink. I am sometimes astounded by the junk that captures my daughters’ imagination. (Please don’t tell them I s...

You can read @mattsinger.bsky.social’s essay on “KPop Demon Hunters” at the NYFCC website: www.nyfcc.com/2026/01/matt...

Ken Jeong was on hand at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards to present Best Animated Film to members of the creative team behind KPop Demon Hunters: co-directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, and producer Michelle Wong.

The Bride > Wuthering Heights

‘The Bride!’ Review: Dull Attempt at Meta Monsters (and Mobsters) Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ is a vexing mash-up of monsters and mobsters with little to say about its disparate parts.

“The Bride!” is completely perplexing, and not in a good way. A film that aims for the low bar of replicating Todd Phillips's “Joker” (among a dozen other disparate things) but still crashes and burns. certifiedforgotten.com/the-bride-re...

The Bride! review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's riff on the Bride of Frankenstein is 'exhilarating' ★★★★☆ A ferocious Jessie Buckley and a heartbreaking Christian Bale star in a bold film of "huge scope and ambition" that is "loaded with surprises".

It's gigantic, sprawling and impressive. Maggie Gyllenhaal doesn't wrap things up in a neat bow, but why should she? Her ambition is exhilarating.
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“The Bride!” Is All Exclamations but No Explanations Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped.

The Bride! has such a good premise, built on a sound principle, with so many fascinating implications, that its failure to develop them is all the more disappointing: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The Paris Theater is proud to continue its monthly screening series with the New York Film Critics Circle. On 2/15, @samadams.bsky.social will present Joel and Ethan Coen’s BARTON FINK and moderate a Q&A w/ John Turturro.

We just announced our next two @nyfcc.bsky.social events!

PRETTY POISON 4K Restoration
Sat Jan 31 at 4PM
Intro by NYFCC member @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social

BARTON FINK on archival 35mm
Sun Feb 15 at 4PM
Q&A with John Turturro moderated by NYFCC member Sam Adams

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From the New York Film Critics Circle Awards to Oscar nominees! Congratulations to the many talented artists and storytellers who earned Academy Awards nominations this morning including Ethan Hawke, Wagner Moura, Benicio del Toro, Amy Madigan, and Rose Byrne.

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025: A Video Countdown to watch previous video countdowns please visit: https://www.videocountdowns.com/ this year's video is once again in support of the Palestine Children's…

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025

A Video Countdown

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Come to @paristheaternyc.bsky.social on January 31 to see Richard Bordy present a 4K restoration of Noel Black’s Pretty Poison starring Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins.

Ben Stiller remembers his first time working with Benicio del Toro as he presents the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actor to del Toro for his performance in “One Battle After Another.”

It’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship when Lupita Nyong’o presents the award for Best Actor to Wagner Moura for his performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” at the 91st New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

Ethan Hawke joined us to present the Best Actress award to Rose Byrne for her performance in Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” at the 91st New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

"I started writing this script before she was born...I can't help but think that I was waiting for her..."

Paul Thomas Anderson thanks his "One Battle After Another" star Chase Infiniti on the way to accepting his award for Best Film at the 91st New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

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"…I would like to dedicate [this award] to the people of my country who are now fighting on the streets."

Jafar Panahi accepts his award for Best Director for “It Was Just an Accident” at the NYFCC Awards with a show of support for the Iranian people.

Richard Brody on Screen Slate When I used to edit listings, I learned that everybody needs them and nobody wants to do them, because the compilation and checking of details are thankless labors. That’s just one of many reasons why...

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@screenslate.bsky.social for this year's New York Film Critics Circle gala program. #NYFCC

In ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ Benoit Blanc goes to church The third installment in Rian Johnson's murder mystery series offers two contrasting visions of the church—and a reflection on mercy.

WAKE UP DEAD MAN is about an impossible murder, among other impossible mysteries; it’s also about the sociopolitical implications of two opposing conceptions of Christianity and of Catholicism in particular. In a word, it’s SDG catnip, and I loved it.

Hamnet’s Ending Manages to Pack a Surprise Into One of the World’s Most Familiar Stories The Oscar favorite’s final scene may make you rethink your understanding of Hamlet.

I wrote about Hamnet, Hamlet, and setting fresh eyes on the most-scrutinized work in the English language

BEST FILM: One Battle After Another

SPECIAL AWARD: Screen Slate

SPECIAL AWARD: Museum of the Moving Image

STUDENT PRIZES: London Xhudo (Undergraduate, NYU) and Tan Zhiyuan (Graduate, The New School)

BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

BEST DIRECTOR: Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

BEST SCREENPLAY: Marty Supreme

BEST ACTOR: Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sinners