UNITED STATES
Boston Herald
James Verniere Monday, January 04, 2016
NEW YORK — Boston made a great showing with voters at the 50th annual meeting of the National Society of Film Critics at Lincoln Center.
“Spotlight,” the Boston-shot drama about the Boston Catholic Archdiocese pedophile priest scandal and how it was exposed in an award-winning series by The Boston Globe in the early 2000s, took the group’s Best Picture prize.
The film also took the screenplay award, and “Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy was runner-up in the Best Director category. That award went to Todd Haynes, director of the 1950s lesbian romance “Carol,” starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as the film’s lovers. “Carol,” shot by Edward Lachmann in super 16mm to add to the film’s dreamy, period look, took the Best Cinematography award. Both films are expected to do well at the Oscars.
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