The other big winner, after being shut out by the NY Critics two days ago, was Alexander Payne's The Descendants, landing awards for George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, and its screenplay.
All winners after the cut.
Best Film: Hugo
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay: Will Reiser, 50/50
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, & Jim Rash, The Descendants
Best Animated Feature: Rango
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Best Ensemble: The Help
Breakthrough Performance: Felicity Jones, Like Crazy / Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Spotlight Award: Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class)
Debut Director: J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
NBR Freedom of Expression: Crime After Crime / Pariah
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: The Harry Potter Franchise for a distinguished translation from book to film
Top Films
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Top 5 Foreign Language Films
13 Assassins
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Footnote
Le Havre
Point Blank
Top 5 Documentaries
Born to be Wild
Buck
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Project Nim
Senna
Top 10 Independent Films
50/50
Another Earth
Beginners
A Better Life
Cedar Rapids
Margin Call
Shame
Take Shelter
We Need To Talk About Kevin
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