 'The Social Network' was chosen as the best picture b the National Society of Film Critics. AP photo |
The National Society of Film Critics, a film society in the United States, selected "The Social Network" as the best picture of 2010 on Saturday.
The fictional look at the creation of social-networking website Facebook dominated the society's annual awards, which were voted on by 46 prominent movie critics.
Jesse Eisenberg was named best actor for his role as Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the website. David Fincher won the best director prize and Aaron Sorkin best screenplay for the film.
The critics reached overseas for the best actress honor, awarding Italian star Giovanna Mezzogiorno for her role in "Vincere." The film follows Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, as he abandoned his wife and child along the way.
Supporting actor awards went to Geoffrey Rush for his role in "The King's Speech" and Olivia Williams for her role in "The Ghost Writer."
The society, founded in 1966, is composed of 61 film critics from across the country, including Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan, The Wall Street Journal's Joe Morgenstern and David Denby of The New Yorker.
While these critics' choices rarely reflect top honors at the Academy Awards, the New York-based society helps draw attention to new films ahead of the Oscars, staged in late February by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
On Saturday, society members issued a statement calling for a re-examination of the movie rating system set by the Motion Picture Association of America.
The critics praised a decision to change the NC-17 rating for "Blue Valentine" to an R, but they questioned others. They singled out "The King's Speech," a drama about King George VI's attempt to overcome his speech impediment, which was rated R for "language" – moments when he's told to swear to ease his stammer.
"It's clear the board has become an agency of de facto censorship," read the statement from the critics, who suggested a revision of the current system.
The society also condemned Iran's recent sentencing of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof to six years in prison. Both were banned from making films for 20 years on charges of "colluding in gatherings and making propaganda against the regime."
The critics urged the Iranian government to release the directors, saying their "work can only further the advancement of such values as justice, compassion, tolerance and human dignity."
Among foreign language films, "Carlos" – French director Olivier Assayas's five-and-a-half-hour look at the life of the global terrorist dubbed "Carlos the Jackal" – was voted best.
The fictional look at the creation of social-networking website Facebook dominated the society's annual awards, which were voted on by 46 prominent movie critics.
Jesse Eisenberg was named best actor for his role as Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the website. David Fincher won the best director prize and Aaron Sorkin best screenplay for the film.
The critics reached overseas for the best actress honor, awarding Italian star Giovanna Mezzogiorno for her role in "Vincere." The film follows Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, as he abandoned his wife and child along the way.
Supporting actor awards went to Geoffrey Rush for his role in "The King's Speech" and Olivia Williams for her role in "The Ghost Writer."
The society, founded in 1966, is composed of 61 film critics from across the country, including Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan, The Wall Street Journal's Joe Morgenstern and David Denby of The New Yorker.
While these critics' choices rarely reflect top honors at the Academy Awards, the New York-based society helps draw attention to new films ahead of the Oscars, staged in late February by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
On Saturday, society members issued a statement calling for a re-examination of the movie rating system set by the Motion Picture Association of America.
The critics praised a decision to change the NC-17 rating for "Blue Valentine" to an R, but they questioned others. They singled out "The King's Speech," a drama about King George VI's attempt to overcome his speech impediment, which was rated R for "language" – moments when he's told to swear to ease his stammer.
"It's clear the board has become an agency of de facto censorship," read the statement from the critics, who suggested a revision of the current system.
The society also condemned Iran's recent sentencing of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof to six years in prison. Both were banned from making films for 20 years on charges of "colluding in gatherings and making propaganda against the regime."
The critics urged the Iranian government to release the directors, saying their "work can only further the advancement of such values as justice, compassion, tolerance and human dignity."
Among foreign language films, "Carlos" – French director Olivier Assayas's five-and-a-half-hour look at the life of the global terrorist dubbed "Carlos the Jackal" – was voted best.
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