“Spotlight” has taken center stage once again this weekend, as the New York Film Critics Online named Tom McCarthy’s drama best picture of the year.
The film about Boston Globe journalists investigating pedophile priests also took the same prize earlier on Sunday from the Boston Society of Film Critics. The NYFCO also named McCarthy best director, his script with Josh Singer best screenplay and his all-star cast including Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams as best ensemble.
The group ranked its top ten best films of the year, alphabetically, as follows: “45 years,” “The Big Short,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Brooklyn,” “Carol,” Max Max: Fury Road,” “Sicario,” “Spotlight,” “