The organization is voting on its selections for best picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor and actress, screenplay and cinematography.

For the first time in my four-year tenure, several awards were decided in the fourth or fifth round of ballot tallying. We were taking so long that I imagined Pansy, the cranky protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” yelling “JUST PICK A WINNER ALREADY! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!”

RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel beat out runners-up "Anora" and "All We Imagine as Light," the latter of which did score Best Director and Best Foreign-Language Film.

Voting for the National Society of Film Critics Awards is underway, with films like “Nickel Boys” and “A Real Pain” taking home top honors. “Nickel Boys” took home the Best Picture prize with “Anora” and “All We Imagine as Light” as runner ups.

The National Society of Film Critics anointed Nickel Boys as the best film of the year on Saturday, adding some needed luster to a movie that is considered to be on the Oscar bubble. Based on Colson Whitehead‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,

Colman Domingo Named Best Actor by National Society of Film Critics. Colman Domingo has emerged as a serious Oscar contender now that he's been declared Best

Nickel Boys was named best picture in the 59th National Society Of Film Critics vote on Saturday, while Payal Kapadia earned the best director award for her Indian drama All We Imagine As Light.

“Nickel Boys,” the Colson Whitehead adaptation from director RaMell Ross, won best film from the prestigious National Society of Film Critics on Saturday.