Film critics reward ‘Nomadland’
“Nomadland” won four awards at this year’s National Society of Film Critics awards, including best picture, best cinematography, best director and best actress.
Chloe Zhao’s film won the most awards at the 55th annual meeting for the organization on Saturday.
Frances McDormand was named best actress for her role in “Nomadland,” while Zhao received best director.
Maria Bakalova won best supporting actress for her role in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” and Paul Raci was given best supporting actor for his part in “Sound of Metal.”
Delroy Lindo won best actor for his role in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.” Other awards went to “Collective” for best foreign-language film, “Time” for the best nonfiction film. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” directed by Eliza Hittman, won for the best screenplay.
The National Society of Film Critics is made up of 60 film critics from across the U.S.
Strong words: Arnold Schwarzenegger has denounced Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol, calling Donald Trump the “worst president ever.”
In a seven-minute video posted Sunday to Schwarzenegger’s Twitter account, the actor and former governor of California compared Wednesday’s events with 1938’s Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, which marked the rise of Nazi Germany.
“I grew up in Austria. I’m very aware of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass. It was a night of rampage against the Jews carried out in 1938 by the Nazi equiva
Arnold Schwarzenegger calls Donald Trump the “worst president ever” in a video posted on Twitter. lent of the Proud Boys,” Schwarzenegger said. “Wednesday was the Day of Broken Glass right here in the United States. The broken glass was in the windows of the United States Capitol. But the mob did not just shatter the windows of the Capitol. They shattered the ideas we took for granted.”
Schwarzenegger said that his experience growing up in Europe has shown him “firsthand how things can spin out of control.” He then denounced Trump, saying that he “sought a coup by misleading people with lies.”
“My father and our neighbors were misled also with lies, and I know where such lies lead,” Schwarzenegger continued. “President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever. The good thing is he will soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet.”
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