Spielberg’s The Post gains momentum

After big wins at Monday night’s Gotham Awards, Get Out, Lady Bird and Call Me by Your Name picked up more awards season momentum on Tuesday, when the National Board of Review announced its top movies and performances of the year.

But it was The Post, the coming Steven Spielberg film about the Wshington Post’s role in publishing

the young star of Call Me, won the board’s Breakthrough Performance award and Jordan Peele won Best Directorial Debut for Get Out, which also won Best Ensemble. Willem Dafoe was named Best Supporting Actor for the The Florida Project.

The National Board of Review prizes are loosely predictive of Academy Award nominees and winners, and yet another indicator of where the winds are blowing. Last year, board winners Casey Affleck and Kenneth Lonergan went on to nab Oscars. The New York Times