The National Society of Film Critics has unveiled their film awards and have given Austrian film "Amour" the best film accolade. The film also won a best director for Michael Haneke and also awarded Emmanuelle Riva with the best actress honor. The victory represented the third Best Picture award for "Amour" and also scored Riva her sixth best actress recognition.
"Lincoln" scored two awards and Daniel Day-Lewis' performance as America's 16th president earned him his 21st Best Actor award. "Lincoln" also racked a win for best actor for Tony Kushner's screenplay.
"The Master's" Amy Adams took home the best supporting actress award; her fourth such honor. The film also won best cinematography and scored second place in the best picture and best screenplay categories. It also notched third place in the best actor and best supporting actor races.
Matthew McConaughey won best supporting actor for his turn in "Magic Mike" and "Bernie" while "The Gatekeepers" won the best documentary award. The film critics did not give a foreign film award because Amour won best film.
The organiztion, which is made up 60 prominent critics, is a major precurosor, but has not had a strong history of predicting the Best Picture winner. Since 1966 only 5 of their winners have gone on to win the Best Picture Oscar: 1977's Annie Hall, 1992's Unforgiven, 1993's Schindler's List, 2004's Million Dollar Babyand 2009's The Hurt Locker.
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