'Parasite' Wins Best Picture and Best Screenplay at the National Society of Film Critics Awards
Honored with Best Picture Award at Australian Academy Awards Ceremony
Director Bong Joon-ho's film Parasite won the top honor, Best Picture, at the National Society of Film Critics annual awards ceremony held on the 4th. The National Society of Film Critics comprises sixty distinguished critics. Parasite received forty-four votes, easily surpassing Greta Gerwig's Little Women (27 votes) and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (22 votes).
Parasite also became a two-time winner as director Bong Joon-ho and writer Han Jin-won received the Best Screenplay award. The Best Director award went to Greta Gerwig. Mary Kay Place won Best Actress for Diane, and Antonio Banderas won Best Actor for Pain and Glory. Brad Pitt of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood took home Best Supporting Actor, while Laura Dern, recognized for Marriage Story and Little Women, won Best Supporting Actress.
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Parasite also received the highest honor, Best Picture, at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA). It triumphed over strong contenders such as Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Todd Phillips' Joker, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, signaling a positive outlook for Oscar nominations and wins.
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