"Zero Dark Thirty" opens in Tulsa in January, from the director and writer of the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker."
"Zero Dark Thirty" is the best picture of the year according to the New York Film Critics Circle, the earliest of the awards-season groups to announce its winners.
Director Kathryn Bigelow's drama (opening in Tulsa in January) about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden was named best film, while Bigelow earned best director. The film also won best cinematography.
Daniel Day-Lewis portraying our 16th president in "Lincoln" won best actor (one of three awards for that film), while the New York group awarded Rachel Weisz its best actress prize for her role as a troubled woman in the period drama "The Deep Blue Sea."
The list of New York Film Critics Circle winners includes:
Best Film: "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Best Actress: Rachel Weisz, "The Deep Blue Sea"
Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey, "Bernie" and "Magic Mike"
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner, "Lincoln"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
Best Animated Film: "Frankenweenie"
Best Cinematographer: Greig Fraser, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Documentary: "The Central Park Five"
Best First Film: David France, "How To Survive a Plague"
