New York critics also voted for Paul Thomas Anderson’s film

According to The Legend of Medea’s Life , citing Variety, the star of this year’s awards season seems to be one Paul Thomas Anderson film after another. Warner Bros.’ action epic “One Battle After Another” was also named best picture by the New York Film Critics Circle. The group, which met in Manhattan yesterday (Tuesday), presented Benicio del Toro with the award for best supporting actor for his role in the same film, marking his second win. He also won the award for his role in Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic” in 2000, and later went on to win an Oscar

The New York critics also awarded the Brazilian film “Secret Agent” by writer and director Cléber Mendonça Filho, which represents the country at this year’s international Oscars, with the awards for Best International Film and Best Actor for Wagner Moura, making Wagner the first Latin actor to win this award

Rose Byrne won best actress for her role as a struggling therapist and mother in Mary Bronstein’s dark comedy “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You,” and veteran actress Amy Madigan won best supporting actress for her role as Aunt Gladys in Zach Carger’s blockbuster “Guns”

The Best Director award went to Jafar Panahi for the film “A Simple Accident,” and the breathtaking film “Marty Moazzam” by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie won the Best Screenplay award

Atom Arkapau Dorald, who won the New York Film Awards for Best Cinematography for the film “The Sinners,” is now one step closer to winning an Oscar to make history as the first woman to win an Oscar in the cinematography category

Other winners of the awards include Netflix’s “K-Pop Demon Hunters” in the animated film category and Netflix’s “My Unwanted Friends: Part 1 – Last Flight to Moscow” in the non-fiction category

More than 50 journalists, including Variety’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman, make up the New York Film Critics Circle, the oldest film critics group in America. The group’s awards are considered an early forerunner of awards season, with its Best Picture winner often earning at least an Academy Award