'Irishman' named best picture by National Board of Review Martin Scorsese's sprawling crime epic “The Irishman” has been named best picture by the National Board of ReviewMartin Scorsese's sprawling crime epic “The Irishman” has been named best picture by the National Board of Review. The awards, announced Tuesday by the National Board of Review, handed Netflix its second major honor in Hollywood's quickening awards season. On Monday evening, Noah Baumbach's “Marriage Story” won best feature at the IFP Gotham Awards, which honor independent film. Brad Pitt, widely seen as the Oscar front-runner for his co-leading performance in “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," won best supporting actor. The picks by the National Board of Review, a long-running organization comprised of academics and film professionals, have in recent years seldom lined up with eventual Academy Awards winners.

Source: ABC News December 03, 2019 20:38 UTC