Nominees Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Or, Why Argo is a Lock Early last month I was called on to present the National Board of Review’s prize for Best Film Film to Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin. The NBR is a group of cinephiles who stage their awards banquet, by far the poshest on the East Coast, in the magnificent Italian Renaissance building that was once the Bowery Savings Bank and is now Cipriani 42nd Street. It’s a big, glamorous deal; everybody shows up. ... Read More