National Society of Film Critics End the Critics Portion of Awards Season; Inside Llewyn Davis gets a Boost

After missing out on PGA and WGA love, the final (major) critics group threw their weight behind the Coen's film in a big way. Inside Llewyn Davis won Picture, Director, Actor and Cinematography honors. Not that this will have huge influence on the AMPAS, but it's not a bad laurel to have.

In the other races, Cate Blanchett reigned supreme over Adele Exarchopoulos after sharing the LAFCA win with her last month; though it's good she of all people was Blanchett's fiercest competitor, this award could have really given a boost to Exarchopoulos' campaign; it's becoming likely she will be left out after a brief glimmer of hope after the wave of critics. Usual winner Jared Leto was beaten by Spring Breakers' James Franco, though his Oscar hopes are quite slim; this was the first major award he won (he shared the LAFCA win with Leto).

Full list of winners (complete with # of votes) below, check them out.

Best Picture:

• Inside Llewyn Davis (23 votes) Runner(s) Up: American Hustle (17), 12 Years A Slave & Her (16)

Best Director:

• The Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis (25 votes) Runner(s) Up: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity (18) & Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave (15)

Best Actor:

• Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis (28 votes) Runner(s) Up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave (19) & Robert Redford, All Is Lost (12)

Best Actress:

• Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (57 votes) Runner(s) Up: Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color (36) & Julie Delpy, Before Midnight (26)

Best Supporting Actor: 

• James Franco, Spring Breakers (24 votes) Runner(s) Up: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (20) & Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips (14)

Best Supporting Actress:

• Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle (54 votes) Runner(s) Up: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave (38), Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine (18) & Lea Seydoux, Blue Is the Warmest Color (18)

Best Screenplay:

• Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (29 votes) Runner(s) Up: The Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis (26) & Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle (18)

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Blue Is the Warmest Color (27 votes) Runner(s) Up: A Touch of Sin (21) & The Great Beauty (15)

Best Cinematography:

• Inside Llewyn Davis (28 votes) Runner(s) Up: Gravity (26) & Nebraska (27)