"The Artist" Tops New York Film Critics Circle

After a long, drawn out announcement process on Twitter, we now know all the winners of the NYFCC awards, the first critics group to announce this year. The winners are:

Best Picture: The Artist
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Actor: Brad Pitt, Moneyball, The Tree of Life
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, Drive
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, The Help, Take Shelter
Best Screenplay: Moneyball
Best Foreign Film: A Separation (Iran)
Best Nonfiction Film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Best First Feature: Margin Call
2011 Special Award: Raul Ruiz