NORTH TEXAS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION CHOOSES THE MARTIAN AS BEST PICTURE OF 2015

Ridley Scott's The Martian continues to prove its place in awards season 2015-16 with top award wins from the North Texas Film Critics Association. Although it doesn't take any other titles from the group's admittedly limited slate, the sci-fi / comedy / drama / thriller / who-knows-what-genre did pick up both Best Picture and Best Director. Check out their choices below:

Best Picture

The Martian

Best Director

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Best Actress

Brie Larson (Room)

Best Supporting Actor

Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Best Animated Feature

Inside Out

Best Documentary

Amy (Asif Kapadia)

Best Foreign Film

Son of Saul (Nemes Laszlo)

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD WINS FIRST AWARD OF SEASON - NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

The National Board of Review often bestows its top award of the year on a film based on a literary source; this year, they chose a film based on a legacy of action films and a genius filmmaker's imagination. Mad Max: Fury Road is the (slight) surprise winner of the NBR's Best Film award, joining other less-than-expected choices on their list such as Sicario and Straight Outta Compton on their Top 10 list, major showings for late-breakers Creed and The Hateful Eight, but not for Joy nor The Revenant, and no love for critics fave Carol. Last year, this group chose A Most Violent Year as their Best Film pick - a film that went on to secure zero Oscar nominations total. Check out their full list of winners and other citations below:

Best Film

Mad Max: Fury Road

Bridge of Spies

Creed

The Hateful Eight

Inside Out

The Martian

Room

Sicario

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Best Director

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Best Actor

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Best Actress

Brie Larson (Room)

Best Supporting Actor

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Best Original Screenplay

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Drew Goddard (The Martian)

Best Ensemble

The Big Short

Best Animated Feature

Inside Out

Best Documentary

Amy

Best of Enemies

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

The Diplomat

Listen to Me Marlon

The Look of Silence

Best Foreign Language Film

Son of Saul

Goodnight Mommy

Mediterranea

Phoenix

The Second Mother

The Tribe

Best Independent Film

'71

45 Years

Cop Car

Ex Machina

Grandma

It Follows

James White

Mississippi Grind

Welcome to Me

While We're Young

Best Directorial Debut

Jonas Carpignano (Mediterranea)

Best Breakthrough Actor

Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

NBR Freedom of Expression Award

Beasts of No Nation

Mustang

Spotlight Award for Outstanding Collaborative Vision

Sicario

William K. Everson Film History Award

Cecilia de Mille Presley

TRAILER #1 FOR ANOMALISA

Charlie Kaufman returns with Anomalisa, a stop-motion animation film that is the Oscar-winning writer's second film as director after 2008's Synecdoche, New York. He co-directs with Duke Johnson, whose first feature-length project this is. After a premiere at Telluride in September, Anomalisa went on to secure a prolific festival schedule due to outstanding reviews, including screenings at Toronto and at Venice, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize from Alfonso Cuaron's jury. The much-anticipated film, which features voice work from David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tom Noonan, opens in the US on the 30th of December in limited release (with an expansion planned for January 2016) and in the UK on the 11th of March.