Scorsese picked up the Best Director prize when the honours were announced on Thursday. George Clooney took home the Best Actor trophy for ‘The Descendants’ and his ‘Michael Clayton’ co-star Tilda Swinton was honoured with the Best Actress prize for harrowing drama ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’. Clooney’s movie daughter Shailene Woodley picked up the Best Supporting Actress award.
Meanwhile, cancer survivor Will Reiser was handed the Best Screenplay accolade for his honest ‘50/50’, which recounted his battle with the disease and starred pal Seth Rogen. The National Board of Review members also announced their top 10 films of 2011. The countdown features ‘Hugo’, Oscars favourites ‘The Artist’ and ‘The Descendants’, ‘Drive’, ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’, ‘The Tree of Life’, ‘The Ides of March’, ‘War Horse’ and ‘J. Edgar’.
