---the National Society of Film Critics
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best picture
Million Dollar Baby
2.Sideways
best director
Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers and Hero)
2.Payne(Sideways)
best screenplay
Payne and Jim Taylor (Sideways)
best cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao (House of Flying Daggers)
best actress (co-winners)
Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
3.Julie Delpy (Before Sunset)
best actor
Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles (Ray) and as gutsy L.A. cabbie (Collateral)
2.Giamatti(Sideways)
3.Eastwood
supporting actor
Thomas Haden Church as randy groom-to-be Jack (Sideways)
supporting actress
Virginia Madsen as epicure waitress Maya (Sideways)
best nonfiction film
Tarnation
best foreign language film
Moolaade
2.House of Flying Daggers
3.Notre Musique
The NSFC, whose 50-plus members are movie critics at prominent national magazines and newspapers, has a poor track record as an Oscar predictor (in 38 years, it's agreed with the Academy on Best Picture just three times), but many of its votes are in line with those of other critics groups this year.
