1995 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Explained

61st New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 7, 1995

----Best Picture:
Leaving Las Vegas

The 61st New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1995. The winners were announced on 14 December 1995 and the awards were given on 7 January 1996.^[1] ^[2]

Winners

Best Actor:
- Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
- Runners-up: Anthony Hopkins - Nixon, Jeff Bridges - Wild Bill and John Travolta - Get Shorty
Best Actress:
- Jennifer Jason Leigh - Georgia
- Runners-up: Elisabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas, Julianne Moore - Safe, Nicole Kidman - To Die For, Meryl Streep - The Bridges of Madison County and Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility
Best Cinematography:
- Lü Yue - Shanghai Triad
Best Director:
- Ang Lee - Sense and Sensibility
- Runners-up: Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas and Todd Haynes - Safe
Best Documentary:
- Crumb
Best Film:
- Leaving Las Vegas
- Runners-up: Sense and Sensibility and Safe
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux sauvages) • France
- Runners-up: Through the Olive Trees (Zire darakhatan zeyton) • Iran and Lamerica • Italy
Best New Director:
- Chris Noonan - Babe
- Runners-up: Lodge Kerrigan - Clean, Shaven and Noah Baumbach - Kicking and Screaming
Best Screenplay:
- Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility
- Runner-up: Amy Heckerling - Clueless
Best Supporting Actor:
- Kevin Spacey - Swimming with Sharks, The Usual Suspects, Outbreak and Seven
- Runner-up: Don Cheadle - Devil in a Blue Dress
Best Supporting Actress:
- Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite
- Runner-up: Joan Allen - Nixon

External links

1995 Awards

Notes and References

News: Maslin. Janet. Leaving Las Vegas' Is Voted Best Film by Critics Circle. 25 December 2017. The New York Times. 15 December 1995.
News: Bernard. Jami. 'Vegas' hits the N.Y. jackpot; Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Jason Leigh and even 'Babe' the pig are the best of '95, say film critics. 25 December 2017. NY Daily News. 15 December 1995.