1988 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Annual US film awards ceremony 23rd NSFC Awards January 9, 1989 Best Film: The UnbearableLightness of Being The 23rd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 9 January 1989, honored the best filmmaking of 1988.'Unbearable Lightness' Gets Film Prize https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/09/movies/unbearable-lightness-gets-film-prize.html 3 January 2018 The New York Times 9 January 1989Kehr Dave 'Unbearable Lightness' Named Best Film Of '88 By Critics Group https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/09/unbearable-lightness-named-best-film-of-88-by-critics-group/ 3 January 2018 Chicago Tribune 9 January 1989Carr Jay National Critics choose 'Lightness' https://www.proquest.com/docview/294461979 3 January 2018 The Boston Globe 9 January 1989 9 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309202540/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294461979.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=&author=&pub=&edition=&startpage=&desc= live Winners Best Picture 1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being 2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) 3. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) 3. A World Apart Best Director 1. Philip Kaufman – The Unbearable Lightness of Being 2. Chris Menges – A World Apart 3. Wim Wenders – Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) Best Actor 1. Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice and Clean and Sober 2. Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning 3. Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man 3. Max von Sydow – Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) Best Actress 1. Judy Davis – High Tide 2. Carmen Maura – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) 3. Melanie Griffith – Working Girl 3. Barbara Hershey – A World Apart Best Supporting Actor 1. Dean Stockwell – Married to the Mob and Tucker: The Man and His Dream 2. Alec Guinness – Little Dorrit 3. Tim Robbins – Bull Durham Best Supporting Actress 1. Mercedes Ruehl – Married to the Mob 2. Lena Olin – The Unbearable Lightness of Being 3. Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Liaisons Best Screenplay 1. Ron Shelton – Bull Durham 2. David Cronenberg and Norman Snider – Dead Ringers 3. Shawn Slovo – A World Apart Best Cinematography 1. Henri Alekan – Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) 2. Sven Nykvist – The Unbearable Lightness of Being 3. Philippe Rousselot – Dangerous Liaisons 3. Conrad L. Hall – Tequila Sunrise 3. Vittorio Storaro – Tucker: The Man and His Dream Best Documentary 1. The Thin Blue Line 2. Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 3. Tokyo Olympiad (Tôkyô orimpikku) Special Award Pedro Almodóvar References External links Past Awards 1988 National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards