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(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello—Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Dec 2, 2014 9:57 PM UTC The National Board of Review (NBR), an awards-giving body that’s part of the lengthy run-up to the Oscars, has given its best film prize to _A Most Violent Year_, director J.C. Chandor’s film about a husband and wife attempting, against great odds, to enter the heating-oil-delivery business. The film’s stars, Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, also won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. It’s a splashy entry into the year-end conversation for _Year_, which has yet to open. Other prizes went to stars who have been widely mentioned in conjunction with year-end prizes. In the Best Actor race, Isaac tied with Michael Keaton for _Birdman_; that film’s Edward Norton won Best Supporting Actor, while Julianne Moore won Best Actress for playing an Alzheimer’s patient in _Still Alice_. Clint Eastwood won Best Director for his Chris Kyle biopic _American Sniper_. The screenplay prizes, though, went in unexpected directions that the Oscars may not follow: _The Lego Movie_ won Best Original Screenplay, while the Thomas Pynchon hippie-noir _Inherent Vice_ took Best Adapted Screenplay. The NBR is not one of the most widely-credentialed groups of critics (unlike the New York Film Critics Circle, who [gave their Best Film prize to ](https://time.com/3612281/boyhood-new-york-film-critics-circle-awards/)[_Boyhood_](https://time.com/3612281/boyhood-new-york-film-critics-circle-awards/)this week); the group is comprised of nebulously defined “film enthusiasts and professionals, academics, young filmmakers and students” and spreads the wealth with several awards, two top-ten lists for studio and independent films and two more top-five lists honoring foreign films and documentaries. And though the top film prize rarely matches the Oscars’ Best Picture honor (last doing so with 2008’s _Slumdog Millionaire_), it’s yet another window into what’s ahead as the film year draws to a close. 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