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Movie trailer for the film 'Spotlight' starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo._ by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jan 4, 2016 6:50 AM UTC Movie trailer for the film 'Spotlight' starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo. by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jan 4, 2016 6:50 AM UTC For its 50th annual film awards, the National Society of Film Critics has recognized Tom McCarthy’s _Spotlight_ as the best picture of the year. The journalism drama, which follows the true story of the _Boston Globe_ investigation into sex abuse in the Catholic Church, also earned the award for best screenplay, honoring McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer. Carol, which stars Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett, also picked up two awards, as Todd Haynes won for best director and Ed Lachman won for best cinematography. The NSFC also honored Michael B. Jordan as best actor for his role in _Creed_ and Charlotte Rampling as best actress for _45 Years_. Kristen Stewart won best supporting actress for _Clouds of Sils Maria_, and Mark Rylance won best supporting actor for _Bridge of Spies_. _Timbuktu_ was named best foreign-language film, and the Amy Winehouse documentary _Amy_ won the award for best non-fiction film. The NSFC’s picks don’t always indicate a future Oscar win: Last year, the group selected Jean-Luc Godard’s _Goodbye to Language_ as best picture, and the film failed to earn any Oscar nominations. It did successfully pick J.K. Simmons as best supporting actor for _Whiplash_ and Patricia Arquette as best supporting actress for _Boyhood_, as well as recognizing _Citizenfour_ as the best non-fiction film. [_This article originally appeared on ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/03/national-society-film-critics-spotlight-best-picture) ## Transcript [00:00] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:02] [ MUSIC ] [00:04] I [00:06] know there's things you can not tell me. But also know [00:10] there's a story here that I think everybody will hear [00:12] about it. [ MUSIC ] Do you think your paper has the [00:15] resources just to take that on? [ MUSIC ] I do. Do you? [00:22] The Boston priest molested kids in six different [00:25] parishes over the last 30 years. The church found out [00:28] about it and did nothing. We haven't committed any [00:30] long term investigative resources to the case. No, we [00:33] haven't. And that's the kind of thing your team would [00:34] do. Spotlight? Guys, [00:38] listen. Everybody is going to be interested in this. [00:43] Obviously the church will fight us very hard. Trying to [00:46] get some background information. I don't want you [00:48] recording this in any shape or form. Nothing. We [00:49] understand Understand you've settled several cases [00:52] against the church. I can't discuss that. There aren't [00:54] any records of any of these settlements. When you're a [00:56] poor kid from a poor family, and when a priest pays [01:00] attention to you, its a big deal. How do you say no to [01:03] God? Spotlight. Is this the tipline? You think he's got [01:07] something? I want to keep digging. You need to focus [01:09] on the institution. Show me Came from the top down. [01:12] They'll try to silence anyone who speaks out. You leave [01:16] me alone, you hear me, goddamnit! 6 % act out [01:20] sexually. 6 % is... 90. 90 priests. If there were 90 of [01:24] these bastards, people would know. Maybe they do. [01:25] [ MUSIC ] You're [01:30] going to give me the names, and the names of their [01:32] victims. Are you threatening me? I was doing my job. [01:36] Yeah, you and everyone else. I am here because I [01:39] care. We're gonna tell this story. We're gonna tell it [01:43] right. [ MUSIC ] I'm hoping we can keep this between [01:47] us until we all get on the same page. Is that why we're [01:50] here? To get on the same page? We've got two stories [01:54] here. A story about degenerate clergy, and a story [01:57] about a bunch of layers turning child abuse into a [01:59] cottage industry. Which story do you want us to write? [02:02] Cuz we're writing one of them. [ MUSIC ] I'm [02:06] not crazy, they control everything. This is not just [02:10] Boston, it's a whole country, it's a whole world. They [02:10] knew and they let [02:15] it happen. It could've been you. It could've been me. It [02:15] could've been any of us. 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