For the first time in my four-year tenure, several awards were decided in the fourth or fifth round of ballot tallying. We were taking so long that I imagined Pansy, the cranky protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” yelling “JUST PICK A WINNER ALREADY! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!”

RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel beat out runners-up "Anora" and "All We Imagine as Light," the latter of which did score Best Director and Best Foreign-Language Film.

The organization is voting on its selections for best picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor and actress, screenplay and cinematography.

With 'Nickel Boys' taking Best Film, the National Society of Film Critics also recognized 'A Real Pain', 'Sing Sing' and 'Hard Truths'.

“Nickel Boys,” the Colson Whitehead adaptation from director RaMell Ross, won best film from the prestigious National Society of Film Critics on Saturday.