Other Crap

"The National Society of Film Critics, in a departure from most year-end critics' prizes, named the Spanish language picture Pan's Labyrinth best film of 2006"

You should realize that their selection almost never agrees with Oscar, so this choice is almost a sure-fire sign that Pan has no Oscar Best Picture potential, despite its 99% positive reviews. It should be the best foreign-language film.

Best Actress: Helen Mirren, for The Queen.

"Forest Whitaker's masterful playing as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland bested Peter O'Toole's moving portrait of a dying matinee idol in Venus by a single vote--after the two tied on the first ballot."

Marky Mark was named best supporting actor for his roley role in Scorsese's The Departed.

Greengrass was their best director for United 93.

Emmanuel Lubezki won for best cinematography for his work in Children of Men. (If Oscar doesn't mirror that one with at least a nomination, it would be a grave injustice.)

Here is the association's home page.