'12 Years a Slave' Named Best Picture by New York Online Critics

The group also gave awards to "Gravity" for its direction and cinematography. The New York Film Critics Online, voting Sunday, named Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave as its best film of the year. The critics’ group -- not to be confused with the New York Film Critics Circle, which chose David O. Russell’s American Hustle as its top picture -- also gave its best actor award to Slave’s Chiwetel Ejiofor and its best supporting actress award to the film’s Lupita Nyong’o. The group joined...