on Tuesday selected Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee's Netflix film about Vietnam War veterans, as Best Film, also giving Lee the award for Best Director.
The film additionally was awarded Best Ensemble. The National Board of Review includes academics and filmmakers, and its best film pick is one of numerous honors to be handed out in the lead-up to the Academy Awards every year.
The winner hasn't recently tended to go on to win the Best Picture Oscar, though it has on occasion as with Green Book, and Variety notes it at least usually scores a nomination.
But in general, The Washington Post's Steven Zeitchik wrote that Da 5 Bloods has been "gathering force" as a potential Best Picture winner recently, something this nod "will only help. " The.
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