Well, the official announcement for the New York Film Critics Online critics’ awards were revealed and there is no doubt about what they considered (and desired) for top honors in the current movie season for 2013. In fact, this was such an incredible year for excellent cinema and big screen stellar performances that it was difficult for movie critics nationwide to determine what suited their cinematic fancies for artistic purposes.

It should not be too much of a surprise to see that the New York Film Critics Online bestowed their top movie honors for the harrowing and heralded historical brutal drama 12 Years a Slave, the Steve McQueen-directed epic that has been gaining notoriety for its raw and poignant look at America’s past ugliness with race relations through the haunting indignities of institutionalized slavery. Deservedly, 12 Years a Slave won for best picture as well as best actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) from the same film.

In any event, here are the complete movie awards/honors from the New York Film Critics Online circle:

Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave”
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron – “Gravity”
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor – “12 Years a Slave”
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett – “Blue Jasmine”
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto – “Dallas Buyers Club”
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o – “12 Years a Slave”
Best Screenplay: Spike Jonze – “Her”
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki – “Gravity”
Best Breakthrough Performance: Adele Exarchopoulos – “Blue Is the Warmest Color”
Best Use of Music: T Bone Burnett – “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Best Debut Director: Ryan Coogler – “Fruitvale Station”
Best Ensemble Cast: “American Hustle”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Blue Is the Warmest Color”
Best Documentary: “The Act of Killing”
Best Animated Film: “The Wind Rises”