N.Y. Film Critics Circle goes for "United 93"

Suddenly Paul Greengrass' 9/11 re-enactment is looking like an awards season contender. "United 93" regularly came in second in many of the categories the Boston Society of Film Critics voted on yesterday, and the Los Angeles critics voted Greengrass best director. Now here are the New York Film Critics' Circle awards with "United 93" named best film of 2006.

The other Gotham awards were fairly close to what Boston came up with: Forest Whitaker best actor, Helen Mirren best actress, "Half Nelson" best new filmmaker, "Deliver Us from Evil" best documentary, "Pan's Labyrinth" DP Guillermo Navarro for best cinematography. Not that these spell instant Oscar, but it's intriguing to see such consistency this early. Expect that all to change when the Golden Globe nominations are announced Thursday morning.