Michelle Yeoh named best actress at National Board of Review Awards

Best director honoree Steven Spielberg (left) and best actress honoree Michelle Yeoh attend the National Board of Review Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Sunday, Jan 8, 2023, in New York. Photo: AP

The prize for best film of the year at the National Board of Review Awards went to Top Gun: Maverick. Martin McDonagh's The Banshees Of Inisherin took home the most trophies. But the night belonged to its best-director honoree, Steven Spielberg, and the parade of tributes paid to the 76-year-old filmmaker.

So effusive was the praise for Spielberg that Colin Farrell, there to accept the award for best actor for his performance in The Banshees Of Inisherin, said the experience of first watching E.T. was the most euphoric of his life, ranking it even above the births of his two children.