‘Spotlight’ Named Best Picture by L.A. Film Critics

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Hollywood Reporter

by Ashley Lee, Ryan Parker 12/6/2015

The top acting awards went to Michael Fassbender for ‘Steve Jobs’ and Charlotte Rampling for ’45 Years.’

Spotlight, Tom McCarthy’s drama about the Boston Globe reporters who exposed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, was named this year’s best picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, edging out George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which was runner-up in the top category. Spotlight, which was written by McCarthy and Josh Singer, also earned took home the award for best screenplay.

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