The New York Film Critics Circle, an organization of film reviewers from New York-based publications, honors excellence in U.S. and world cinema. Winners of the 2015 awards including Saoirse Ronan, Kristen Stewart, Michael Keaton, Todd Haynes, Phyllis Nagy, Laszlo Nemes, Pete Docter, Edward Lachman, and more attended the awards gala at Tao Downtown, kicking off the 2016 awards season. Presenters included Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Alec Baldwin, Nathan Lane, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Kline, David Hyde Pierce, and George Takei, among others.
