So, get comfortable with hearing a whole lot about La La Land in the coming months, as Damien Chazelle’s dazzling modern musical picked up Best Film at the NYFCC, cementing its status as the one to beat on Oscar night.
Though many of the Oscar frontrunners have yet even to hit the UK’s shores, the awards season race is already solidifying into place.
A follow-up to Chazelle’s 2014 sleeper hit Whiplash, La La Land pairs Ryan Gosling’s spirited jazz musician and Emma Stone’s struggling actress; in a neon-soaked, nostalgic take on the classic Golden Age musical, all big-hearted romance tinged with a little modern reflection.