VIDEO : 'Carol' Best Picture Of 2015

The New York Film Critics Circle has named "Carol" as its best picture of 2015. The Todd Haynes-directed film which stars Cate Blanchett as a housewife in 1950's New York, who meets and begins an affair with a shop clerk and aspiring photographer played by Rooney Mara won four awards from the critics organization. In addition to best picture, "Carol" received honors for best director, best screenplay and best cinematography. However, neither Blanchett nor Mara received an acting award for the film.