‘Spotlight’: an early Oscar favorite?

It's still way too early to talk about who the potential Oscar nominees might be, much less Oscar winners, but one awards show held in New York last night is at least an indicator. "Spotlight," the movie about journalists investigating the Catholic Church that is now playing at AMC River Park Square, won the IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards on Monday.

The event, which is held annually to honor independent film, chose "Birdman" as its top film last year. And "Birdman" went on to win the 2015 Oscar for Best Picture.

Other winners included actress Bel Powley for "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" and actor Paul Dano for "Love and Mercy." You can get the complete list by clicking here.

And if it's any added benefit for your early-early Oscar pool, I think "Spotlight" is definitely one of the best films of the year. But, hey, we have all of December to go.

I can't wait for, among others, to see "Birdman" director Alejandro González Iñárritu's follow-up feature "The Revenant."