National Board: `Slumdog' is 2008's best film (The State)

4 December 2008, 12:15 pm

The National Board of Review has picked "Slumdog Millionaire" as the year's best film. The board's picks, announced Thursday, are considered the first major harbinger of the Academy Awards. The win boosts the awards hopes for "Slumdog," which is viewed as the independent film most likely to follow "Juno" and "Little Miss Sunshine" in Oscar contention. Directed by Danny Boyle, the film follows ...... Read More »

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