As the dust settles in the wake of The Post‘s firm landing atop the National Board of Review’s annual top 10 list (and reliable best picture-nominee bellwether)  the awards train is chugging right along  as the New York Film Critics Circle — the first of many major journalist collectives set to bestow year-end accolades upon 2017’s best films — announced its annual crop of winners on Thursday  positioning Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird atop the competition as its best film of 2017