Amy Winehouse movie hailed by LA film critics

Los Angeles film critics have given Amy, the story about the late pop star Amy Winehouse, the best documentary honour at their awards show.

Charlotte Rampling was another British winner, picking up the best actress award for her role in the marital drama 45 Years.

High-octane Mad Max: Fury Road might have driven off with the most awards, but the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) had another in mind for its top film of the year - Spotlight, the comparatively subdued drama about the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into sex abuse in the Catholic Church.

Lafca, one of the highest-profile regional critics groups, often strays from the mainstream in its annual awards choices. Only once in the past 20 years has the best film winner gone on to win the Best Picture Oscar.

There was no clear favourite this year, and Lafca honoured a vast variety of some of the year's best films further reinforcing the narrative that the Oscar race is still fairly undefined.

Mad Max: Fury Road, picked up three awards, the most for any film, including best director for George Miller, best cinematography, and best production design.

But the dystopian rager, which the National Board of Review...