The New York Film Critics Circle announced today they will hold their vote for the 2012 Film Critics Circle Awards on Monday, December 3rd. The awards will be handed out during their annual ceremony to be held on Monday, January 7, 2013 at Crimson.
Additions to the group are new members Bilge Ebiri (New York Magazine), Nick Pinkerton (Village Voice) and Keith Uhlich (Time Out New York).States Chairman Rothkopf, “We’re always happy to see the group grow. Criticism is as vital as ever; our group celebrates the movies but also the art of response and interpretation. We’re looking forward to deliberating on the best of 2012 in the weeks to come.”Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle is the oldest and most prestigious in the country. The circle’s membership includes critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines and the web’s most respected online publications. Every year the organization meets in New York to vote on awards for the calendar year’s films. The Circle’s awards are often viewed as harbingers of the Oscar nominations. The Circle’s awards are also viewed — perhaps more accurately — as a principled alternative to the Oscars, honoring aesthetic merit in a forum that is immune to commercial and political pressures.
A full list of voting members is below:Thelma Adams YAHOO! MOVIESMelissa Anderson Village VoiceJohn Anderson VARIETY/NEWSDAYMichael Atkinson VILLAGE VOICEDwight Brown NNPA Syndication/BlackPressUSA.comRichard Corliss TIMEDavid Denby THE NEW YORKERKaren Durbin ELLEBilge EbiriNew York MagazineDavid Edelstein New York MagazineDavid Fear TIME OUT NYMarshall Fine STAROwen Gleiberman ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYJ. Hoberman FREELANCEStuart Klawans THE NATIONLou Lumenick NEW YORK POSTVincent Musetto NEW YORK POSTJoe Morgenstern WALL STREET JOURNALJoe Neumaier NEW YORK DAILY NEWSAndrew O’HehirSALONNick PinkertonVILLAGE VOICEPeter Rainer CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITORRex Reed NEW YORK OBSERVERJoshua Rothkopf TIME OUT NEW YORKRichard Schickel TIMELisa Schwarzbaum ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYKyle Smith NEW YORK POSTDana Stevens SLATEAmy TaubinART FORUMPeter Travers ROLLING STONEKeith UhlichTIME OUT NEW YORKElizabeth WeitzmanTHE DAILY NEWSArmond White CITYARTSStephen Whitty NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICEStephanie Zacharek NPR.ORG / FILM.COM