Critics Group Watch: NYFCO Will Announce December 12

The New York Film Critics Online will announce their awards December 12 at 7:30 pm Eastern. There is some crossover here with the New York Film Critics — some of the members are the same.

Last year, the New York Film Critics announced December 14. No word yet, I don’t think, on when they’ll announce this year but it will be in the first two weeks of December probably.
I’ve just gotten word that the New York Film Critics Circle (for print critics) will announce on December 13.

The New York film critics, and the Los Angeles Film critics, really, tend to be the trendsetters with how the subsequent critics’ awards will vote. The Southeastern Film Critics also seem to make a big difference, along with BFCA – as they tend to be larger voting bodies. After the critics awards come the all-important guild awards. And even still, when all is said and done, the AMPAS can introduce a film they liked to the race — like last year’s The Blind Side, which really only had Sandra Bullock out front with the guilds, mostly.

Last year, this is how they went (eventual Oscar winners/nominees in bold):

2009:

* Adventureland
* Avatar
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* The Messenger
* Precious
* A Serious Man
* Two Lovers
* Up
* Up in the Air

Winners
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Bad Blake
Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia as Julia Child
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Cast: In the Loop
Best Cinematography- Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
Best Debut Director: Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary Film: The Cove

Best Film: Avatar
Best Film Music or Score: Crazy Heart – Steve Bruton, T-Bone Burnett and Jeffrey Pollack
Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon • Germany
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique – Precious as Mary
Breakthrough Performer: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

For previous years, click here.

The members:

Ethan Alter
filmjournal.com
Rottentomatoes.com/author/author-836

Chris Barsanti
filmcritic.com
filmjournal.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-3021

Mary Ann & Frederic Brussat
www.SpiritualityandPractice.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-2896

Clay Cane
www.bet.com/entertainment
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-13421

Edward Douglas
www.comingsoon.net/
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-11107

Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-1187

Ed Gonzalez
villagevoice.com
www.slantmagazine.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-219

Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-1274

Ron Henriques
Latinoreview.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-8938

Brandon Judell
culturecatch.com
www.indiewire.com
www.nytheatre-wire.com/#film
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-1033

Harvey Karten
go.compuserve.com/showbiz
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-1123

Robert Levin
www.criticsnotebook.com/robertlevin.html
www.filmschoolrejects.com/author/author/RLevin
rottentomatoes.com/author-13324

Emanuel Levy
rottentomatoes.com/critic/emanuel-levy

Kurt Loder
www.reason.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-11104

Nora Lee Mandel
film-forward.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-13166

Maitland McDonagh
missflickchick.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-1179

Prairie Miller
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-3414
www.LongIslandPress.com
www.LIWomanOnline.com
www.wbai.org

Avi Offer
nycmovieguru.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-13276

Michelle Orange
movieline.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-12338

Louis Proyect
marxmail.org
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-1390

Rex Reed
www.observer.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-926

Katey Rich
cinemablend.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-12336

Jack Rico
ShowBizCafe.com/es
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-13691

Julian Roman
movieweb.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-9531

Chuck Schwartz
crankycritic.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-127

Dana Stevens
slate.com
nytimes.com/movies
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-9950

Diva Velez
TheDivaReview.com
MonkeyPeaches.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-12945

Armond White
AOLBlackVoices.com
nypress.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-2725

Kam Williams
blackfilm.com
eurweb.com

William Wolf
wolfentertainmentguide.com
rottentomatoes.com/author/author-3681

Gerald Wright
HDFest.com
rottentomatoes.com/user/835286/reviews
CriticalWomen.Blogspot.com
FilmShowcase.Blogspot.com
Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline