New York Film Critics Move Up to November 28, First out the Gate

The NYFCC has just announced it will no longer vote in mid-December but will instead get this party started earlier, on November 28. This cock-blocks the National Board of Review, which announces December 1, 2011.

New York, NY – October 19, 2011 — The New York Film Critics Circle announced today they will hold their annual vote for the 2011 Film Critics Circle Awards on Monday, November 28^th, at The Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center.  The awards will be handed out at a ceremony to be held on Monday, January 9, 2012.

Says this years Chairman John Anderson, “As the nations pre-eminent critic’s group, we are excited about kicking off the annual end-of-year discussion with our new early voting date.  On the basis of the films we have seen thus far, we are looking forward to another passionate debate amongst our members.”

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 on-line 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.

Joining Chairman John Anderson in leading the group is this year’s Vice-Chairman, Time Out New York Senior Film Writer Joshua Rothkopf, who will assume the duties of Chairman for 2012. Additions to the group are returning voting member Amy Taubin of Film Comment and a new member, Salon film critic Andrew O’ Hehir.

Full list of voting members below:

Thelma Adams
US WEEKLY

Melissa Anderson
Village Voice

John Anderson
VARIETY/NEWSDAY

Michael Atkinson

Dwight Brown
NNPA Syndication/BlackPressUSA.com

Richard Corliss
TIME

David Denby
THE NEW YORKER

Karen Durbin
ELLE

David Edelstein
NEW YORK MAGAZINE

David Fear
TIME OUT NY

Marshall Fine
STAR

Owen Gleiberman
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

J. Hoberman
VILLAGE VOICE

Stuart Klawans
THE NATION

Lou Lumenick
NEW YORK POST

Vincent Musetto
NEW YORK POST

Joe Morgenstern
WALL STREET JOURNAL

Joe Neumaier
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Andrew O’Hehir
SALON

Peter Rainer
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

Rex Reed
NEW YORK OBSERVER

Joshua Rothkopf
TIME OUT NEW YORK

Andrew Sarris
Emeritus

Richard Schickel
TIME

Lisa Schwarzbaum
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Kyle Smith
NEW YORK POST

Dana Stevens
SLATE

Amy Taubin
FILM COMMENT

Peter Travers
ROLLING STONE

Elizabeth Weitzman
THE DAILY NEWS

Armond White
NEW YORK PRESS

Stephen Whitty
NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

Stephanie Zacharek
MOVIELINE