Who belongs to the National Society of Film Critics?
Surely, my fellow kudos nuts, you are wondering: hey, who are those folks in the National Society of Film Critics anyway? Well, you now have one more reason to cry "Hallelujah!" every day that you have GoldDerby at The Envelope.
Because we have the answer. Here's the current rundown: John Anderson, Newsday; David Ansen, Newsweek; Gary Arnold, Washington Times; Sheila Benson, Seattle Weekly; Jami Bernard, New York Daily News; Peter Brunette, Screen International; Ty Burr, Boston Globe; Jay Carr (AM New York, NECH); Godfrey Cheshire, Independent Weekly; Mike Clark, USA Today; Richard Corliss, Time; David Denby, New Yorker; Morris Dickstein, Dissent; Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times; David Edelstein, Slate; Steve Erickson, L.A. Magazine; Scott Foundas, LA Weekly; Chris Fujiwara, Boston Phoenix; Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly; J. Hoberman, Village Voice; Richard T. Jameson, Queen Anne News; Dave Kehr, Film Comment; Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix; Stuart Klawans, The Nation; Andy Klein, L.A. Citybeat; Nathan Lee, Film Comment; Emanuel Levy, Paste; Todd McCarthy, Variety; Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal; Rob Nelson, City Pages; Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix; John Powers, Vogue; Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor; Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer; Eleanor Ringel, Atlanta Journal; Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader; Andrew Sarris, New York Observer; Richard Schickel, Time; Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly; Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Press; Henry Sheehan, KCET-TV, KPCC-FM; Robert Sklar, Cineaste; Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun; David Sterritt, CSMonitor.com; Amy Taubin, Film Comment; Charles Taylor, Newark Star-Ledger; Ella Taylor, LA Weekly; Desson Thomson, Washington Post; Peter Travers, Rolling Stone; Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times; James Verniere, Boston Herald; Armond White, New York Press; Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune; William Wolf, Wolf Entertainment Guide; Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com.
David Sterritt is current president. Liz Weis is executive director. The society's website is available here.
Photo: Typical of the NSFC awards is this certificate bestowed to the Best Foreign Language Film winner of 2004, "Moolaadé," Ousmane Sembene's exposé of ritual female circumcision in Senegal.




I couldn't help but note that almost all of the critics are from the east and west coast. This is definitely going to color the selections. I now don't put much credence on the outcome....you've forgotten the red and silent majority.
Posted by: denverite | January 09, 2006 at 12:33 PM
No one knows where the full records are. Liz Weis and I pulled together this account from her memory and piecemeal notes. Sorry.
Posted by: Tom O'Neil | January 08, 2006 at 04:04 PM
Which 23 members voted on the sixth ballot?
Posted by: dude | January 08, 2006 at 01:32 PM