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The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization. The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the most prestigious film critics awards in the United States. In January 2024, the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers along with major publications and media outlets. [1]

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History

The society was founded in 1966 in the New York City apartment of the Saturday Review critic Hollis Alpert, one of several co-founding film critics who was refused membership to the New York Film Critics Circle because it preferred critics who worked for mainstream newspapers. His co-founders included Pauline Kael, a writer for The New Yorker , Joe Morgenstern, then a movie reviewer for Newsweek and Richard Schickel, a film critic for Life magazine. The society was founded in order to counteract the influence of New York Times critic Bosley Crowther, who dominated the New York City film critics scene for many years. The original founding film critics, who were overwhelmingly based in New York, called their new group a "national" organization because they wrote for a number of magazines and newspapers with a national circulation. [2]

Past distinguished members include Richard Corliss, the late Roger Ebert, David Edelstein, Stanley Kauffmann and Dave Kehr. As of November 2023, the 61 current members include David Ansen, Richard Brody, Justin Chang, Steve Erickson, Emanuel Levy, Amy Nicholson, Gerald Peary, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Sterritt, Peter Travers, Kenneth Turan and Stephanie Zacharek. [3]

The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the more prestigious film critics awards in the United States. In past years, many of its Best Picture winners have been foreign films, and the choices rarely parallel the Academy Awards. It has agreed with the Oscar in nine instances since 1977: Annie Hall (1977), Unforgiven (1992), Schindler's List (1993), Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Hurt Locker (2009), Spotlight (2015), Moonlight (2016), Parasite (2019), and Nomadland (2020). [1] [4] Five other winners did receive the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film: Z , The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (French : Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie), Day for Night (French : La Nuit américaine), Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (French : Préparez vos mouchoirs), and Amour .

The NSFC is also the American representative of the International Federation of Film Critics, which comprises the national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world. [5]

Books

The society has published an ongoing series of anthologies of articles, including:

Annual film award categories

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References

  1. 1 2 "'Inside Llewyn Davis' Dominates National Society of Film Critics Awards". TheWrap. January 4, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
    - "'Inside Llewyn Davis' wins National Society of Film Critics honors" . Los Angeles Times . January 4, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014. The society, which was founded in 1966 and includes principal critics from major papers and outlets, often disagrees with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over their top choices.
  2. ↑ Nelson, Valerie J. (December 7, 2007). "Hollis Alpert, at 91; author cofounded film critic society". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  3. ↑ "2013 Awards: "Inside Llewyn Davis," Oscar Isaac, Cate Blanchett". National Society of Film Critics. January 4, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
    - "Who We Are". National Society of Film Critics. 8 January 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Scott Foundas (January 9, 2014). "National Society of Film Critics Offers a More Civil Awards-Season Alternative". Variety . Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "About the Society". National Society of Film Critics. 8 January 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2015.


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