NY Film Critics Circle Pushes Back Awards Vote To December 3

New York, NY ' October 16, 2012 ' 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! MOVIES

Melissa Anderson
Village Voice

John Anderson
VARIETY/NEWSDAY

Michael Atkinson
VILLAGE VOICE

Dwight Brown
NNPA Syndication/BlackPressUSA.com

Richard Corliss
TIME

David Denby
THE NEW YORKER

Karen Durbin
ELLE

Bilge Ebiri

NEW YORK MAGAZINE

David Edelstein
NEW YORK MAGAZINE

David Fear
TIME OUT NY

Marshall Fine
STAR

Owen Gleiberman
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

J. Hoberman
FREELANCE

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

Nick Pinkerton

VILLAGE VOICE

Peter Rainer
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

Rex Reed
NEW YORK OBSERVER

Joshua Rothkopf
TIME OUT NEW YORK

Richard Schickel
TIME

Lisa Schwarzbaum
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Kyle Smith
NEW YORK POST

Dana Stevens
SLATE

Amy Taubin

ART FORUM

Peter Travers
ROLLING STONE

Keith Uhlich

TIME OUT NEW YORK

Elizabeth Weitzman

THE DAILY NEWS

Armond White
CITYARTS

Stephen Whitty
NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

Stephanie Zacharek
NPR.ORG / FILM.COM