New York Film Critics Circle (original) (raw)

Welcome to the website of the New York Film Critics Circle, an organization of film reviewers from New York-based publications that exists to honor excellence in U.S. and world cinema.

Founded in 1935, the Circle’s membership includes critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines, and qualifying online general-interest publications. Every year in December the organization meets in New York to vote on awards for the previous calendar year’s films.

Among the categories: best picture, director, screenplay, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, cinematography, animated film, and best first feature. Special standalone awards are also given to individuals and organizations that have made substantial contributions to the art of cinema, including producers, directors, actors, writers, critics, historians, film restorers, and service organizations.

The Circle’s awards are often viewed as harbingers of the Oscar nominations, which are announced each February. 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 complete list of previous winners is available on this site, along with a list of current members with links to their publications.

For a complete list of winners from the past calendar year, click here.

Moments from the 2022 NYFCC Awards

Stephen Colbert, presenter for Best Actress; Cate Blanchett, Best Actress, TÁRJordan Peele, director of Nope and presenter for Best Supporting ActressDaniel Scheinert (co-director, Everything Everywhere All At Once and presenter for Best Supporting Actor), Jonathan Wang (producer, EEAAO), Ke Huy Quan (Best Supporting Actor, EEAAO), Daniel Kwan (co-director, EEAAO and presenter for Best Supporting Actor)Jordan Hoffman, NYFCC Chair for 2022S.S. Rajamouli, Best Director, RRR, with guestsSeth Meyers (presenter, Best Actor)Howard Gentler, producer of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed; Laura Poitras, Best Non-Fiction Film, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed; David Byrne, presenter for Best Non-Fiction Film)Jerzy Skolimowski, Best International Film, EO; Jim Jarmusch, presenter for Best International FilmKeke Palmer, Best Supporting Actress, NopeJenny Slate, Best Animated Film, Marcel the Shell with Shoes OnS.S. Rajamouli, Best Director, RRRKeke Palmer, Best Supporting Actress, NopeJordan Peele sitting with The Daniels and Ke Huy QuanCate Blanchett, Best Actress, TÁR