New York Film Critics Circle Announces Two New Members

The New York Film Critics Circle added two new members, Monica Castillo (freelance) and Kelli Weston (freelance), to vote for the 2024 awards on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. which brings the total active members to 45.



​​The New York Film Critics Circle will hold its annual Gala Awards dinner on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at TAO Downtown. David Sims serves as the 2024 Chairperson of the NYFCC, David Ehrlich serves as Vice Chair, and Stephen Garrett continues as the group's General Manager.


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The upcoming year will also mark the 90th anniversary of the Circle, and a special anniversary program is in the works to celebrate this historic milestone for the NYFCC.

"We're thrilled to add Monica and Kelli to our ranks, and look forward to our voting meeting in December. It's already been a great year for movies; I can't wait to see what the final months of 2024 have in store," said NYFCC Chair David Sims.
   
Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle is the oldest critics group in the country, and among the most prestigious. The NYFCC's membership includes critics from daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and the web's most respected online publications.


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Every year the organization meets to vote on awards for the calendar year's films, among the first of the major groups to pronounce its winners. Oftentimes the NYFCC's selections pave a path for Awards Season, while other times their picks stand proudly independent from other organizations. The group's awards dinner in early January is also considered a kick-off to a new year of glamorous events in New York City.
 
For information regarding the NYFCC, please visit: www.nyfcc.com.

A full list of current NYFCC members include:

David Sims (CHAIR)
The Atlantic

David Ehrlich (VICE CHAIR)
IndieWire

Stephen Garrett (GENERAL MANAGER)
Freelance


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MEMBERS:

Sam Adams
Slate

Siddhant Adlakha
Freelance

Melissa Anderson
4Columns

Michael Atkinson
Freelance

Jason Bailey
The Playlist

Richard Brody
The New Yorker

Dwight Brown
NNPA Syndication

Monica Castillo
Freelance


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Kameron Austin Collins
Rolling Stone

Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine

Kate Erbland 
IndieWire

David Fear
Rolling Stone

Graham Fuller
Freelance

Owen Gleiberman
Variety

Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Leah Greenblatt
Freelance

Steven D. Greydanus
The National Catholic Register


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Rafer Guzman
Newsday

Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter

Jordan Hoffman
Freelance

Caryn James
BBC

Tomris Laffly 
Freelance

Richard Lawson
Vanity Fair

Violet Lucca
Freelance

Soraya Nadia McDonald
Andscape

Farran Nehme
Freelance

Sheila O'Malley
Rogerebert.com

Rex Reed
New York Observer

David Rooney
The Hollywood Reporter

Nick Schager
The Daily Beast

Matt Singer
ScreenCrush

Kyle Smith
The Wall Street Journal

Dana Stevens
Slate

Amy Taubin
Artforum


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Peter Travers
ABC

Keith Uhlich
Freelance

Elizabeth Weitzman
The Wrap

Kelli Weston
Freelance

Stephen Whitty
Freelance

Alison Willmore
New York Magazine

Stephanie Zacharek
Time Magazine

Esther Zuckerman
Freelance

For information regarding membership, please visit: http://www.nyfcc.com/membership/

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