..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..R.J. Matson
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Michael Wilmington

October 23 , 2003

 

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS STAYS THE COURSE

"After polling its members, the National Society of Film Critics has decided at this time to continue to vote its year-end awards. The Society also reiterates its belief, shared by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle, that the MPAA banning of screeners for critics' organizations will do little to combat piracy and much to promote films favored by the major studios at the expense of smaller, independent fare. In the interests of the widest recognition of excellence, a goal presumably shared by all in the film community, we are asking once again that this ban be revoked."