Welcome To The MCN 100.
THE MCN 100 is a voting group of 100 film journalists from across the globe - representing print, television, radio and the internet. Members have been drawn from some of the best known and most obscure publications in the world in hopes of finding a balance that no other critics group attempts.
The MCN 100 is being built in the spirit of absolute democracy. No meetings, no awards shows, no dinners, no advertising… nothing but 100 opinions from knowledgeable, professional film watchers.
Today, we premiere Phase Two Of the group's first vote, on the “Bests” in the categories of Picture, Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Actress, Documentary and Foreign Language Film. Voters make up to three choices in each category, though some choose to make fewer and sometimes pass completely on a given category.
In the spirit of a wide-open field, MCN is not making distinctions as to Lead vs. Supporting Acting or Original vs. Adapted Screenplay or even in what year a documentary or foreign language film belongs. Each voter makes those decisions for themselves.
There is also the Key Movies That Have Not Yet Been Seen category. The list is long, but getting shorter every day. You'll notice an increase of votes for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and Cold Mountain, as voters get to them.
After this vote, which might seem like almost too obvious a place to start, we hope that the MCN 100 will be able to offer consensus opinions on other important topics in the film world.
Best Documentary | Best Foreign Language Film
Best Actor | Best Actress
Best Screenplay | Best Director
Best Picture
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David
Ansen
Newsweek |
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Tim
Appelo
Seattle Weekly |
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Joe
Baltake
Sacramento Bee |
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Jami
Bernard
NY Daily News |
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James
Berardinelli
ReelViews.net |
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Claude
G. Budin-Juteau
TF1 News (France) |
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Sean
Burns
Philadelphia Weekly |
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Elizabeth
Carmody
Reel Roundtable |
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Carol
Cling
Las Vegas Review Journal |
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Mike
D'Angelo
Time Out New York |
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Robert
Denerstein
Rocky Mountain News |
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Bill
Desowitz
VFXWorld |
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Gary
Dretzka
Movie City News |
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David
Edelstein
Slate |
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Chris
Gore
Film Threat |
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MaryAnne
Johanson
FlickFilosopher.com |
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Andrew
Johnston
Radar |
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Glenn
Kenny
Premiere |
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Len
Klady
Movie CIty News |
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Robert
Koehler
Variety |
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Rose
Kuo
Festival Programmer |
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Terry
Lawson
Detroit Free Press |
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Emmanuel
Levy
National Public Radio |
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Joe
Leydon
Variety |
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Lou
Lumenick
NY Post |
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Leonard
Maltin
Hot Ticket |
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Sean
Means
Salt Lake Tribune |
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Michael
Medved
SRN Radio Network |
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Bruce
Newman
San Jose Mercury News |
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Jean
Oppenheimer
NPR/New Times |
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Craig
Phillips
GreenCine Daily |
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David
Poland
The Hot Button |
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Ray
Pride
Movie City News |
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Claudia
Puig
USA Today |
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Sean
Means
Salt Lake Tribune |
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Mark
Ramsey
MovieJuice.com |
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J.
Rentilly
Audience Magazine |
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J.
Sperling Reich
FilmStew |
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Carrie
Rickey
Philadephia Inquirer |
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James
Rocchi
NetFlix |
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Greg
Dean Schmitz
Yahoo! Movies |
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Lisa
Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly |
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Henry
Sheehan
Henry Sheehan.com |
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Clay
Smith
Access Hollywood |
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Jeremy
Smith
Ain't It Cool News |
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David
Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor |
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Stax
IGN FilmForce |
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Sasha
Stone
Oscarwatch.com |
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Patrick
Stoner
WHYY-TV, Philadelphia |
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Anne
Thompson
New York Magazine |
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Luke
Y. Thompson
New Times Syndicate |
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John
Urbancich
Cleveland Sun News |
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Pablo
Villaça
Cinema en Cena, Brazil |
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Phil
Villarreal
Arizona Star |
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Bob
Wagner
KIVI-TV, Idaho |
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Scott
Weinberg
eFilm Critic |
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Gregory
Weinkauf
New Times Syndicate |
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Jeffrey
Wells
Movie Poop Shoot |
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Chien-Wei
Weng
Liberty Times Daily News |
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Mark
Wheaton
CHUD |
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Glenn
Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Michael
Wilmington
Chicago Tribune |
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Susan
Wloszczyna
USA Today |