Welcome To The First Incarnation Of 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 poll you will see in the following pages is a work-in-progress. 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. As a result, calling the first vote turned out to be a little more complicated than expected.
The rest of the 100 membership will be introduced weekly and added to the polling until the group is at capacity. The next group will join the 100 next Tuesday
In this first vote, MCN 100 members will vote “Bests” in the categories of Picture, Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Actress, Documentary and Foreign Language Film. Again, 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. Only a handful of our participants have seen Lord of the Rings: Return of the King or Cold Mountain, for instance. The correction of these absences will be reflected in future, as the MCN 100 grows into maturity.
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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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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Carol
Cling
Las Vegas Review Journal |
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Bill
Desowitz
VFXWorld |
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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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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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David
Poland
The Hot Button |
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Claudia
Puig
USA Today |
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Peter
Rainer
New York Magazine |
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J.
Rentilly
Audience Magazine |
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J.
Sperling Reich
FilmStew |
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Carrie
Rickey
Philadephia Daily News |
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James
Rocchi
NetFlix |
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Greg
Dean Schmitz
Yahoo! Movies |
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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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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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Susan
Wloszczyna
USA Today |