Jeanine Basinger: "one of [the NSFC's] most esteemed and important film scholars, whose work at
Wesleyan University and beyond has continually bridged the divide between
Hollywood and academia, film studies and movie love."
Turner Classic Movies: "for a rich array of programming that ranges deep and wide in the
history of cinema, a service too easily taken for granted by audiences and worthy of the utmost care and attention from its corporate owners."
Screen Slate: "published and edited by Jon Dieringer, an essential daily
online publication that has done much to build and sustain the
filmmaking, theatrical exhibition and film critical communities of New York City and by extension the world at large."
Dedication
This years awards were dedicated to the late
Sheila Benson: "an esteemed Society member and the warmest, most gracious of colleagues. As film critic for the Los Angeles Times and other publications, she wrote about movies with infectious joy and enviable skill."