1970 National Society of Film Critics Awards

5th NSFC Awards

January 10, 1971

Best Film:
M*A*S*H

The 5th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 10 January 1971, honored the best filmmaking of 1970.[1][2][3]

The member critics voting for the awards were Hollis Alpert of the Saturday Review, Gary Arnold of The Washington Post, Harold Clurman of The Nation, Jay Cocks of Time, David Denby of The Atlantic, Penelope Gilliatt of The New Yorker, Philip T. Hartung of Commonweal, Pauline Kael of The New Yorker, Stefan Kanfer of Time, Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic, Arthur Knight of Saturday Review, Robert Kotlowitz of Harper's Magazine, Joseph Morgenstern of Newsweek, Andrew Sarris of The Village Voice, Richard Schickel of Life, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. of Vogue, John Simon of The New Leader, Bruce Williamson of Playboy, and Paul D. Zimmerman of Newsweek.[4]

  1. ^ "'M*A*S*H' Picked as Best Film Of '70 by Critics for Magazines". The New York Times. 11 January 1971. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Film Critics Group Picks 'M.A.S.H' As Best Of 1970". Toledo Blade. 13 January 1971. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Film Critics Vote MASH Best Movie". The Morning Record. 11 January 1971. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ Denby, David, ed. (1971). Film 70/71: An Anthology by the National Society of Film Critics. New York: Simon and Schuster.