1970

Ada Louise Huxtable (New York Times)

1971

Harold C. Schonberg (New York Times)

1972

Frank Peters, Jr. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

1973

Ronald Powers (Chicago Sun-Times)

1974

Emily Genauer (Newsday Syndicate)

1975

Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)

1976

Alan M. Kriegsman (Washington Post)

1977

William McPherson (Washington Post)

1978

Walter Kerr (New York Times)

1979

Paul Gapp (Chicago Tribune)

1980

William A. Henry, 3rd (Boston Globe)

1981

Jonathan Yardley (Washington Star)

1982

Martin Bernheimer (Los Angeles Times)

1983

Manuela Hoelterhoff (Wall Street Journal)

1984

Paul Goldberger (New York Times)

1985

Howard Rosenberg (Los Angeles Times)

1986

Donal Henahan (New York Times)

1987

Richard Eder (Los Angeles Times)

1988

Tom Shales (Washington Post)

1989

Michael Skube (News and Observer [Raleigh, N.C.])

1990

Allan Temko (San Francisco Chronicle)

1991

David Shaw (Los Angeles Times)

1993

Michael Dirda (Washington Post)

1994

Lloyd Schwartz (Boston Phoenix)

1995

Margo Jefferson (New York Times)

1996

Robert Campbell (Boston Globe)

1997

Tim Page (Washington Post)

1998

Michiko Kakutani (New York Times)

1999

Blair Kamin (Chicago Tribune)

2000

Henry Allen (Washington Post)

2001

Gail Caldwell (Boston Globe)

2002

Justin Davidson (Newsday [Long Island, N.Y.])

2003

Stephen Hunter (Washington Post)

2004

Dan Neil (Los Angeles Times)

2005

Joe Morgenstern (The Wall Street Journal)

2006

Robin Givhan (Washington Post)

2007

Jonathan Gold (LA Weekly)

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