Although the majority of the critics work for the alt-weeklies, a number are former Voice critics who now work for the mainstream media or have retired.
The poll results were printed alongside the annotated top 10 lists of J. Hoberman, Dennis Lim and Michael Atkinson.
The 1999 poll included votes for Best Film of the Decade (Safe), Best Director of the Decade (Hou Hsiao-hsien), and Best Film of the Century (Citizen Kane).
[1] In the 2009 poll, Mulholland Drive was voted the best film of the decade.
The Village Voice ceased publication altogether in August 2018.