The San Francisco Film Critics Circle has a policy against sharing the back stories behind our votes. There was a slip up this morning whereby a member had to be reminded of that policy and was then asked to remove a post that elaborated on, among other things, our runners up. If you follow this link about the New York Film Critics voting process, you’ll see why that’s a good policy. I don’t know Rex Reed, but if someone in the group dislikes him enough to characterize him as having a hissy fit with his colleagues over a specific movie, they should perhaps consider whether they want to be in a group with him. As for exposing the fact that someone in their group had a vehement objection to giving Sidney Lumet a Lifetime Achievement Award because they didn’t like “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” what purpose does that serve expect to make Lumet feel less cheery about his award? Film critics’ groups should keep their voting process private.