Sentences with phrase «as a film critic at»

According to the Rotten Tomatoes web - site, writers considered top critics «must be published at a print publication in the top 10 % of circulation, employed as a film critic at a national broadcast outlet for no less than five years, or employed as a film critic for an editorial - based website with over 1.5 million monthly unique visitors for a minimum of three years.»

Not exact matches

Eric's first journalistic forays were as an arts critic, covering film and music for the Stanford Daily; his first feature was about artists - in - residence at the San Francisco dump.

The book, a wide - ranging collection of essays from artists, film critics and social analysts as well as doctors, nurses and scientists, has its origins in a women's conference at the University of Kentucky in 1989.

One scene in particular had me staring at two film critic colleagues in disbelief, as if to say, «Is this really happening?»

Something in the Air (also known as After May) won an award for its screenplay at the Venice festival, where critics liked the film, though perhaps not as much as Carlos.

The Beijing - raised, London - and Mount Holyoke — educated filmmaker shares with the American Honey helmer an interest in young people at the margins, a knack for eliciting fantastic performances from amateur or under - the - radar actors, and what film critic April Wolfe described to me as a «dream - like realism.»

Critic Consensus: A must - see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard - hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best.

Written by Bird and Damon Lindelof (Lost), the film is as shrouded in mystery as any release this year, but Bird's track record at the box office and with critics (see sidebar) bodes well for his latest, as does the strong supporting cast of Hugh Laurie, Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn, and Keegan - Michael Key.

The prominent American film critic spent almost 40 years at Time Magazine, as well as a library of books and created many documentaries about film.

In a way, you can look at these awards as the first «critics awards» since, if you scroll down and look at the judges, you'll see that they are all the same critics, generally speaking, who pick films for the critics awards.

Media Mikes own Mike Smith will join other Kansas City area film critics this Wednesday night, February 26, as they declare their choices for the upcoming Academy Awards at the Screenland Crown Center Theatre.

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

As probably the most celebrated and beloved film critic around, a man whose work has appeared in the Chicago Sun - Times for 45 years, who co-hosted «At The Movies» with Gene Siskel for almost 25, and who was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, it's almost surprising that Roger Ebert has never been the subject of a movie himself.

At the Critics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendationAt the Critics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendCritics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendcritics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendationat Malick's personal recommendation).

After I saw it at the Toronto film festival last September — where Rudolph and Willis said they were proud of having made it even if nobody saw it — it received nominal runs in New York and Los Angeles, cities where viewers and critics are regarded by distributors as being more demographically significant than those in Chicago, and then early this year it came out on video.

Peary builds his film as a sort of history lesson on the rise and development of film criticism from the early days prior to the release of The Birth of a Nation, the Sarris / Kael war, to Bowsley Crowther's 27 - year reign as top critic at The New York Times and even touching a little on the New World of the internet where everyone has the potential to be a critic.

A late introduction of the recently deceased Nigel Hawthorne (as a crusty theatre critic) only serves to heighten the distance the film gains on its increasingly dismayed audience — the key scene of the film, in fact, is one with Hawthorne gazing forlornly from his second - story window at two young lovers in embrace.

Junge, detained in Russia for a period at the end of World War II before finding work as a magazine editor, treats the unseen Heller like a priest; one might say that her regret drives the piece, resulting in not a lurid film about Hitler (which has disappointed those critics out for something pulpier), but a deathbed confession.

After the impact of these two features (the latter screening at Cannes and championed by such critics as Pauline Kael), Schepisi moved on to directing films overseas, including such varied works as Barbarosa (1982), Plenty (1985), Roxanne (1987), The Russia House (1990), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Last Orders (2001) and the HBO - financed Empire Falls (2005), which won a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television.

Welcome 2016 with one last look back at the best releases of 2015, as seen by the Parallax View contributors and a few notable Seattle - based film critics.

Look at «The Hangover», because the first film was so well liked the sequel became an even bigger hit, but because the sequel was considered to be inferior by critics in general, the 3rd film really suffered and paid the price as it came nowhere near the previous films domestic box office grosses.

Herzog's languid, meditative anti-horror film was completely at odds with both the times and stateside sensibilities and his film, Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht (or Nosferatu: The Vampyre as it was known in the US and UK), although critically praised by many, got lost in the sanguinary shuffle, deemed by some as pretentious and thought by some critics to be a pointless attempt to revisit a picture that was already perfect as is.

That's the only way reviews have ever worked for a mainstream audience, be it as part of the captive audience for weekly reviews as part of a newscast, as a column in a popular magazine or newspaper, on its own as in shows like Siskel & Ebert At The Movies, or even in print — Leonard Maltin, another beloved film critic and film historian, established his name writing a book of capsule reviews.

You probably recognize FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) as the body that hands out its own awards at a wide range of film festivals throughout the year.

Following a fifth season filmed entirely in Berlin, the drama series is heading to New York City for its sixth season, as revealed by Showtime Networks president David Nevins at the Television Critics Association's press tour.

Adding almost an hour to the running time of «Infernal Affairs,» the film on which it's based, «The Departed» does indeed fill in some of what one critic called the «ellipses» in the plot of the original film (and opens up at least as many other holes in the process).

The 2015 Gotham Awards nominees were revealed this morning and, as always, they are a nice tease at the films and performances that might get some love from New York metro critics groups in December.

HitFix film critic Drew McWeeny joins the show to talk the films of April 2014, look at why the rest of the world is increasingly getting Hollywood blockbusters before the US, and pay tribute to the great Harold Ramis as we explore his directorial career.

In 2004 I worked as the field producer for Boston film critic Gerald Peary's documentary about American film criticism «For The Love of Movies,» which had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in 2009.

As a result, I'm now a part of the ever - growing legion of critics without a regular perch, and with a gloomy outlook on the future of film criticism — at least in terms of its viability as a (slightly, marginally) professional vocatioAs a result, I'm now a part of the ever - growing legion of critics without a regular perch, and with a gloomy outlook on the future of film criticism — at least in terms of its viability as a (slightly, marginally) professional vocatioas a (slightly, marginally) professional vocation.

«Hemlock Grove,» produced by Eli Roth, kicks off its first season on Friday, April 19, but Bullz - Eye was fortunate enough to chat with Janssen way back in January, at the Television Critics Association press tour, about her new series as well as a few of her past films.

In my 20 + years as a film critic I think Roger's approach to his work is probably the closest to what I was aiming at in my fumbling attempts to write about cinema.

Our Verdict: Among all the acclaimed films to bow at Cannes last year, there was one film that went in with no buzz and came out a true critic's darling: Alain Guiraudie «s «Stranger By The Lake,» which won Best Director in the Un Certain Regard strand, and went on to be named as Cahiers Du Cinema's best film of 2013.

His newest film, Caché (also known as Hidden), received the San Francisco Film Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as several other American awards, leading to the assumption that a wide variety of reviewers not only liked the film, but also bothered to see it at all.

Labeled by the late Film Critic Roger Ebert as «The best in the world at accompanying silent films,» Alloy Orchestra is a three - man musical ensemble that writes new music and performs live accompaniment to classic silent films.

«No [Sundance] film seemed to touch as many attendees, however, as Life Itself, Steve James's intimate look back at the career of the late film critic Roger Ebert.

As I fly to Canada to meet Sarah Polley, I think about the glimpses of her in Stories We Tell — her first full - length documentary feature, which bowled over critics at Sundance and the Venice film festival and has won Canada's Film of the Year award.

Overrated 21 Jump Street Critics and audiences have learned not to expect much from feature - film adaptations of half - forgotten television shows from the»80s, so at least some of the excitement that greeted 21 Jump Street seems attributable to shock that the film wasn't anywhere near as bad as it looked.

Now — just one year later — he comes at us with an edgy, vibrant 1970s period crime thriller, American Hustle, filled with great performances and terrific filmmaking flourishes, which some film critics have already labeled as the best film of the year.

The heyday for American film criticism was the»70s because I think the people that got into it at that point were really inspired by the likes of Andrew Sarris and Pauline Kael, both of whom became famous and established the importance of film critics as a cultural force.

The CSI has a deep connection to the Toronto Film Critics Association; in addition to myself, several of our members are alumni of the undergraduate and graduate film studies departments, or have taken certain courses as part of their interdisciplinary studies, or else have lectured at the CSI.

The very idea that there are movies, such as «Citizen Kane», which are hailed universally as undisputed masterpieces, goes to show that at least a portion of film critic community functions as a hive mind.

It's a film our critic describes as «emotionally devastating,» and it's hard to see how any documentary that takes such an unflinching and deeply - felt look at the aftermath of such an epochal tragedy as the school shootings in Newtown Connecticut could not be — especially as the film focuses not on the killer or on the politics of the event, but simply on the children, in particular on three of the victims, and their families trying to cope in the wake of an incomprehensible loss.

Christian Bale wins Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2016 Critics» Choice Awards as it's reported he is exiting Enzo Ferrari film over weight gain health concerns

In today's film news roundup, «Get Out» wins top awards from the African American Film Critics, Fred Rogers gets a stamp, and Lyor Cohen is selected as a keynoter at SXSW.

As a film critic, I'm pretty much up on my movie news, but even I had no idea that Agnes Varda and Donald Sutherland won honorary Oscars at this year's Academy Awards on Sunday, March 4, at a special ceremony, apparently held in a bunker 100 feet under the ground — or at least the modern equivalent of that: It wasn't televised.

At the end of the year, said critics will often pen a few words about how Pixar can never get any love at the big races at the Oscars, even when their films win big critics prizes (as did WALL - EAt the end of the year, said critics will often pen a few words about how Pixar can never get any love at the big races at the Oscars, even when their films win big critics prizes (as did WALL - Eat the big races at the Oscars, even when their films win big critics prizes (as did WALL - Eat the Oscars, even when their films win big critics prizes (as did WALL - E).

The film is screening for critics this coming week, at which point we should have a much better idea of its status as a contender.

Affleck, whose film was nominated for seven Oscars including best picture but not best director, accepted the award Thursday night at the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 18th annual awards in Los Angeles, joking as he took the trophy that he'd «like to thank the Academy.»

If critics have a function anymore besides carving their own gravestones on the marble of modern cinema, it's to point a finger at films like Junebug, which sounds like a thousand other pictures but is actually something all its own: a Southern Gothic in the tradition of Flannery O'Connor that treats its characters as more than plot - movers or cardboard caricatures.