Some are full -
time film critics who writes for a print and online publications while others are self - made and self - published.
A football ambassador, a companion of WWE Divas, a part -
time film critic, and an afterthought for his first seven NFL seasons, Browns tight end Gary Barnidge has emerged as the 2015 season's most unlikely breakout star
You can read her full Weinstein - related comments from the Cannes awards in the Twitter thread below, courtesy of Los Angeles
Times film critic Justin Chang.
L.A.
Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang share their likes from the first weekend of the Sundance Film Festival.
From Amy Adams» leading actress snub to Mel Gibson's resurgence, L.A.
Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang discuss the Oscar nominations.
L.A.
Times film critics Justin Chang and Kenneth Turan discuss the 2017 Oscar nominations, including Amy Adams» leading actress snub and Mel Gibson's resurgence.
Dan Bennett is a former North County
Times film critic and co-founder of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
Los Angeles
Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang discuss the 2018 Academy Award nominations they were glad to see and where they felt the academy fell short.
New York
Times film critic Manohla Dargis will receive the organization's Roger Ebert Award and HBO will receive the group's Cinema Vanguard Award.
New York
Times film critic Manohla Dargis will become the third recipient of the Roger Ebert Award, which was established by the AAFCA in 2014.
By 1980, the one -
time film critic and Pauline Kael protégé had already written the screenplay for two Martin Scorsese masterpieces, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, in addition to having directed three features of his own: Blue Collar, Hardcore, and American Gigolo.
The one -
time film critic burst onto the scene with the Joan Allen - led political thriller «The Contender.»
Los Angeles
Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang share some of their summer movie picks.
Lastly, a full audio commentary from 2010 by longtime
TIME film critic Richard Schickel is also included on this excellent Blu - ray release.
Good read / insights even if you quibble with order NYT «Hooray for Hollywood... No Really» a must - read conversation between the smarty New York
Times film critics i09 Johnny Depp's six most inexplicable career decisions MNPP Quote of the Day Paul Bettany vs. Jason Statham.
For 50 years, Clyde Gilmour, CM (1912 - 1997) was heard on CBC Radio, and as a writer at The Toronto Evening Telegram, he became the first full -
time film critic at a Toronto newspaper.
(Note:
Time film critic Richard Corliss passed away this Thursday.
Editor's note:
Times film critic Justin Chang is keeping a regular diary at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
According to New York
Times film critic A.O. Scott, fans of Jean - Luc Godard will hate - watch the new movie Godard Mon Amour by French director...
Both Times film critics, Kenny and Justin Chang, also looked at the primary Oscar categories, picking the movies and performances they'd like to see win as well as forecasting what will win.
At the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, recently concluded on May 28, L.A.
Times film critic Justin Chang took in the scene and all the movies he could watch on very little sleep.
Los Angeles
Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang share some of their summer movie recommendations.
with Phil Hall, used to want to be a full -
time film critic while writing well over 10 years of movie and DVD reviews, but eventually grew tired of the hamster - wheel feeling of it, realizing once and for all that his true love has always been books.
The finalists for the prestigious prize were New York
Times film critic Manohla Dargis — in part for her «sustained dedication to exposing male dominance in Hollywood and decrying the exploitation of women in the film business» — and book critic Carlos Lozada of the Washington Post, whose reviews, the committee stated, «dug deep into the books that have shaped political discourse.»
Not exact matches
We adapted this ranking from our list of the worst sequels of all
time, selecting the
films that had a vast discrepancy in Rotten Tomatoes
critic scores between their terrible sequels and great originals.
«Clearly, the
film carried the risk that an unflattering camera angle, unwelcome question or even an obvious omission by Mr. Scorsese would become a blemish to Mr. Clinton's legacy or provide fodder for Clinton
critics as the 2016 campaign approaches,» the
Times» Amy Chozick and Michael Cieply wrote.
Disney has been promoting the
film heavily for months, though its recent mixed reviews from
critics could dampen A Wrinkle in
Time «s opening weekend box - office performance.
Though some
critics took issue with Gibson's creative choice, beyond its artistic merits, The Passion remains one of the more important Bible
films ever made: Taking in nearly $ 400 million, it is the highest - grossing R - rated
film of all
time, and it helped usher in a new era of Hollywood creating content for Christian audiences.
«Before I knew it, I was spending all my free
time thinking about wedding favors and invitations, centerpieces and bridal registries, cakes and photographers,» writes
film critic Carina Chocano in Altared.
First -
time director, producer and
film - maker Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to the outspoken
critic while working as a journalist in Beijing.
About Blog Leonard Maltin is one of the most recognized and respected
film critics of our
time.
There's an audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran; the documentary The Tramp and the Dictator, which parallels the lives between Chaplin and Hitler; two visual essays; color production footage; the barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921
film King, Queen, Joker; the deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin's 1919
film Sunnyside; the re-release trailer; and finally, a 30 page - booklet featuring an essay by
film critic Michael Wood, Chaplin's 1940 New York
Times defense of the
film, a reprint from
critic Jean Narboni on the
film's final speech, and Al Hirschfeld's original press book illustrations.
While most
critics dismissed the
film, it charmed a handful of others (such as Kevin Thomas and Rita Kempley) and did outstanding box office for a programmer, grossing several
times its original budget.
That's right, Ryan Gosling fans, with this
film, Refn first got his Danish derrière (Oh, wait, that's French) over here to America, and you know what, that was the
time critics decided to question some of his storytelling methods, either because foreign
films are much easier to forgive for their pretentiousness - I mean, «experimental artistic vision», or simply because Refn had so little of an idea on how to bring his visions to America that he decided to get John Turturro, of all people, as his lead.
Los Angeles
Times and Morning Edition
film critic Kenneth Turan has this review.
Richard Schickel, whose celebrated and prolific career spans 50 years, has been the
film critic for
Time and Life magazines, has written more than 20 books and has produced, written and directed numerous...
With this honor to his name, Biggs segued into
film a short
time later, debuting in the 1997 Camp Stories.In 1999, the unequivocal hit that was American Pie came along, and Biggs, portraying Jim, one of the more perpetually humiliated members of a group of four friends trying to lose their virginity by high - school graduation, made an undeniably distinct impression on
critics and audiences alike.
The first
film was a huge hit, taking more than eight
times its budget at the box office and winning over
critics and audiences alike with its intelligent storytelling and witty script.
His fourth
film under his 20 - year ban is «an artful, surprising and thrillingly intelligent story about a few women trying to make a difference, forging bonds of solidarity in quiet defiance of the repressive, small - minded men in their rural village,» writes L.A.
Times critic Justin Chang, who also finds «its insights casually profound.»
On the other hand, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw finds the
film «rich, disturbing and strange,» and writing for
Time, Stephanie Zacharek sums up the thoughts of many
critics, «Disjointed and direct, exhilarating and soporific, cerebral and squirrelly: The Image Book is lots of contradictory things at once.»
And, though the studio was shut out of the best picture nominations for the first
time since 2010, it still picked up five nominations in other categories for
films such as Before Midnight (one of
critics» favorites last year) and Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
So tragically underrated, but here's why, I think: Crude, lowbrow humor, and buffoonish, one - dimensional characters were glaringly off - putting to seasoned
film critics at the
time of the
The Pulitzer Prize - winning
film critic for the Chicago Sun
Times, Roger Ebert was best known for his long -
time partnership with late
critic Gene Siskel on their long - running TV show.
Biography: Meryl Streep is considered by many
film critics to be the best living actress of all
time and her fourteen Academy Award nominations (2 wins), 21 Golden Globe nominations (6 wins) and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations (2 wins) certainly credit this.
He has since gone on to enjoy a prolific freelance writing career with regular bylines in publications including The New York
Times, The Los Angeles
Times, Esquire, Smithsonian, and Playboy magazine (where he served as
film critic for six years).
Director Rian Johnson (Brick 72 and The Brothers Bloom 55) and stars Joseph Gordon - Levitt and Bruce Willis make the leap into
time travel, telekinesis, and existential conundrums in Johnson's
critic - and crowd - pleasing third
film.
one of the best
films of all
time, the best star wars
film, amazes me that
critics gave this a 78.
Somewhat
critic - proof, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is the kind of movie that will probably be appreciated the more closely aligned with being a pothead you tend to be, and if you're baked yourself while watching it, it may be the funniest
film you've seen since... the last
time you were high watching a movie.
Screenings for those
film only just began over the Thanksgiving holiday and, like the
Critics» Choice Movie Awards group, the Broadcast
Film Critics Association, likely didn't have
time to screen it or it wasn't screened for them.
In 2007, he was the only non-US
film critic to be invited by the Museum of the Moving Image and The New York
Times to participate on a week - long seminar on
Film Criticism.