Film Critics Of Hollywood Who Became Living Legends

Before making our mind to go see a movie we generally read the comments and analysis of the film critics. These critics play an important role in making a film a big success through the analysis and evaluation of the film. Some of the film critics who are best known in the world are Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Roger Ebert. With their skill of analyzing the film they made a significant contribution to the film industry. Some of the film critics who are now recognized and considered as the best of the lot are

James Lewis Hoberman – He started his career as a journalist in1970, and became the chief film critic in 1988. He was still in this position until 2012 for his finest skills of analyzing. He was influenced by Ken Jacobs when he was studying in Columbia university. He has also written  several books, most of which became best sellers, such as Film After Film, An Army of Phantoms, The Magic Hour: Film at Fin de Siècle, The Dream Life, Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties,The Red Atlantis, Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, and Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures,.

Jonathan Rosenbaum – He has been an American film critic for Chicago reader for more than a decade. Not only in Hollywood movies, he has also shown his talent in reviewing foreign movies as well. He also made a documentary on American cinema, named For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism.  His books Film: The Front Line 1983, Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism, Moving Places: A Life at the Movies (1980), Movies as Politics (1997) and Essential Cinema (2004), Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Movies We Can See (2002) are still famous.

David Denby – Harvard University graduate David Denby took a career as a film critic in the year 1970. He started his career with The Atlantic. He is one of the finest film critics in Hollywood movies. The Modern Mind, An Intellectual History of the 20th century, is one of the best creations of him.

ManohlaDargis - ManohlaDargis, 53 year New York Times journalist is one of the finest the magazines have ever employed. She was awarded for her critic’s job and got an Award of Excellence in Entertainment Reviews in 1996 by Greater Los Angeles Press Club. Action/Spectacle Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader; American Independent Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader; Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary; are some of the best works by this talented American critic.

Anthony Oliver Scott – another New York Times world known critic is Anthony Oliver Scott. The guest critic of Ebert &Roeper, shot to fame for his exceptional latent in film criticism. He also penned various books on film criticism.