Word: criticism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attend an exclusive screening of the finished movie. He was joined by Senior Editor Martha Duffy, who edited the cover, and Contributor Richard Schickel, who reviewed the film. "I've never written a story for TIME that I've cared more about," says Schickel, a film critic for two decades. "I really wanted to do right by Lean. I found myself almost wanting to write a Valentine to someone whose body of work is as distinguished as any in film today...
Staff Writer Richard Zoglin, who wrote the main story as well as a story on the industry, has owned a VCR since 1980. For him it is primarily a professional tool: he has been writing about television for nearly ten years. Zoglin was the TV critic of the Atlanta Constitution for four years before joining TIME in 1983. "At first I didn't want to own a VCR," he recalls. "There is so much on TV, and there are only so many hours in the day. With a VCR, I thought I'd go crazy trying to watch...
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of Samuel Johnson 125 scholars gathered at Houghton Library for the presentation of two academic papers on the life and work the 18th century English poet and critic...
Professor of English and American Literature James T. Engell '73 followed with a paper entitled. "The Inhibited Johnson" in which he dispelled popular misconceptions about the critic. "He was not the critic of common sense as it commonly understood," Engell said. Rather he explained the inhibitions of Johnson were a reflection of "his delight in internal contradictions...
...remarked the bandleader Harry James, alternately amused and astonished by the young singer he hired in 1939. The crooner turned out to be a shrewd self-appraiser, and what he said about himself 45 years ago still stands. In Sinatra: An American Classic (Random House; 251 pages; $29.95), Music Critic John Rockwell deftly analyzes the Chairman of the Board's technical proficiencies, and his examination of Sinatra recordings of One for My Baby is a nice combination of a scholar's observations and a fan's notes. The deluxe photo essay includes family snaps, publicity shots from...