Manohla Dargis
| Manohla Dargis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) United States |
| Occupation | Film critic |
Manohla Dargis (born 1961) is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with A. O. Scott.[1]
Career
Prior to being a film critic for The New York Times, Dargis was a chief film critic for the Los Angeles Times, the film editor at the LA Weekly, and a film critic at The Village Voice, where she had two columns on avant-garde cinema (CounterCurrents and Shock Corridor). She has written for a variety of publications, including: ArtForum, Film Comment, Harper's Bazaar (where she was the film critic from 1999 to 2002), Interview Magazine, The Nation, Sight and Sound, Spin, and Vibe. Her work has been included in a number of books, including: Action/Spectacle Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader; American Independent Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader; Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary; Media Impact: An Introduction to Mass Media; Quentin Tarantino Interviews; Women and Film: A Sight and Sound Reader; and Writing in the Works.
She wrote the monograph on Curtis Hanson's film L.A. Confidential for the British Film Institute and is featured in American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now, edited by Phillip Lopate and published by the Library of America. She served as the president and vice-president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association; was on the nominating board for the Spirit Awards (awarded by Film Independent); and also served on the nominating committee for the Someone To Watch award (also given out by Film Independent). She received an Award of Excellence in Entertainment Reviews from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club in 1996; she received the First Place prize in Entertainment Reviews from the Press Club in 1998. In 2012, she received a Nelson A. Rockefeller Award from Purchase College; the award is, according to the college, “presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves through their contributions to the arts.” She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2013[2] and 2015.[3]
Personal life
Dargis grew up in Manhattan's East Village, evincing an early love of film through regular attendance at St. Mark's Cinema and Theater 80.[1] She graduated from Hunter College High School and received her BA in literature from Purchase College State University of New York in January 1985.[4][5] She received a master of arts in cinema studies in 1988 from the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University. Dargis is married to the wine expert Lou Amdur.[6]
References
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External links
- Manohla Dargis at the Internet Movie Database
- List of Dargis film reviews at The New York Times
- List of Dargis articles at The New York Times
- Interview with Dargis, by Steve Erickson, Senses of Cinema, November 2002.
- Dargis top films of 2004
- Dargis top films of 2005
- Dargis top films of 2006
- Dargis top films of 2007
- Dargis top films of 2008
- Interview with Dargis on Jezebel, December 14, 2009
- Dargis top films of 2009
- Dargis top films of 2010
- Dargis top films of 2011
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- Dargis' contribution to Sight and Sound's 2012 Greatest Films Poll
- Dargis top films of 2012
- Dargis top films of 2013
- Dargis top films of 2014
