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R.I.P. Judith Crist

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 7, 2012 @ 12:29pm PDTTags: Film Critics, R.I.P.

Judith Crist, author and influential film critic for more than three decades, died today at herJudith Crist Died home in Manhattan. She was 90. Crist joined the New York Herald Tribune in 1945 and in 1963 became the first woman to be appointed a full-time film critic at a major American newspaper. A reviewer for New York magazine, Crist was also a regular on The Today Show from 1963 until 1973 discussing film. As well as being a founding contributor to New York magazine, she also wrote for TV Guide until 1988 and other publications. A Harris Poll of moviegoers in the 1960s cited her as their favorite critic. In 1968, Film Quarterly called her “the American critic with the widest impact on the mass audience”. Crist’s talents weren’t just confined to the movies. She won a George Polk Award in 1951 for a series on education for the Herald Tribune. The founder of the TarryTown, N.Y. Film Festival that ran until 2006, Crist made a cameo at a fictional film fest in Woody Allen’s 1980 film Stardust Memories. Up until recently Crist taught at the Columbia Journalism School.

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Elvis Mitchell Terminated As Chief Film Critic Of Movieline Over Review Mystery

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday April 23, 2011 @ 5:27pm PDTTags: Elvis Mitchell, Film Critics

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just been told that Penske Media Corp has terminated Elvis Mitchell after more than 3 months as Movieline.com’s chief film critic. The early end to his contract follows a company investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mitchell’s recent review of Summit … Read More »

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Chicago-based Critic Replaces Elvis Mitchell As Co-Host Of Roger Ebert’s Review Show

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 4, 2011 @ 9:33am PSTTags: Christy Lemire, Elvis Mitchell, Film Critics, Roger Ebert PBS, Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies, TV
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Chicago-based film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky has been named co-host on Roger Ebert’s new review show Ebert Presents At the Movies. The 24-year-old Russian-born Vishnevetsky replaces original co-host Elvis Mitchell and will give out thumbs-up and down alongside Associated Press’ Christy Lemire. Mitchell’s departure was announced last month when Ebert released … Read More »

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