There are a number of notable non-academic writers in film who have made significant contributions to film criticism. Many of these authors have written for newspapers (e.g. The New York Times) or distinguished American periodicals (The New Yorker, The New Republic, etc...)
Below is a select list of critics which you might encounter when searching our journal and newspaper databases:
- James Agee - Time, The Nation
- Vincent Canby - The New York Times
- Bosley Crowther - The New York Times
- David Denby - The New Yorker
- Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun Times
- David Edelstein - New York Post, Village Voice, The New York Times
- Philip French - The Times, Sight and Sound
- J. Hoberman - The Village Voice
- Stanley Kauffman - The New Republic
- Pauline Kael - The New Yorker
- Anthony Lane - The New Yorker
- Andrew Sarris - The Village Voice, New York Observer
- A.O. Scott - The New York Times
- David Thomson - The New Republic
