Many Deaths and Nine Lives of Film Criticism - Carrie Rickey comments
Like the movies themselves, movie criticism has migrated from analog to digital. Some thoughts. Read more>>
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey has been The Philadelphia Inquirer's film critic for 21 years and writes the newspaper's Flickgrrl blog. She has reviewed films as diverse as "Water" and "The Waterboy," profiled celebrities from Lillian Gish to Will Smith, and reported on technological beakthroughs from the video revolution to the rise of movies on demand. Her reviews are syndicated nationwide and she is a regular contributor to Entertainment Weekly, MSNBC and NPR. Rickey's essays appear in numerous anthologies, including "The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll," "The American Century," and the Library of America's "American Movie Critics."
Articles by Carrie Rickey
FRIENDS WITH KIDS - Review by Carrie Rickey
Jennifer Westfeldt’s “Friends with Kids” is the most fun you can have without sex. The writer/actress makes her directorial debut with this edgy comedy about a couple with a new design for living. Read more>>
Lindsay Lohan - Carrie Rickey comments
Give Lindsay Lohan an A for effort, a B for execution and extra credit points for bravery…and wonder why the tabloids are hog-tying her in double-binds and
double-standards. Read more>>
Commentary: Will Laverne Spill the Beans on Shirley? - Carrie Rickey
Most Americans think of Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio, the title character of the popular TV show Laverne and Shirley. I think of her as the first female director to make movies (Big, A League of Their Own) that grossed over $100 million. Read more
Commentary: Johnny Depp as Tonto in “The Lone Ranger” - Carrie Rickey
Is there a movie trendlet of classic stories where the sidekick is promoted to central figure? Read more>>
Commentary: 30 Ways to say I’m an artist, you’re a hack… - Carrie Rickey
After the love for yesterday’s post about directors dissing directors, here’s moviemorlocks.com on classic actors slamming their co-stars, with Marlon Brando and Bette Davis on the receiving end of the most derision. Read the rest of this entry »
Commentary: Documenting Gloria Steinem - Carrie Rickey
Gloria Steinem in her own words….and also yours: In 140 characters, write what you want the future of feminism to look like. Read more>>
Commentary: 30 ways to say “My movie is better than yours.” - Carrie Rickey
Fanboys and critics are cruel about the work of directors, but evidently not so cruel as other directors are if Flavorwire’s collection of the 30 nastiest director-on-director insults is any indication. Even the supremely unflappable Clint Eastwood flips one to Spike Lee. Read more>>
AWFJ Women On Film - So long, Polly Platt, Godmother of Hollywood humanism - Carrie Rickey comments
Without Polly Platt, there probably wouldn’t have been The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, or Say Anything. Read more>>
AWFJ Women On Film - “Harry Potter” - Carrie Rickey comments
When a movie franchise dies, is it inevitably resurrected as a game? Read more>>