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Critic Style Amy Nicholson

141L

Write in the voice of Amy Nicholson — the LA Times critic, podcaster, and genre film champion

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Andre Bazin

99L

Write in the voice of André Bazin — the founding father of Cahiers du Cinéma and champion of cinematic

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Andrew Sarris

98L

Write in the voice of Andrew Sarris — the Village Voice critic who brought auteur theory to America

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Anthony Lane

95L

Write in the voice of Anthony Lane — The New Yorker's witty, literary, digressive film critic known

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Ao Scott

85L

Write in the voice of A.O. Scott — the New York Times film critic who bridges intellectual rigor

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Bilge Ebiri

84L

Write in the voice of Bilge Ebiri — Vulture and New York Magazine film critic known for cinephile

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Dana Stevens

86L

Write in the voice of Dana Stevens — Slate's film critic known for conversational wit, feminist

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style David Ehrlich

87L

Write in the voice of David Ehrlich — IndieWire's senior film critic known for passionate art cinema

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style David Thomson

72L

Write in the voice of David Thomson — author of "A Biographical Dictionary of Film," the cinephile's

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Francois Truffaut

76L

Write in the voice of Francois Truffaut — the Cahiers du Cinema critic who became a French New Wave

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Gene Siskel

94L

Write in the voice of Gene Siskel — the cerebral, competitive Chicago Tribune film critic and co-host

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style James Agee

96L

Write in the voice of James Agee — the poet-critic who brought literary genius to film criticism at

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Jonathan Rosenbaum

86L

Write in the voice of Jonathan Rosenbaum — the radical, contrarian Chicago Reader critic and champion

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Justin Chang

86L

Write in the voice of Justin Chang — the LA Times film critic known for elegant formalism,

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style K Austin Collins

139L

Write in the voice of K. Austin Collins — the young, vital film critic for Vanity Fair and Rolling

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Laura Mulvey

77L

Write in the voice of Laura Mulvey — the feminist film theorist who coined "the male gaze" in

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Leonard Maltin

95L

Write in the voice of Leonard Maltin — the encyclopedic, warm-hearted film guide author and

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Manny Farber

99L

Write in the voice of Manny Farber — the painter-critic who championed "termite art" over "white

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Manohla Dargis

91L

Write in the voice of Manohla Dargis — the New York Times chief film critic known for her feminist

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Mark Kermode

95L

Write in the voice of Mark Kermode — the BBC's passionate, rant-prone film critic and horror champion.

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Molly Haskell

88L

Write in the voice of Molly Haskell — the pioneering feminist film critic and author of "From

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Owen Gleiberman

86L

Write in the voice of Owen Gleiberman — the Entertainment Weekly and Variety critic known for

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Pauline Kael

104L

Write in the voice of Pauline Kael — the combative, passionate New Yorker film critic who championed

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Rex Reed

86L

Write in the voice of Rex Reed — the New York Observer critic known for caustic wit, old Hollywood

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Richard Roeper

79L

Write in the voice of Richard Roeper — the Chicago Sun-Times film critic and Ebert's TV successor,

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Robin Wood

150L

Write in the voice of Robin Wood — the influential British-Canadian academic film critic who

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Roger Ebert

108L

Write in the voice of Roger Ebert — the populist poet of American film criticism who believed movies

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Stephanie Zacharek

88L

Write in the voice of Stephanie Zacharek — the Time magazine and former Village Voice critic who

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Todd Mccarthy

88L

Write in the voice of Todd McCarthy — the Variety and Hollywood Reporter trade critic known for

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Wesley Morris

92L

Write in the voice of Wesley Morris — the Pulitzer-winning New York Times critic-at-large who

Critics & ReviewersFilm Critics

Critic Style Alan Sepinwall

72L

Write in the voice of Alan Sepinwall — the prestige TV chronicler and recap pioneer, author of "The

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Daniel Fienberg

61L

Write in the voice of Daniel Fienberg — the Hollywood Reporter chief TV critic known for

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Emily Nussbaum

80L

Write in the voice of Emily Nussbaum — the Pulitzer-winning New Yorker TV critic who championed

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style James Poniewozik

61L

Write in the voice of James Poniewozik — the New York Times chief television critic who

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Jen Chaney

60L

Write in the voice of Jen Chaney — the Vulture TV critic known for detailed, enthusiastic

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Linda Holmes

60L

Write in the voice of Linda Holmes — the NPR pop culture critic and Pop Culture Happy Hour

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Matt Zoller Seitz

72L

Write in the voice of Matt Zoller Seitz — the RogerEbert.com editor-in-chief and dual TV/film critic

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Maureen Ryan

60L

Write in the voice of Maureen Ryan — the investigative TV critic who exposed toxic workplaces

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Melanie Mcfarland

61L

Write in the voice of Melanie McFarland — Salon's TV critic who brings cultural criticism

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Todd Vanderwerff

62L

Write in the voice of Todd VanDerWerff — the TV critic and cultural essayist known for

Critics & ReviewersTv Critics

Critic Style Ann Powers

71L

Write in the voice of Ann Powers — NPR music critic known for feminist music criticism, treating pop

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Anthony Fantano

74L

Write in the voice of Anthony Fantano — "The Needle Drop" YouTube music critic, the internet's

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Greil Marcus

73L

Write in the voice of Greil Marcus — the cultural historian and Rolling Stone critic who connects

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Hanif Abdurraqib

64L

Write in the voice of Hanif Abdurraqib — the poet-critic whose music writing weaves

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Jessica Hopper

64L

Write in the voice of Jessica Hopper — the punk feminist music critic whose writing

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Jon Pareles

65L

Write in the voice of Jon Pareles — the New York Times chief pop music critic whose erudite,

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Lester Bangs

76L

Write in the voice of Lester Bangs — the gonzo music journalist at Creem and Rolling Stone, the

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Mark Richardson

64L

Write in the voice of Mark Richardson — the Pitchfork editor-in-chief and Wall Street Journal

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Robert Christgau

72L

Write in the voice of Robert Christgau — the Village Voice "Dean of American Rock Critics," inventor

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Simon Reynolds

65L

Write in the voice of Simon Reynolds — the theorist of rave culture, retromania, and post-punk

Critics & ReviewersMusic Critics

Critic Style Chimamanda Adichie

64L

Write in the voice of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — the novelist and essayist whose literary

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Harold Bloom

81L

Write in the voice of Harold Bloom — the Yale literary critic and author of "The Western Canon" and

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style James Wood

76L

Write in the voice of James Wood — The New Yorker's literary critic and author of "How Fiction Works."

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Michiko Kakutani

78L

Write in the voice of Michiko Kakutani — the fearsome, precise New York Times book critic, dreaded

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Northrop Frye

63L

Write in the voice of Northrop Frye — the archetypal literary critic who mapped literature's

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Roland Barthes

64L

Write in the voice of Roland Barthes — the French literary theorist who declared the death

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Roxane Gay

65L

Write in the voice of Roxane Gay — the "bad feminist" cultural critic whose literary

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Susan Sontag

82L

Write in the voice of Susan Sontag — the public intellectual and cultural theorist-critic. "Against

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Terry Eagleton

62L

Write in the voice of Terry Eagleton — the Marxist literary theorist whose criticism combines

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics

Critic Style Zadie Smith

64L

Write in the voice of Zadie Smith — the novelist-essayist whose literary criticism combines

Critics & ReviewersLiterary Critics