Richard Corliss

Richard Corliss is a writer for Time magazine who focuses on movies, with the occasional article on music or sports, and has distinguished himself for what he believes is a clever way with words. Talking Pictures, one of his three books as well as his writing for TIME and other publications have helped draw attention to the role of the screenwriter, as opposed to the director, in the creation of movies.

Personal life & background

Corliss attended Saint Joseph's College (now Saint Joseph's University), obtaining a bachelor's degree, before progressing to Columbia University to earn a master's degree in film studies. Corliss lives in New York City with his wife, Mary, formerly a curator in the Film Stills Archive of the Museum of Modern Art.

Career

Corliss wrote for many magazines—National Review, New Times, Maclean's and SoHo Weekly News—before joining Time in 1980. Despite working for National Review, a conservative magazine Corliss is a self described "liberal."[1] Though he started as an associate editor, he was promoted to senior writer by 1985. While at Time, Corliss has profiled many film celebrities, including Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Kevin Costner and Woody Allen. Other subjects have included Michael Jackson and NASCAR.

Lolita, Corliss's third book was a study Vladimir Nabokov's book and Stanley Kubrick's film. More recently Corliss has written an introductory essay for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of Ang Lee's Epic Flim.[2]

Corliss is also a fan of Pixar movies. Including listing Finding Nemo as one of his and fellow TIME Magazine critic Richard Schickel's 100 all time greatest movies. With recent Pixar releases Cars and Ratatouille Corliss has had access into the studio's inner workings. [3] Pixar director Brad Bird has said of Critics in general that he's "got nothing against critics." He also that he'd "done very well with them, over the years." [4]

In addition to writing for Time, Corliss has had a lengthy association with Film Comment magazine, serving as its editor from 1970 to 1990. Corliss covers movies for the magazine and for TIME.com simultaneously.

Despite getting into a raging argument with film critic Roger Ebert at Cannes,[5] Corliss praised Ebert in a June 23, 2007 article "Thumbs up for Roger Ebert."

Bibliography

• Talking Pictures (1974)
• Greta Garbo (1974)
• Lolita (1995)

External links

• Richard Corliss at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography - from Time magazine
• Biography - from All Movie Guide
• Corliss's Top Ten Picks - a yearly breakdown of Corliss's favorite movies.
• Top 100 Movies Ever - Corliss and fellow Time critic Richard Schickel's list of the greatest movies ever made

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