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Film critics gone wild.
Tue, Sep 1 2009 1:00 PM

Actually, that's a misleading headline if there ever was one, considering that A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips look more buttoned up than ever in this promo for the new season of "At the Movies." But after a year in the wilderness, I share the excitement of Karina Longworth and Anne Thompson in seeing the film critics from the New York Times and... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, Watchy, Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies, Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott

Mankiewicz and Lyons at the movies.
Tue, Jul 22 2008 11:54 AM

Well, if there's ever been a sign of the general decline in estimation of film critics, it's that the new hosts of ABC's review show "At the Movies," from which Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper bailed in the past two days, are just that -- professional TV hosts. Ben Mankiewicz, late of the Air America talk radio show "The Young Turks"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, Roger Ebert, Jeffrey Lyons, Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz, Richard Roeper, At the Movies