critic

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“The more this form of analysis gets extended, the stranger it becomes,” said Jonathan Gienapp, law and history professor at Stanford and a critic of originalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It’s Didion’s ability to undermine — to slip a blade between the ribs — in a single sentence that has always thrilled the critic in me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Or is it simply about “trauma and the mysterious workings of the unconscious,” as New York Times critic Beatrice Loayza says?

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

"He understands the emotional textures and themes of a film. He brings out those emotions. That's why his scores stand out," says Suanshu Khurana, a music critic.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim of his attention into something the size and shape of himself.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck