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[krit-ik] / ˈkrɪt ɪk /




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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

Times theater critic Charles McNulty called Lithgow’s performance “at once terrifying and never anything less than human,” and “one of the bravest” of the Broadway season.

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

Spielberg appeared at the event hosted by BBC Radio 1's film critic Ali Plumb at The Devonshire in Soho on Friday.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

I thought I was all about being a film critic, but I'm great at putting out fires and getting my director anything she needs to do her job.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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