critic
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The thought is prompted by the death this week of the movie critic Rex Reed, 87, who was the object of an affectionate appreciation by his friend Merin Curotto, who was Reed’s editor at Observer.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Former Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn wrote in 1992: “Clarence Carter is one of the most overlooked soul stylists of the modern pop era.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Recently, one of my best friends asked me if I’d seen “Michael,” Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic that Salon’s movie critic Coleman Spilde hailed as “so damn weird.”
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a vocal critic of mRNA technology for years.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
He became the drama and art critic for a student newspaper and wrote a review of the first play he ever attended.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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