critic
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Slate book critic Laura Miller found it charming.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Our critic raved that the opera “is a ferocious work, and the riveting new production by director Louisa Proske . . . did not hold back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
"These figures used to be more on the aspirational side," Monica Castillo, the film critic for the pop culture website The A.V.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
In his review, Times theater critic Charles McNulty described the show as “the best rendering of the play I’ve encountered.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
People are often frightened of Parisians, but an American in Paris will find no harsher critic than another American.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Despite acclaim from critics and peers in the industry, Sloan eventually lost the drive to become a pop star herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
No movie has more sharply divided critics and audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
It's a contrast to Resident Evil, released last month, which was almost universally praised by critics and hit $300m at the global box office four weeks after release.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Two of Musk’s most incisive critics, his ex-wife Justine Musk and former right-wing influencer Ashley St. Clair, describe him as a gaslighter and a nuke, respectively.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
It was the final blow for critics of the Alvarez theory.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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