Manohla Dargis Explained

Manohla Dargis
Birth Name:Manohla June Dargis
Education:State University of New York, Purchase (BA)
New York University (MA)
Occupation:Film critic

Manohla June Dargis [1] is an American film critic. She is the chief film critic for The New York Times.[2] She is a five-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Career

Before being a film critic for The New York Times, Dargis was a chief film critic for the Los Angeles Times, the film editor at the LA Weekly, and a film critic at The Village Voice, where she had two columns on avant-garde cinema ("CounterCurrents" and "Shock Corridor"). Her work has been included in a number of books, including Women and Film: A Sight and Sound Reader and American Movie Critics: An Anthology from the Silents Until Now, published by the Library of America. She wrote a monograph on Curtis Hanson's film L.A. Confidential for the British Film Institute and served as the president and vice-president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

In 2012, Dargis received the Nelson A. Rockefeller Award from Purchase College; the award is, according to the college, "presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves through their contributions to the arts."[3] She was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2013,[4] 2015,[5] 2016,[6] 2018,[7] and 2019.[8]

Preferences

Favorites

Dargis participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll,[9] where she listed her 10 favorite films:

For the 2022 edition of the Sight & Sound poll[10] Dargis' ballot included:

Best of the Year

Personal life

Dargis grew up in Manhattan's East Village, demonstrating an early love of film through regular attendance at St. Mark's Cinema and Theatre 80.[2] She graduated from Hunter College High School and received her BA in literature from State University of New York at Purchase in January 1985.[23] [24] She received a master of arts in cinema studies in 1988 from the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science. Dargis married wine expert Lou Amdur in 1994. They live in Los Angeles.[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Manohla Dargis on 2016. Linoleum Knife. January 15, 2017. 1 hour and 22. December 4, 2019.
  2. News: Film Critic Biography: Manohla Dargis. The New York Times. September 12, 2010 . December 7, 2004.
  3. Web site: Nelson A. Rockefeller Awards. Purchase.edu. April 29, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160421103610/https://www.purchase.edu/soagala/rockefeller.aspx. April 21, 2016. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners Criticism. pulitzer.org. May 16, 2015.
  5. Web site: The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners Criticism. pulitzer.org. May 16, 2015.
  6. Web site: The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners Criticism. pulitzer.org. April 26, 2016.
  7. Web site: 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists. pulitzer.org. April 16, 2018.
  8. Web site: 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists. www.pulitzer.org. en. April 20, 2019.
  9. Web site: Manohla Dargis | BFI. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310130747/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people//sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/372. dead. March 10, 2016.
  10. Web site: Dargis . Manohla . Sight and Sound poll, . Sight and Sound . 5 October 2024.
  11. News: Dargis . Manohla . 2004-12-26 . Clint Eastwood Does John Coltrane . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-04 . 0362-4331.
  12. News: Dargis . Manohla . Big Changes, Mostly for the Good . 2023-12-26 . The New York Times . 2005-12-25.
  13. News: Dargis . Manohla . 2006-12-24 . Not for the Faint of Heart or Lazy of Thought . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-04 . 0362-4331.
  14. News: Dargis . Manohla . Scott . A. O. . Holden . Stephen . 2015-12-09 . The Best Movies of 2015 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-04 . 0362-4331.
  15. News: Dargis . Manohla . Scott . A. O. . Holden . Stephen . 2016-12-07 . Best Movies of 2016 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-04 . 0362-4331.
  16. News: Dargis . Manohla . Scott . A. O. . 2017-12-06 . Best Movies of 2017 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-04 . 0362-4331.
  17. News: Dargis . Manohla . Scott . A. O. . 2018-12-05 . Best Movies of 2018 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-04 . 0362-4331.
  18. News: Scott . A. O. . Dargis . Manohla . 2019-12-04 . Best Movies of 2019 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-04 . 0362-4331.
  19. News: Dargis . Manohla . 2020-12-03 . Best Movies of 2020 (Published 2020) . The New York Times . en . 2023-08-04.
  20. News: Scott . A. O. . Dargis . Manohla . Best Movies of 2021 . 2023-12-15 . The New York Times . 2021-12-06.
  21. News: Dargis . Manohla . 2022-12-06 . Best Movies of 2022 . The New York Times . en . 2023-08-04.
  22. News: Dargis . Manohla . Wilkinson . Alissa . Best Movies of 2023 . The New York Times . 2023-12-01 . 2023-12-15.
  23. Web site: Rockefeller Award past recipients . Purchase.edu . August 27, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928234525/http://www.purchase.edu/AboutPurchase/Rockefeller/pastrecipients.aspx . September 28, 2015 . mdy-all .
  24. Purchase College, SUNY Institutional Advancement (914)-251-7909
  25. Web site: Manohla Dargis . University of Southern California . November 26, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130708145142/http://www.usc.edu/libraries/partners/laih/fellows/ManohlaDargis.htm . July 8, 2013 . mdy-all .

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