Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bulkington (A) on November 17, 2003 at 08:26:27

In Reply to: Re: Film critics posted by Rico on November 15, 2003 at 07:29:51:

I don't always agree with him and have come to feel that the quality of his reviews has fallen off a bit in recent years (they seem more rushed, his wit sometimes forced and flat), but as with all great critics, you read him for his peccadillos as much as for his insights. You may know he finally put out a collection of his New Yorker reviews and essays. I was disappointed that his review of the novel adapted from the film adapted from Dickens' Great Expectations wasn't included. And out of the multitude of usually ill-advised entries into the post-9/11-musings sweepstakes, his, I thought, was the most moving--that I read, at least.