Richard Schickel — veteran film critic for Time magazine, author of 37 books and director of numerous documentaries about film — died in Los Angeles following complications from several strokes, his family told the Los Angeles Times. He was 84. Schickel’s career spanned five decades through the Golden Age of Hollywood, making him one of the most respected critics in his profession. “He was one of the fathers of American film criticism,” said his daughter Erika Schickel, a writer. “He had a singular voice. When he wrote or spoke, he had an old-fashioned way of turning a phrase. He was blunt...
- 2/20/2017
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
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