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David Thomson (born 18 February 1941) is a British film critic and historian based in the United States, and the author of more than 20 books. His reference works in particular — Have You Seen...?:
Nov 7, 2023 · Editor’s note: On Wednesday, October 4, Editor-in-Chief Matthew O. Skrod (TDR) interviewed the acclaimed film critic and historian David Thomson (DT) about his career and his time at Dartmouth, as a professor and latterly Director of Film Studies, between 1977 and 1981.
Dec 14, 2012 · Critic or stalker? David Thomson is often described as a “film critic,” but film criticism is not quite what he does. Nor is he a journalist or a biographer or a historian by any traditional definition of those terms.
May 3, 2014 · The Atlantic called Thomson “the greatest living film critic and historian,” and the writer of “the most fun and enthralling prose about the movies since Pauline Kael.” David Thomson, recipient of the Mel Novikoff Award at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival.
Dec 6, 2013 · This prolific, professionally provocative British-born film critic and historian, who has lived on the Hollywood side of the Atlantic for decades, has made a jolly good career out of...
Apr 21, 2021 · The latest book by protean film critic/biographer/sometime novelist David Thomson is 'A Light in the Dark: A History of Movie Directors.'
Mar 23, 2021 · FILM HISTORIAN AND CRITIC David Thomson is the author of more than 25 books, including “Have You Seen…?”: A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films , The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies, and...
When it was first released, our reviewer David Thomson found Sidney Lumet’s media satire to be too reliant on the methods and devices of commercial TV, writing “the film is as vicious and feeble as a wasp trapped in the jam it craves”.
Sep 23, 2014 · An interview with legendary film critic David Thomson about the latest edition of "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film."
Dec 13, 2012 · The avid, idiosyncratic movie critic David Thomson traces a path through more than a century of movie history, from Eadweard Muybridge to Martin Scorsese.
