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Richard Corliss

January 19, 2024

Richard Nelson Corliss (March 6, 1944 – April 23, 2015) was an American film critic and magazine editor for Time. He focused on movies, with occasional articles on other subjects.[4]

Richard Corliss
Born
Richard Nelson Corliss

(1944-03-06)March 6, 1944
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 2015(2015-04-23) (aged 71)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materSt. Joseph's College
Columbia University
New York University
Occupation(s)Editor, writer, critic
Years active1966–2015
Employers
Notable work
  • Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in American Cinema[1]
  • Greta Garbo (A Pyramid illustrated history of the movies)[2]
  • 1980 cover story on Dallas's "Who Shot J.R.?"[3]
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Yushak
​
​
(m. 1969)​

He was the former editor-in-chief of Film Comment and authored several books including Talking Pictures,[5] which, along with other publications, drew early attention to the screenwriter, as opposed to the director.

Personal life and background edit

Corliss was born in 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[6] the son of Elizabeth Brown (née McCluskey) and Paul William Corliss.[6] He attended St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia (now Saint Joseph's University), obtaining a bachelor's degree, before progressing to Columbia University to earn a master's degree in film studies. Corliss resided in New York City with his wife, Mary, whom he married on Sunday, August 31, 1969. Mary was formerly a curator in the Film Stills Archive of the Museum of Modern Art.

In a 1990 article, Corliss mentions his mother clipping movie ads with quotes of his and posting them to her refrigerator door.[7]

On April 23, 2015, Corliss died under hospice care in New York City after suffering a stroke.[8]

Career edit

Corliss wrote for many magazines—National Review from 1966 to 1970, New Times, Maclean's and SoHo Weekly News in 1980. At Film Comment, Corliss helped draw attention to the screenwriter in the creation of movies. Corliss challenged Andrew Sarris's idea of the Director as author or auteur of this work. Corliss was one of Sarris' students at New York University (NYU); the two remained friends until Sarris' death.

Corliss brought Jonathan Rosenbaum to Film Comment as a Paris correspondent. Despite working for National Review, a conservative magazine, Corliss was a self-described "liberal".[9] In 1980, Corliss joined Time. Although he started as an associate editor, he was promoted to senior writer by 1985.

Corliss wrote for time.com as well as the print magazine including a retired column about nostalgic pop culture called That Old Feeling. He wrote occasional articles for Time. He was an occasional guest on Charlie Rose's talk show commenting on new releases, mostly during the 1990s with Janet Maslin and David Denby. His last appearance on the show was in December 2005 to talk about the year in film. Corliss also appeared on A&E Biography to talk about the life and work of Jackie Chan,[10] and appeared in Richard Schickel's documentary about Warner Brothers.

Corliss attended the Cannes Film Festival along with Roger Ebert and Todd McCarthy for the longest period of any US journalist. He also attended festivals in Toronto and Venice. Corliss used to work on the board of the New York Film Festival, but resigned in 1987 after longtime head Richard Roud was fired due to his challenging of editorial direction of the festival.

Lolita, Corliss's third book, was a study of Vladimir Nabokov's book and Stanley Kubrick's film. Later Corliss has written an introductory essay for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film.[11]

Corliss also admired the Pixar movies, including listing Finding Nemo as one of his and fellow Time critic Richard Schickel's 100 all-time greatest movies. With recent Pixar releases Cars and Ratatouille Corliss had access into the studio's inner workings.[12] Pixar director Brad Bird has said of critics in general that he has "got nothing against critics." He also that he had "done very well with them, over the years."[13]

In addition to writing for Time, Corliss had a lengthy association with Film Comment magazine, serving as its editor from 1970 to 1990. Corliss covered movies for the magazine and for time.com simultaneously. Corliss along with Martin Scorsese first came up with the idea for the issue on "guilty pleasures".[14]

Corliss along with Richard Schickel made a 100 Greatest movies list. Corliss alone created lists of the 25 greatest villains, the 25 best horror films, and the 25 most important films on race. In addition Corliss was on the 2001 jury for AFI's 100 Greatest movies list. In a 1993 Time magazine movie review of The Crying Game, Corliss subtly gave away the spoiler of the film, by spelling it out with the first letters of each paragraph of his review.[15]

In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, Corliss cast votes for Chungking Express, Citizen Kane, Historie(s) du Cinema, The Lady Eve, Mouchette, Pyaasa, The Searchers, The Seventh Seal and WALL-E.[16]

Conflict and criticism edit

Corliss was critical of the escalating expenditure on action films, writing in his review of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) that "the cost of the product is not passed on to the consumer. Moviegoers pay as much for a ticket to a no-budget documentary like Paris Is Burning (1990) as they do for admission to any superspectacle."[17]

Corliss had movies on his top ten lists that fellow Time critic Richard Schickel rated the worst of the year. These included 2001's Moulin Rouge!, 2003's Cold Mountain and 2004's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In August 2004, Stephen King, criticizing what he saw as a growing trend of leniency towards films by critics, included Corliss among a number of "formerly reliable critics who seem to have gone remarkably soft – not to say softhearted and sometimes softheaded – in their old age."[18]

Corliss appears in the 2009 documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism, confessing that he was the film critic who, in the 1970s, coined the term "Paulettes" for the ardent followers of Pauline Kael, a label which has stuck.[citation needed]

Corliss criticized Siskel and Ebert in his Film Comment article, "All Thumbs?: Or, Is There a Future For Film Criticism?",[19] and Ebert responded with "All Stars: Or Is There a Cure For Criticism?"[20] Corliss praised Ebert in a June 23, 2007 article "Thumbs up for Roger Ebert."[21] Corliss's dialogue with Ebert in Film Comment was reprinted in Ebert's Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert.[22] Corliss appeared in the Ebert documentary Life Itself, where he praised Ebert's "polymathic genius."

Number Ones from Corliss' Top-Tens edit

Best English language film in parentheses:

Bibliography edit

Books edit

  • Corliss, Richard (1974). Talking pictures : screenwriters in the American cinema, 1927-1973. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press.
  • Greta Garbo (1974)
  • Lolita (1995)
  • Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (and a Few You Love to Hate) (2014)

Articles edit

  • Corliss, Richard (April 20, 2015). "Date with an android : two guys and a robot square off in Alex Garland's Ex Machina". The Culture. Reviews. Time. Vol. 185, no. 14 (South Pacific ed.). p. 45.

References edit

  1. ^ Corliss, Richard (1974). Talking Pictures : Screenwriters in the American Cinema, 1927–1973 (1st ed.). Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0879510077.
  2. ^ Corliss, Richard (1974). Sennett, Ted (ed.). Greta Garbo (1st ed.). New York: Pyramid Publications. ISBN 978-0515034806.
  3. ^ Richard, Corliss (August 11, 1980). "TV's Dallas: Whodunit?". Time Magazine.
  4. ^ Villanova University Proquest search list of 2596 articles, 2009-2005.
  5. ^ Richard Corliss (1974), Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema, 1927–1973
  6. ^ a b Profile, filmreference.com; accessed September 6, 2014.
  7. ^ Richard Corliss (1990) "All Thumbs, Or, Is There a Future for Film Criticism?" Film Comment, March/April. Reprinted in Roger Ebert (2006), Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert, p. 394.
  8. ^ Weber, Bruce (April 24, 2015). "Richard Corliss, 71, Longtime Film Critic for Time, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  9. ^ Richard Corliss (August 17, 2007). . Time. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007.
  10. ^ Jackie Chan: From Stuntman to Superstar at IMDb  
  11. ^ "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of Ang Lee's Epic Film". Barnes & Noble. January 23, 2001. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  12. ^ Corliss/Emeryville, Richard (June 7, 2007). . Time. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007.
  13. ^ Blogsite December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, orlandosentinel.com; accessed September 6, 2014.
  14. ^ "Mail Page". Entertainment Weekly. October 3, 1997.
  15. ^ Corliss, Richard (January 25, 1993). . Time magazine. Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  16. ^ Corliss, Richard. . Sight & Sound. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016.
  17. ^ Corliss, Richard (July 8, 1991). . Time. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  18. ^ "Stephen King on summer film's four-star follies". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. February 1, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  19. ^ Corliss, Richard (1990). "All Thumbs: Or, Is There a Future For Film Criticism?". Film Comment.
  20. ^ Ebert, Roger. "All Stars: Or, Is There a Cure For Criticism?". Film Comment.
  21. ^ Corliss, Richard (June 23, 2007). "Thumbs Up For Roger Ebert". Time Magazine.
  22. ^ Ebert, Roger (2006). Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert. University of Chicago Press.

External links edit

  • Richard Corliss at IMDb
  • In Memoriam – Time Magazine
  • Biography – from Allmovie
  • – a yearly breakdown of Corliss's favorite movies.
  • – Corliss and fellow Time critic Richard Schickel's list of the greatest movies ever made
  • Richard Corliss, 1944-2015: Everywhere At Once by Matt Zoller Seitz, Editor-in-Chief, RogerEbert.com

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wbr He was the former editor in chief of Film Comment and authored several books including Talking Pictures 5 which along with other publications drew early attention to the screenwriter as opposed to the director Contents 1 Personal life and background 2 Career 3 Conflict and criticism 4 Number Ones from Corliss Top Tens 5 Bibliography 5 1 Books 5 2 Articles 6 References 7 External linksPersonal life and background editCorliss was born in 1944 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania 6 the son of Elizabeth Brown nee McCluskey and Paul William Corliss 6 He attended St Joseph s College Philadelphia now Saint Joseph s University obtaining a bachelor s degree before progressing to Columbia University to earn a master s degree in film studies Corliss resided in New York City with his wife Mary whom he married on Sunday August 31 1969 Mary was formerly a curator in the Film Stills Archive of the Museum of Modern Art In a 1990 article Corliss mentions his mother clipping movie ads with quotes of his and posting them to her refrigerator door 7 On April 23 2015 Corliss died under hospice care in New York City after suffering a stroke 8 Career editCorliss wrote for many magazines National Review from 1966 to 1970 New Times Maclean s and SoHo Weekly News in 1980 At Film Comment Corliss helped draw attention to the screenwriter in the creation of movies Corliss challenged Andrew Sarris s idea of the Director as author or auteur of this work Corliss was one of Sarris students at New York University NYU the two remained friends until Sarris death Corliss brought Jonathan Rosenbaum to Film Comment as a Paris correspondent Despite working for National Review a conservative magazine Corliss was a self described liberal 9 In 1980 Corliss joined Time Although he started as an associate editor he was promoted to senior writer by 1985 Corliss wrote for time com as well as the print magazine including a retired column about nostalgic pop culture called That Old Feeling He wrote occasional articles for Time He was an occasional guest on Charlie Rose s talk show commenting on new releases mostly during the 1990s with Janet Maslin and David Denby His last appearance on the show was in December 2005 to talk about the year in film Corliss also appeared on A amp E Biography to talk about the life and work of Jackie Chan 10 and appeared in Richard Schickel s documentary about Warner Brothers Corliss attended the Cannes Film Festival along with Roger Ebert and Todd McCarthy for the longest period of any US journalist He also attended festivals in Toronto and Venice Corliss used to work on the board of the New York Film Festival but resigned in 1987 after longtime head Richard Roud was fired due to his challenging of editorial direction of the festival Lolita Corliss s third book was a study of Vladimir Nabokov s book and Stanley Kubrick s film Later Corliss has written an introductory essay for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon A Portrait of the Ang Lee Film 11 Corliss also admired the Pixar movies including listing Finding Nemo as one of his and fellow Time critic Richard Schickel s 100 all time greatest movies With recent Pixar releases Cars and Ratatouille Corliss had access into the studio s inner workings 12 Pixar director Brad Bird has said of critics in general that he has got nothing against critics He also that he had done very well with them over the years 13 In addition to writing for Time Corliss had a lengthy association with Film Comment magazine serving as its editor from 1970 to 1990 Corliss covered movies for the magazine and for time com simultaneously Corliss along with Martin Scorsese first came up with the idea for the issue on guilty pleasures 14 Corliss along with Richard Schickel made a 100 Greatest movies list Corliss alone created lists of the 25 greatest villains the 25 best horror films and the 25 most important films on race In addition Corliss was on the 2001 jury for AFI s 100 Greatest movies list In a 1993 Time magazine movie review of The Crying Game Corliss subtly gave away the spoiler of the film by spelling it out with the first letters of each paragraph of his review 15 In the 2012 Sight amp Sound poll Corliss cast votes for Chungking Express Citizen Kane Historie s du Cinema The Lady Eve Mouchette Pyaasa The Searchers The Seventh Seal and WALL E 16 Conflict and criticism editCorliss was critical of the escalating expenditure on action films writing in his review of Terminator 2 Judgment Day 1991 that the cost of the product is not passed on to the consumer Moviegoers pay as much for a ticket to a no budget documentary like Paris Is Burning 1990 as they do for admission to any superspectacle 17 Corliss had movies on his top ten lists that fellow Time critic Richard Schickel rated the worst of the year These included 2001 s Moulin Rouge 2003 s Cold Mountain and 2004 s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind In August 2004 Stephen King criticizing what he saw as a growing trend of leniency towards films by critics included Corliss among a number of formerly reliable critics who seem to have gone remarkably soft not to say softhearted and sometimes softheaded in their old age 18 Corliss appears in the 2009 documentary film For the Love of Movies The Story of American Film Criticism confessing that he was the film critic who in the 1970s coined the term Paulettes for the ardent followers of Pauline Kael a label which has stuck citation needed Corliss criticized Siskel and Ebert in his Film Comment article All Thumbs Or Is There a Future For Film Criticism 19 and Ebert responded with All Stars Or Is There a Cure For Criticism 20 Corliss praised Ebert in a June 23 2007 article Thumbs up for Roger Ebert 21 Corliss s dialogue with Ebert in Film Comment was reprinted in Ebert s Awake in the Dark The Best of Roger Ebert 22 Corliss appeared in the Ebert documentary Life Itself where he praised Ebert s polymathic genius Number Ones from Corliss Top Tens editBest English language film in parentheses 1969 Midnight Cowboy 1980 Mon Oncle d Amerique The Elephant Man 1981 The Mystery of Oberwald Thief 1982 E T the Extra Terrestrial 1983 Berlin Alexanderplatz The Big Chill 1986 The Fly 1988 The Singing Detective 1989 Distant Voices Still Lives 1990 L Atalante re release Internal Affairs 1991 My Father s Glory and My Mother s Castle The Simpsons Lisa s Substitute 1992 The Simpsons Black Widower 1993 The Age of Innocence 1994 Pulp Fiction 1995 Persuasion 1997 Ponette Chasing Amy 2001 Kandahar Moulin Rouge 2002 Talk to Her Gangs of New York 2003 Lord of the Rings The Return of the King 2004 Hero and House of Flying Daggers Sideways 2005 The White Diamond The Squid and the Whale 2006 Pan s Labyrinth Borat 2007 No Country for Old Men 2008 WALL E 2009 The Princess and the Frog 2010 Toy Story 3 2011 The Artist Hugo in second place 2012 Amour Beasts of the Southern Wild 2013 Gravity 2014 The Grand Budapest HotelBibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items May 2016 Books edit Corliss Richard 1974 Talking pictures screenwriters in the American cinema 1927 1973 Woodstock N Y Overlook Press Greta Garbo 1974 Lolita 1995 Mom in the Movies The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love and a Few You Love to Hate 2014 Articles edit Corliss Richard April 20 2015 Date with an android two guys and a robot square off in Alex Garland s Ex Machina The Culture Reviews Time Vol 185 no 14 South Pacific ed p 45 References edit Corliss Richard 1974 Talking Pictures Screenwriters in the American Cinema 1927 1973 1st ed Woodstock N Y Overlook Press ISBN 978 0879510077 Corliss Richard 1974 Sennett Ted ed Greta Garbo 1st ed New York Pyramid Publications ISBN 978 0515034806 Richard Corliss August 11 1980 TV s Dallas Whodunit Time Magazine Villanova University Proquest search list of 2596 articles 2009 2005 Richard Corliss 1974 Talking Pictures Screenwriters in the American Cinema 1927 1973 a b Profile filmreference com accessed September 6 2014 Richard Corliss 1990 All Thumbs Or Is There a Future for Film Criticism Film Comment March April Reprinted in Roger Ebert 2006 Awake in the Dark The Best of Roger Ebert p 394 Weber Bruce April 24 2015 Richard Corliss 71 Longtime Film Critic for Time Dies The New York Times Retrieved May 17 2015 Richard Corliss August 17 2007 Superbad A Fine Bromance Time Archived from the original on October 25 2007 Jackie Chan From Stuntman to Superstar at IMDb nbsp Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon A Portrait of Ang Lee s Epic Film Barnes amp Noble January 23 2001 Retrieved April 29 2015 Corliss Emeryville Richard June 7 2007 Savoring Pixar s Ratatouille Time Archived from the original on June 11 2007 Blogsite Archived December 14 2007 at the Wayback Machine orlandosentinel com accessed September 6 2014 Mail Page Entertainment Weekly October 3 1997 Corliss Richard January 25 1993 Queuing for the Crying Game Time magazine Archived from the original on April 17 2009 Retrieved August 12 2011 Corliss Richard Analysis The Greatest Films of All Time 2012 All voters Sight amp Sound Archived from the original on August 18 2016 Corliss Richard July 8 1991 Half A Terrific Terminator Time Archived from the original on November 22 2010 Retrieved August 24 2010 Stephen King on summer film s four star follies Entertainment Weekly s EW com February 1 2007 Retrieved April 29 2015 Corliss Richard 1990 All Thumbs Or Is There a Future For Film Criticism Film Comment Ebert Roger All Stars Or Is There a Cure For Criticism Film Comment Corliss Richard June 23 2007 Thumbs Up For Roger Ebert Time Magazine Ebert Roger 2006 Awake in the Dark The Best of Roger Ebert University of Chicago Press External links editRichard Corliss at IMDb In Memoriam Time Magazine Biography from Allmovie Corliss s Top Ten Picks a yearly breakdown of Corliss s favorite movies Top 100 Movies Ever Corliss and fellow Time critic Richard Schickel s list of the greatest movies ever made Richard Corliss 1944 2015 Everywhere At Once by Matt Zoller Seitz Editor in Chief 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