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Ann Hornaday is an American film critic. She has been film critic at The Washington Post since 2002 and is the author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies (2017). In 2008, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Early life

Hornaday grew up in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] She attended Smith College, majoring in government;[1] she graduated in 1982.[2]

Career

After graduating from college, Hornaday moved to New York to become a freelance writer, contributing to Premiere, Us and Ms. magazines;[1] at the latter, she also worked as a researcher and assistant to Gloria Steinem,[3] a role she held from 1983 to 1985.[4] Hornaday began contributing to the "Arts & Leisure" section of The New York Times, eventually going on to become film critic at the Austin American-Statesman in 1995.[5] In 1997 she moved to The Baltimore Sun, then to The Washington Post in 2002, following the retirement of the Post's previous critic Rita Kempley.[1] She has also written features for Working Woman and Self magazine.[6]

In 2008, Hornaday was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism,[7] with the prize committee citing "her perceptive movie reviews and essays, reflecting solid research and an easy, engaging style."[8]

In 2017, Hornaday published Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies.[9][10][11][12] The book, a 304-page text published with Basic Books,[13] draws on a series Hornaday began writing in 2009 for the Post, aimed at explaining the various specialized crafts in filmmaking – like sound, editing, cinematography – to a general audience.[3] Hornaday approached it as a journalistic project, interviewing people working in a variety of roles in film to ask them to describe what they do as well as "what they wished audiences appreciated more about their work".[3] In a review for The New York Times, Lisa Schwarzbaum described the book as "a pleasantly calm, eminently sensible, down-the-middle primer for the movie lover — amateur, professional or Twitter-centric orator — who would like to acquire and sharpen basic viewing skills."[7]

Personal life

Hornaday lives in Baltimore.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fraley, Jason (August 22, 2017). "How to watch movies like a world-class critic". WTOP News. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "WordSmith". Smith College Office of Alumnae Relations. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Vancheri, Barbara (September 3, 2017). "A leading critic teaches us how to watch the movies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  4. ^ Heilbrun, Carolyn G. (July 20, 2011). Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307802132. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "Women's Media Center". womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Dellecese, Cheryl. "Film Critic Ann Hornaday '82 Talks Film Trends". Smith College. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Schwarzbaum, Lisa (June 2, 2017). "Getting Beyond 'I Love It': How to Understand Movies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  8. ^ "Finalist: Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post". www.pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  9. ^ "TALKING PICTURES by Ann Hornaday". Kirkus Reviews. April 2, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  10. ^ Minow, Nell (March 27, 2017). "Illuminating Insight: Ann Hornaday on". www.rogerebert.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  11. ^ Barsanti, Chris (June 23, 2017). "Movies Matter in 'Talking Pictures'". PopMatters. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  12. ^ Brown, Jeffrey (August 18, 2017). "Movies are more than screen deep. Here's how to watch like a critic". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  13. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies by Ann Hornaday. Basic, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-0-465-09423-3". Publishers Weekly. April 3, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  14. ^ Hughes, Bill (July 23, 2017). "Author Ann Hornaday 'Talking Pictures' at the Ivy Bookshop". Baltimore Post-Examiner. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

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