David Ansen is an American film critic. He was a senior editor for Newsweek, where he served as film critic from 1977 to 2008 and subsequently contribute to the magazined in a freelance capacity. Prior to writing for Newsweek, he served as chief film critic for Boston's The Real Paper. Ansen appeared in This Film Is Not Yet Rated.[1]
Ansen has also written several documentaries for television: on Greta Garbo (for TNT), Groucho Marx (HBO), Elizabeth Taylor (PBS), and the Ace Award-winning All About Bette (Bette Davis) for TNT. He was on the selection committee of the New York Film Festival from 1990 to 1998.[1]
From 2010 to 2014, he was the artistic director of the Los Angeles Film Festival. In 2015, Ansen was named lead programmer of the Palm Springs International Film Festival.[2]
^ abDavid Ansen biography, Archived March 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, New York Film Critics Circle
^Saval, Malina (December 17, 2015). "Critic David Ansen Transitions to Lead Palm Springs Programmer". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
DavidAnsen is an American film critic. He was a senior editor for Newsweek, where he served as film critic from 1977 to 2008 and subsequently contribute...
Excerpts available at Google Books. DavidAnsen, "The Buddy Holly Story" (review), Newsweek, June 1978, reprinted in David Sterritt, ed., The B List: The National...
rating of 87/100 based on 41 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". DavidAnsen of Newsweek gave the film a positive review, praising the faithful screenplay...
considerable attention for her performance, garnering critical praise, with DavidAnsen of Newsweek writing: "Press and Blunt are major discoveries ... they...
with its grimaces and false alarms, is pure kiddie comedy at its best." DavidAnsen of Newsweek wrote that the film's "slightly snarky wit is aimed almost...
video." The faux trailers before the film also received mixed reviews. DavidAnsen of Newsweek approved of the trailers: "Tropic Thunder is the funniest...
this story moving, and the set-ups are all obvious and predictable." DavidAnsen of Newsweek wrote "The Man Without a Face is such a noble, well-intentioned...
has misplaced her doll than any deep, empathetic suffering." Critic DavidAnsen gave the film a mixed review, writing, Taylor Hackford's thriller Proof...
who originally defended him. De Niro's performance was widely lauded. DavidAnsen of Newsweek remarked that De Niro "dominates the film with his lip-smacking...
Rotten Tomatoes. Cosgrove's acting in the film received praise, with DavidAnsen of Newsweek describing it as "spot on". She cited the scene in which...
comedy strike us merely as wild and disorienting vacillations in tone". DavidAnsen, in his review for Newsweek, wrote, "The outline of George Gallo's script—odd-couple...
3rd – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 4th – Mike Clark, USA Today 4th – DavidAnsen, Newsweek 4th – Jami Bernard, New York Daily News 5th – Robert Koehler...
buzz", but that it eventually became "explosively silly". Newsweek's DavidAnsen described Fight Club as "an outrageous mixture of brilliant technique...
movie, a walking blur, seemingly only half awake, but fully engaged." DavidAnsen of Newsweek praised Phoenix's performance, saying that "Phoenix immerses...
worldwide. Breslin's performance in the film was praised by critics. DavidAnsen of Newsweek wrote that she and co-star Rory Culkin gave "terrifically...
their cake and eat it too? - than try to answer it in the present." DavidAnsen of Newsweek wrote, "What drew the usually astute Mike Newell ('Four Weddings...
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