September 15, 2000(2000-09-15) (aged 76) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Critic
Alma mater
Dartmouth College (did not graduate)
Period
1948–2000
Subject
Film
theatre
Partner
Penelope Gilliatt
Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – September 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed more than one thousand films during his tenure there.[1][2]
^Canby, Vincent. "Vincent Canby Reviews – Best Movie Reviews – Movies – New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
^Janet Maslin (October 16, 2000). "Vincent Canby, Prolific Film and Theater Critic for The Times, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
VincentCanby (July 27, 1924 – September 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for The New York Times...
Critical reaction was mixed, but Fonda's comic performance was praised; VincentCanby of The New York Times remarked, "I never have trouble remembering that...
of quotidian lives." Canby exalts some of the characters in the film one in particular, Enrique Castillo. Although VincentCanby does not give an official...
and Clyde, but is, indeed, the only good acting she has done since". VincentCanby of The New York Times wrote that she was "looking so cool and elegant...
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966). In his review in The New York Times, VincentCanby panned the film but singled out the actor, stating, "[T]he best of the...
such as Roger Ebert, its screenplay and dialogue were criticized by VincentCanby in The New York Times. He described it as "full of an earnest teen-age...
Desperately Seeking Susan as one of the best US films of the year, including VincentCanby from The New York Times, and eventually, of the decade by publications...
many of the prominent film critics of the era (including Pauline Kael, VincentCanby and Roger Ebert) remained steadfastly loyal to his directorial style...
VincentCanby (13 April 1984). "Goldie Hawn in Comedy, 'Swing Shift'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2020. VincentCanby (21...
for The New York Times in 1977. From December 1, 1994, she replaced VincentCanby as the chief film critic. Maslin continued to review films for The Times...
beauty Lady Lyndon in the Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon (1975). VincentCanby of The New York Times wrote: "Marisa Berenson splendidly suits her costumes...
scene, as well as comparisons to several classic movie stars. In 1982, VincentCanby wrote that "Mr. Gibson recalls the young Steve McQueen... I can't define...
film four stars, calling it a "sensitive, painful, evocative work". VincentCanby of The New York Times called The Deer Hunter "a big, awkward, crazily...
ranked it the second best film of 1980. Writing for The New York Times, VincentCanby called it "a moving, intelligent and funny film about disasters that...
by the complicated plot, although Pauline Kael enjoyed the film and VincentCanby called it "pure, nutty fun." Buckaroo Banzai has been adapted for books...
com. Canby, Vincent (March 14, 1975). "Movie Review: The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2014. Canby, Vincent (October...
at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival for his performance. In his review, VincentCanby describes the film as, "Bernardo Bertolucci's very good, cerebrally...
John Wayne. In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic VincentCanby identified 5 Card Stud as one of a recent spate of "Buddy System" Westerns...
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