Glenn Kenny | |
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| Born | August 8, 1959 United States |
| Occupation | Film critic, editor, blogger, actor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | William Paterson University |
Glenn Kenny (born August 8, 1959) [1] [2] is an American film critic and journalist. He writes for The New York Times and RogerEbert.com .
Kenny attended William Paterson University, where he majored in English literature. [3]
He joined the staff of the film magazine Premiere in June 1996, [3] after having worked as a freelance film and music critic for several publications, including The Village Voice . One of his first assignments for Premiere was to edit David Foster Wallace's "David Lynch Keeps His Head," later included in Wallace's essay collection A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again . [4]
Kenny served as a critic and editor at Premiere until it ceased publication in 2007. He later became the chief critic for MSN before joining The New York Times . He has also written for The Los Angeles Times , Rolling Stone , and Entertainment Weekly . [5]
Kenny has edited an anthology on Star Wars and written a monograph on actor Robert de Niro for the French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma . [5] [6] [7] He also had acting roles in Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience (2009) and Preston Miller's God's Land (2010). [5]
Kenny participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as Anatomy of a Murder , Belle de Jour , Boudu Saved from Drowning , Céline and Julie Go Boating , Citizen Kane , Dr. Mabuse the Gambler , Psycho , The Searchers , Singin' in the Rain , and Stalker . [8]
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