Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane (* 1962 ) is a British film critic and journalist .
Life
Anthony Lane attended Sherborne School and graduated from Trinity College , University of Cambridge with a thesis on the poet TS Eliot . He then worked for a while as a freelance writer and literary critic for the British daily newspaper The Independent . From 1991 he was a film critic for the Sunday edition Independent on Sunday . In 1993 he received an offer from Tina Brown to write for the New Yorker as a film critic. He has been there ever since, sharing the job with David Denby . Lane has been nominated three times for the National Magazine Award for his film reviews. After missing out in 1996 and 2000, he received an award in 2001.
Lane lives in Cambridge with his wife, Welsh writer Allison Pearson , and their two children .
Lane is the "absolute favorite critic" of two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz . It is true that he is “often not of his opinion. But what a keen eye he looks with! And with what sharp pen he writes! Unrivaled. "
literature
- Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker (2002)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lane, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film critic and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |