Wednesday night on Bibliocracy Radio, KPFK 90.7 FM: Film critic PETER RAINER. Being challenged,
taught, entertained by a generous and smart critic is a valuable thing, not to
mention being affirmed by way of a smart political analysis that sort of
reflects your own! Veteran and award-winning
film critic Peter Rainer’s writing on the movies has in 30 years earned him a
big following, through his work at the old Herald Examiner, the Los Angeles
Times, and for this loyal fan especially at the weekly “Film Week” show on
KPCC, where so many rely on his funny, sharp, artful analysis of film and all
its collateral meaning. Rainer writes
today for the Christian Science Monitor and, lucky for us, many of his essays
and reviews are collected in a new volume from Santa Monica Press titled Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent
and Transformative Era. The story of
the movies as discussed, interpreted by Peter Rainer is indeed the story of the
past weird and wonderful three decades, and it is a well-told story by a film
writer who writes elegantly, authoritatively and humorously across disciplines,
with style and insight. But you already
knew that if you hear him on the radio or read his newspaper reviews. Thanks for listening on the radio, or online,
or anytime you darn well please on electronic contraptions which you can plug
in to the station archives.
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