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Molly Haskell

3.6/5 ( ratings)
Born
September 28 1939
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Molly Haskell author and critic, grew up in Richmond, Va., went to Sweet Briar College, the University of London and the Sorbonne before settling in New York. She worked at the French Film Office in the Sixties, writing a newsletter about French films for the New York press and interpreting when directors came to America for the opening of their films. She then went to The Village Voice, first as a theatre critic, then as a movie reviewer; and from there to New York Magazine and Vogue.

She has written for many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian UK, Esquire, The Nation, Town and Country, The New York Observer and The New York Review of Books. She has served as Artistic Director of the Sarasota French Film Festival, on the selection committee of the New York Film Festival, as associate Professor of Film at Barnard and as Adjunct Professor of Film at Columbia University.

She is married to the film critic Andrew Sarris. Her books include From Reverence to Rape: the Treatment of Women in the Movies ; a memoir, Love and Other Infectious Diseases ; and, in 1997, a collection of essays and interviews, Holding My Own in No Man’s Land: Women and Men and Films and Feminists. Her newest book, part of the Yale University Press's American Icon series, is Frankly, My Dear: Gone with the Wind Revisited.

Molly Haskell

3.6/5 ( ratings)
Born
September 28 1939
Website
Go to Website
Molly Haskell author and critic, grew up in Richmond, Va., went to Sweet Briar College, the University of London and the Sorbonne before settling in New York. She worked at the French Film Office in the Sixties, writing a newsletter about French films for the New York press and interpreting when directors came to America for the opening of their films. She then went to The Village Voice, first as a theatre critic, then as a movie reviewer; and from there to New York Magazine and Vogue.

She has written for many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian UK, Esquire, The Nation, Town and Country, The New York Observer and The New York Review of Books. She has served as Artistic Director of the Sarasota French Film Festival, on the selection committee of the New York Film Festival, as associate Professor of Film at Barnard and as Adjunct Professor of Film at Columbia University.

She is married to the film critic Andrew Sarris. Her books include From Reverence to Rape: the Treatment of Women in the Movies ; a memoir, Love and Other Infectious Diseases ; and, in 1997, a collection of essays and interviews, Holding My Own in No Man’s Land: Women and Men and Films and Feminists. Her newest book, part of the Yale University Press's American Icon series, is Frankly, My Dear: Gone with the Wind Revisited.

Books from Molly Haskell

From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Frankly, My Dear: "Gone with the Wind" Revisited

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films

3.2/5 ( ratings)

My Brother My Sister: Story of a Transformation

3/5 ( ratings)

Secretary: The Screenplay

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Holding My Own in No Man's Land: Women and Men and Film and Feminists

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Sight & Sound: Starring Barbara Stanwyck (March 2019)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

The American Gaze: 50 Years of Film Comment

3/5 ( ratings)

Women Photograph Men

3/5 ( ratings)
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