Carrie Rickey

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Carrie Rickey (born November 26, 1952) is an American feminist art and film critic. Rickey was a film critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1986 to 2011, and has contributed to The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Village Voice.

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From Jesus to Judas

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 24, 2024 In "A Complete Unknown," director James Mangold re-creates the formative years of Bob Dylan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

Portrait of the Victim as a Young Man

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 18, 2024 RaMell Ross’ take on Colson Whitehead’s “Nickel Boys” is an inventive and socially charged masterwork. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

Rooms of Joy and Sorrow

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 13, 2024 Cinema’s most striking colorist paints a scene from the end of life. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Film

An Enhanced Interrogation of an American Shame

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Apr 26, 2024 In “I Am Gitmo,” French director Philippe Diaz recreates the torture rooms inside the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

An Immigrant’s Toy Story

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Mar 7, 2024 Julio Torres’s “Problemista” is an offbeat tale about citizenship and the American Dream in the age of the gig economy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

Animal Spirit Anime

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 8, 2023 Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature is a wondrous feat of storytelling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

Two Weeks Full of Domestic Dissatisfaction

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Oct 19, 2023 At the 61st New York Film Festival, the marquee debuts interrogated partnerships and marriage. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TV Review

Becoming Frida

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Sep 21, 2023 A BBC documentary revisits the life and legacy of Mexico’s iconic artist. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Oscars Get With the Political Program

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Feb 10, 2020 This year's telecast showed signs of progress—now the Academy Awards producers need to get audiences to tune in again. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Little Women’ for Millennials

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 23, 2019 How is it that a story written 150 years ago manages to speak to the many moments at which it’s been reimagined for moviegoers? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

No Time Like the Present for Mr. Rogers’ Radical Kindness

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Nov 21, 2019 The TV icon’s enduring appeal, and his ability to serve as an anti-venom to Trumpism, get a worthy boost with Tom Hanks in the red cardigan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Martin Scorsese Closes the Book on the Mafia Genre

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Oct 31, 2019 The scope of "The Irishman" is as big as the U.S., and the director delivers a hit that lives up to the hype—and then some. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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