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Chicago Tribune eliminates film critic position, once held by Gene Siskel

Michael Phillips was also very well regarded, if lacking the stature of Siskel, who with the Chicago Sun-Times’s Roger Ebert could make or break a movie with the “Thumbs Up/Down” rating system.

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by Anonymousreply 6August 19, 2025 8:19 PM

The Philadelphia Inquirer hasn't had a film critic, TV critic, or a theater/classical music critic for years.

It still has the affable yet fair Craig LaBan as a restaurant, and for whatever reason, the hoary Dan DeLuca as rock/pop music critic.

by Anonymousreply 1August 19, 2025 5:23 PM

Yes, they do. I just read an article by Peter Dobrin this week

by Anonymousreply 2August 19, 2025 5:30 PM

There’s an opening at the NY Times, Michael.

by Anonymousreply 3August 19, 2025 5:41 PM

[quote]Peter Dobrin

Same country of origin as Melania! I know someone with that name myself, it's pretty common.

by Anonymousreply 4August 19, 2025 5:42 PM

Good film critics are a dime a dozen and are now a dying breed. I never understood Gene Siskel's success and I imagine he would have gone nowhere without the more knowledgeable Roger Ebert.

by Anonymousreply 5August 19, 2025 7:09 PM

R4, he’s the music critic - he doesn’t write regularly but frequently enough

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by Anonymousreply 6August 19, 2025 8:19 PM
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