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Richard Schickel is an important American film historian, journalist, author, filmmaker, screenwriter, documentarian, and film and literary critic. Mr.Schickel is featured in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. In this 2009 documentary film he discusses early film critics in the 1960s, and how he and other young critics, rejected the moralizing opposition of Bosley Crowther of The New York Times who had railed against violent movies such as Bonnie and Clyde. In addition to film, Schickel has also critiqued and documented cartoons, particularly Peanuts. Schickel was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. He has also lectured at Yale University and University of Southern California's School of Film and Television.
The Warner Bros. Story
2008
1992
A Biography
1996
A Retrospective
2012
Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian
2006
A Celebration of the Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart
2006
A Family Album 1950-1965
1990
A Life In Film
2011
An American Life
1984
The First One Hundred Years
1987
1987
Larger than Life
2009
1975
A Celebration
1983
2011
The Greatest Films--and Personal Favorites--of a Moviegoing Lifetime
2015
A Life in Our Times
1991
A celebration
1985
A Life In Film
2012
The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney
1985
A Life In Film
2011
A Biography
2005
2014
A Retrospective
2010
1746-1828
1968
2012