He was a lot more than that a film critic. He was a humanist renascence man of sorts. One of the last to have any sort of public sway.
Oh, stop. He was a fat man on tv talking about “Jackass 3.”
If you want really good movie critics try James Agee, Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, Manny Farber, Penelope Gilliat and, for good measure, throw in the New Wave boys.
And am I the only one who thought he was gay for years and years?