David Quinlan is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets ...

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film historian The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. However, the commercial, public scr ...

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'' from 1972 to 2006. Other contributions to film

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include ''Films Illustrated'', ''

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Films and Filming ''Films and Filming'' was the longest-running British gay magazine prior to the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.Bengry, Justin"The Queer History of Films and Filming."''Little Joe: A magazine about queers and cinema ...

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Film Review Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlet ...

''. (author notes) He co-edits the film review website PicturesThatTalk.com with Alan Frank.Pictures That Talk - About us
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Books

Publications include: * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars'' (five editions from 1981) * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Directors'' (two editions from 1983) * ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959'' (1984) * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors'' (three editions from 1985) * ''Wicked Women of the Screen'' (1987) * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Comedy Stars'' (1992) * ''TV Times Film Guide'' (six annual editions from 1994) * ''Tom Hanks: a Career in Orbit'' (1997)

References

External links

Official site
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