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Owen Gleiberman (born February 24, 1959) is an American
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 ...
who has been chief film critic for '' Variety'' magazine since May 2016, a title he shares with . Previously, Gleiberman wrote for ''
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'' from 1990 until 2014. From 1981 to 1989, he wrote for '' The Phoenix''.


Early life and education

Gleiberman was born in
Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, to Jewish-American parents.Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies
Owen Gleiberman.
He was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a graduate of the
University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
.


Career

Gleiberman's work has been published in ''
Premiere A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its fi ...
'' and '' Film Comment'', and collected in the film criticism anthology ''Love and Hisses''. Gleiberman reviews
movies A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ...
for NPR and NY1. He is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. He is one of the critics featured in Gerald Peary's 2009 documentary film '' For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism''. Gleiberman's
autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life. It is a form of biography. Definition The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English peri ...
, ''Movie Freak'', was published by
Hachette Books Hachette Books, formerly Hyperion Books, is a general-interest book imprint of the Perseus Books Group, which is a division of Hachette Book Group and ultimately a part of Lagardère Group. Established in 1990, Hachette publishes general-inte ...
. He and his wife Sharon live in
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
with their three daughters.


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* 1959 births Living people American film critics National Society of Film Critics Members American male journalists American people of Swiss-Jewish descent Jewish American journalists Jewish American writers Journalists from New York City University of Michigan alumni Vanity Fair (magazine) people Variety (magazine) people 20th-century American journalists Swiss emigrants to the United States Swiss Jews Writers from Ann Arbor, Michigan 21st-century American Jews {{US-journalist-1950s-stub