Amy Taubin

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Amy Taubin
Born (1938-09-10) September 10, 1938 (age 85)
Film critic

Amy Taubin (born September 10, 1938) is an American author and film critic.

The Kitchen.[3][4]

Life and career

Taubin attended Sarah Lawrence College as an undergrad and received an MA from New York University. Taubin is also a filmmaker, curator, and educator.[3] She is one of the people visible in Michael Snow's experimental film Wavelength.[5]

Taubin has served on the board of trustees of the Anthology Film Archives; She was named as a Distinguished Art Historian-Teacher at the New York School of Visual Arts, Department of Humanities and Sciences; and has served on the selection committee for the Film Society of Lincoln Center.[6][7][8]

In 2020, Taubin was awarded a writer grant, in the short-form writing category, by the Warhol Foundation. In her statement on receiving the prize, she said she planned to use the funds to survey the '"time machine of cinema available on our home screens."'[9]

Selected works

Books

  • Ghosts in the Machine, Village Voice, 1998.[10]
  • Douglas Gordon: through a looking glass, co-authored with Gagosian Gallery, Hal Hartle and Kay C. Pallister, Gagosian Gallery, 1999.[11]
  • Taxi Driver, BFI Publishing, 2nd ed., 2012.[12]
  • James Nares, co-authored with Glenn O'Brien and Ed Halter, Rizzoli International, 2014.[13]
  • The complete films of Agnès Varda, co-authored Michael Koresky, Ginette Vincendeau, So Mayer, etal., (The book is part of a 15-disc Blu-Ray collection) The Criterion Collection, 2020.[14]

Articles

  • "So there, Orwell": 1984: a video review, co-authored with John Howell, Louisiana World Exposition, 1984.[15]
  • Stands by his man: On Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand, Artform international, October 2003.[16]
  • Eastern exposure on recent Asian cinema, Artform international, November 2004.[17]
  • Common sense, Film comment, Vol. 52, no. 6, November/December 2016.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Amy Taubin". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
  2. ^ "Amy Taubin". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Amy Taubin - SVA". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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  6. ^ "Anthology Film Archives: About - Board of Trustees". anthologyfilmarchives.org. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award 2013". www.svaphilosopher.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "Amy Taubin joins NYFF Selection Committee; March/April lineup announced for 50 Years of NYFF series". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  9. ^ Greenberger, Alex (November 18, 2020). "Warhol Foundation Writer Grants Go to Jessica Lynne, Amy Taubin, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, More". ARTnews.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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