Gawker brings us up to speed on Elvis Mitchell's departure from the Times...
Mitchell said he did not know what he would do next. "Obviously, this is a big shift in my life," he said. He said he was not even sure he would continue to be a film critic, even for National Public Radio, where he has been reviewing films for "Weekend Edition Saturday" since the show's inception in 1985. He said he had been cutting back on those appearances already. Mitchell had been at the Times since December 1999, when he was 41.Erlanger said Mitchell's job was open and that anyone interested should contact him at [email protected]
"I will happily look at everybody's work," he said.
...and the Gray Lady's search for a new film critic.
To the staff:Culture is looking for another film critic, who could come from inside or outside the paper. The job is cool, but also very demanding, with regular and unrelenting deadlines.
A candidate should love the movies, know something about them and their history, have a wide range of tastes and interests -- as wide as the range of films themselves -- and write boldly, with a mix of empathy, wit and critical self-confidence. We are looking also for someone who can write essays and critic's notebooks, can find themes and threads through the mass of movies out there, and can help us all decide what we really want to see.
Please contact me soon at erlanger@....
Steven Erlanger
Culture Editor
Ahem. Let me clear my throat. "[R]egular and unrelenting deadlines"? The cinetrix is an editor: bring it. Hell, the Canadians already think the cinetrix is "a bit too New York — not that there's anything wrong with that."
So, do any of you clever monkeys know how to Googlebomb "cinetrix" + "Times film critic"? If nothing else, Kehr would get a fair chance at defending himself....
