Ty Burr (original) (raw)
Boston
Film, television, pop culture
Ty Burr is a movie critic of 40 years standing (Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe) and the author of the movie recommendation newsletter Ty Burr’s Watch List (tyburrswatchlist.com). He is a member of the National Society of Film Critics and the author of “Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame” (2012), “The Best Old Movies for Families” (2007) and the e-book “The 50-Movie Starter Kit: What to Know if You Want to Know What You’re Talking About” (2013). In 2017 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism.