Mick LaSalle (born May 7, 1959) is an American film critic currently writing for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of two books on pre-code Hollywood. As of March 2008, he has written in excess of 1550 reviews ^[1], and he has been podcasting them since September 2005 ^[2]. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... Todays San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. ... The Production Code (also known as the Hays Code) was a set of industry guidelines governing the production of American motion pictures. ... A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. ...

LaSalle is the author of Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood, a history/critical study of the actresses who worked in the film industry between 1929-1934. It was published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2000. In his review in the New York Times, Andy Webster called it "an overdue examination of a historic conflict between Hollywood and would-be monitors of morality" and added LaSalle "has an avuncular but informative style, and makes his points with a relaxed economy." ^[3] Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

The book served as the basis for the documentary film Complicated Women, directed by Hugh Munro Neely and narrated by Jane Fonda, which originally was broadcast by Turner Classic Movies in May 2003. LaSalle provided commentary for and served as Associate Producer of the project ^[4]. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. ... Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. ...

LaSalle's follow-up to Complicated Women was Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man, published by Thomas Dunne in 2002.

LaSalle has lectured on film subjects at various film festivals, including those in the Hamptons, Denver, Las Vegas, and Mill Valley and at New York City's Film Forum and San Francisco's Castro Theatre. For several years he taught a film course at the University of California, Berkeley, and now teaches film courses at Stanford University. This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Mill Valley is a city located in Marin County, California. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The New York City cinema Film Forum began in 1970 as an alternative screening space for independent films, with 50 folding chairs, one projector and a US$19,000 annual budget. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Castro Theatre in San Francisco, California. ... Sather Tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... Stanford redirects here. ...

In the late 1990s, LaSalle was the on-air film critic for KGO-TV. He is a member of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle ^[5], and was a panelist at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. In addition to his reviews, he answers film-related questions in the Chronicle column Ask Mick LaSalle. KGO-TV (ABC7) is an owned-and-operated television station of The Walt Disney Company-owned ABC, based in San Francisco, California. ... San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor fine achievements in filmmaking by an organisation of film reviewers from San Francisco-based publications. ... The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ...

LaSalle is married to playwright Amy Freed ^[6]. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Amy Freed (born 1958) is an American playwright. ...

References

External links

• Mick LaSalle at the Internet Movie Database
• Summary of more than 1000 LaSalle reviews at Metacritic.com
• San Francisco Herald article about LaSalle