Owen Gleiberman (born 24 February 1959) is a film critic for Entertainment Weekly, a position he has held since the magazine's launch in 1990. From 1981-89, he worked at the Boston Phoenix. He was recommended for the position by Pauline Kael, the highly influential critic for The New Yorker[citation needed]. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... The Boston Phoenix is an alternative weekly publication in Boston, Massachusetts that emphasizes arts and entertainment coverage, as well as alternative political viewpoints. ... Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 â September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...
Besides Entertainment Weekly, his work has been published in Film Comment, and anthologized in the film criticism anthology Love and Hisses. He also reviews movies for National Public Radio and for NY1, New York City's 24-hour cable news station. A member of the New York Film Critics Circle, he has served as the Chair of that group. He was graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... The Film Comment is a renowned film journal published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. ... âNPRâ redirects here. ...
Gleiberman has acknowledged that the grading system at EW has "never been [his] favorite thing.[citation needed]"