Career

He wrote for Variety for 31 years as its chief film critic until 2010. He later became chief film critic for The Hollywood Reporter. He directed four documentaries about film: Visions of Light (1992), Claudia Jennings (1995), Forever Hollywood (1999), and Manitoba of Cinema: Pierre Rissient (2007).

He wrote about the famous producer/director Howard Hawks in his book, Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood.