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RT Archives
Even the oldest movies were new once. With the RT Archives, we're digging through newspapers and magazines from the past to find out what the critics said about classic movies -- before they were classics. What did the critics say about your favorites when they were brand new? Take a deep dive into the RT Archives and find out.
RT archive sources
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Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael was a prolific film critic at The New Yorker from 1967-1991, whose legacy lives on for her sharp wit, pioneering spirit, and prickly sensibility.
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Dan DiNicola
Dan DiNicola was an Emmy Award winning journalist whose versatility as a reporter, former school teacher, and most notably a film critic garnered him respect, acclaim, and notoriety as a daring voice for the arts.
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Curve
Curve was a lesbian magazine created by Franco Stevens in 1991 and originally called Deneuve. Its first issue sold out in just six days, evidence of the need for and lack of lesbian media in the ’90s. Curve covered everything in pop culture and lesbian life, from politics and civil rights to music, books, movies, television, and style.
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Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)
Originally published as the Exhibitors Herald for Chicago-based exhibitors, this trade ran from 1915 to 1973. By 1930, many acquisitions and mergers expanded the publication nationally – it was renamed as the Motion Picture Herald, with the entire American film industry as its audience. Founder Martin Quigley served as a voice of reason and wariness within the film industry throughout his years at the helm of this mighty influential paper.
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Recently added archive reviews
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Any director who wants to make a movie about contemporary teen-agers should be forced to go to John Hughes' movies. They address the subject with humor, sensitivity and a great sense of humor.
Roxanne T. Mueller, Cleveland Plain Dealer (February 15 1985)
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Scream 2 (1997)
The most impressive thing about Scream 2 is that Craven and Williamson reach into the same bag of tricks and pull out a film even more clever than Scream.
Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (December 12 1997)
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Shampoo (1975)
Significant if not profound, consistently accurate in its comic aim, and written with as much flair as it is performed, "Shampoo" shows itself to be the most polish, purposeful, distinctively American screen satire since "The Graduate."
Susan Stark, Detroit Free Press (March 21 1975)
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Back to School (1986)
A feature-length skit custom-tailored for its star, "Back to School" will keep Rodney Dangerfield's fans giggling at his predictable antics and rude one-liners.
Bob Ross, Tampa Tribune (June 13 1986)