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In 2017, she published ''Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ann-hornaday/talking-pictures-hornaday/|title=TALKING PICTURES by Ann Hornaday|last=|first=|date=April 2, 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=8 April 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Minow|first1=Nell|title=Illuminating Insight: Ann Hornaday on|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/illuminating-insight-ann-hornaday-on-talking-pictures|website=www.rogerebert.com|accessdate=8 April 2018|language=en|date=March 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Barsanti|first1=Chris|title=Movies Matter in 'Talking Pictures'|url=https://www.popmatters.com/talking-pictures-ann-hornaday-movies-matter-2495389286.html|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=PopMatters|date=23 June 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Movies are more than screen deep. Here’s how to watch like a critic|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/movies-screen-deep-heres-watch-like-critic|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=PBS NewsHour|date=August 18, 2017}}</ref> The book, a 304-page text published with [[Basic Books]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-465-09423-3|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies by Ann Hornaday. Basic, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-0-465-09423-3|date=April 3, 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=8 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> draws on a series Hornaday began writing in 2009 for the ''Post'', aimed at explaining the various specialized crafts in fillmaking--like sound, editing, cinematography--to a general audience.<ref name=":1" /> Hornaday approached it as a journalistic project, interviewing people working in a variety of roles in film to ask them to describe what they do as well as "what they wished audiences appreciated more about their work".<ref name=":1" /> In a review for the ''The New York Times'', Rita Schwarzbaum described the book as "a pleasantly calm, eminently sensible, down-the-middle primer for the movie lover — amateur, professional or [[Twitter]]-centric orator — who would like to acquire and sharpen basic viewing skills."<ref name=":2" />
In 2017, she published ''Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ann-hornaday/talking-pictures-hornaday/|title=TALKING PICTURES by Ann Hornaday|last=|first=|date=April 2, 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=8 April 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Minow|first1=Nell|title=Illuminating Insight: Ann Hornaday on|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/illuminating-insight-ann-hornaday-on-talking-pictures|website=www.rogerebert.com|accessdate=8 April 2018|language=en|date=March 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Barsanti|first1=Chris|title=Movies Matter in 'Talking Pictures'|url=https://www.popmatters.com/talking-pictures-ann-hornaday-movies-matter-2495389286.html|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=PopMatters|date=23 June 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Movies are more than screen deep. Here’s how to watch like a critic|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/movies-screen-deep-heres-watch-like-critic|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=PBS NewsHour|date=August 18, 2017}}</ref> The book, a 304-page text published with [[Basic Books]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-465-09423-3|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies by Ann Hornaday. Basic, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-0-465-09423-3|date=April 3, 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=8 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> draws on a series Hornaday began writing in 2009 for the ''Post'', aimed at explaining the various specialized crafts in fillmaking--like sound, editing, cinematography--to a general audience.<ref name=":1" /> Hornaday approached it as a journalistic project, interviewing people working in a variety of roles in film to ask them to describe what they do as well as "what they wished audiences appreciated more about their work".<ref name=":1" /> In a review for the ''The New York Times'', Rita Schwarzbaum described the book as "a pleasantly calm, eminently sensible, down-the-middle primer for the movie lover — amateur, professional or [[Twitter]]-centric orator — who would like to acquire and sharpen basic viewing skills."<ref name=":2" />

==Personal life==
Hornaday lives in Baltimore.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/author-ann-hornaday-talking-pictures-ivy-bookshop/2017/07/23|title=Author Ann Hornaday ‘Talking Pictures’ at the Ivy Bookshop|last=Hughes|first=Bill|date=July 23, 2017|work=Baltimore Post-Examiner|access-date=2018-04-08|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Ann Hornaday
Alma materSmith College
Occupation(s)Writer, critic
EmployerThe Washington Post
TitleChief film critic
AwardsFinalist, Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Ann Hornaday is an American film critic. She has been film critic at The Washington Post since 2002 and is the author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies (2017). In 2008, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Early life

Hornaday grew up in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] She attended Smith College, majoring in government;[1] she graduated in 1982.[2]

Career

After graduating from college, Hornaday moved to New York to become a freelance writer, contributing to Premiere, Us and Ms. magazines;[1] at the latter, she also worked as a researcher and assistant to Gloria Steinem,[3] a role she held from 1983 to 1985.[4] Hornaday began contributing to the "Arts & Leisure" section of The New York Times, eventually going on to become film critic at the Austin American-Statesman. In 1997 she moved to The Baltimore Sun in 1997, then to The Washington Post in 2002, following the retirement of the Post's previous critic Rita Kempley.[1]

In 2008, Hornaday was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism,[5] with the prize committee citing "her perceptive movie reviews and essays, reflecting solid research and an easy, engaging style."[6]

In 2017, she published Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies.[7][8][9][10] The book, a 304-page text published with Basic Books,[11] draws on a series Hornaday began writing in 2009 for the Post, aimed at explaining the various specialized crafts in fillmaking--like sound, editing, cinematography--to a general audience.[3] Hornaday approached it as a journalistic project, interviewing people working in a variety of roles in film to ask them to describe what they do as well as "what they wished audiences appreciated more about their work".[3] In a review for the The New York Times, Rita Schwarzbaum described the book as "a pleasantly calm, eminently sensible, down-the-middle primer for the movie lover — amateur, professional or Twitter-centric orator — who would like to acquire and sharpen basic viewing skills."[5]

Personal life

Hornaday lives in Baltimore.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fraley, Jason (22 August 2017). "How to watch movies like a world-class critic". WTOP. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ "WordSmith". alumnae.smith.edu. Smith College Office of Alumnae Relations. Retrieved 2018-04-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Vancheri, Barbara (September 3, 2017). "A leading critic teaches us how to watch the movies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2018-04-08. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ Heilbrun, Carolyn G. (2011-07-20). Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307802132.
  5. ^ a b Schwarzbaum, Lisa (2 June 2017). "Getting Beyond 'I Love It': How to Understand Movies". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Finalist: Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2018-04-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "TALKING PICTURES by Ann Hornaday". Kirkus Reviews. April 2, 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ Minow, Nell (March 27, 2017). "Illuminating Insight: Ann Hornaday on". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  9. ^ Barsanti, Chris (23 June 2017). "Movies Matter in 'Talking Pictures'". PopMatters. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Movies are more than screen deep. Here's how to watch like a critic". PBS NewsHour. August 18, 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies by Ann Hornaday. Basic, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-0-465-09423-3". Publishers Weekly. April 3, 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  12. ^ Hughes, Bill (July 23, 2017). "Author Ann Hornaday 'Talking Pictures' at the Ivy Bookshop". Baltimore Post-Examiner. Retrieved 2018-04-08. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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