Peter Travers
Peter Travers | |
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Occupation | Film critic, author, journalist |
Genre | Film criticism, journalism |
Peter Travers is an American film critic and journalist, who has written for, in turn, People and Rolling Stone. Travers also hosts a celebrity interview show called Popcorn on ABC News Now and ABCNews.com.
Career
Travers joined Rolling Stone in 1989 after a four-year stint with People.[1] According to eFilmCritic.com, Travers is the nation's most blurbed film critic.[2][3] Some of the contemporary directors he is most receptive to based on ratings and placement in top ten lists include Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Nolan, Joel and Ethan Coen, and Ang Lee.[citation needed] He has also shown a great deal of disdain for certain directors, most notably Michael Bay and his films.[citation needed] Travers also hosts The New York Film Critics Series® (NYFCS®), one of the leading word-of-mouth screening companies, partnered with the nation’s leading independent cinemas to present live, national, in-theater screenings with captured live stars, directors and producers.[4]
Ratings
Since 1989, Travers had reviewed for Rolling Stone 2,465 movies as of July 21, 2011. On April 10, 2002, Travers began using intensively a star-rating system ranging from No star to Four Star. He used such system very seldom before, and not all reviews are rated.[5]
Year | No Star | Half Star | One Star | One Half Star | Two Star | Two Half Star | Three Star | Three Half Star | Four Star | Total Movies | Average Rating |
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1990 | 1 | 1 | NA | ||||||||
1991 | 1 | 1 | NA | ||||||||
1992 | 1 | 1 | NA | ||||||||
1993 | 1 | 1 | NA | ||||||||
1997 | 1 | 1 | NA | ||||||||
2000 | 1 | 1 | NA | ||||||||
2002 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 2.52 | ||||
2003 | 25 | 35 | 49 | 26 | 6 | 141 | 2.53 | ||||
2004 | 25 | 27 | 48 | 32 | 3 | 135 | 2.57 | ||||
2005 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 57 | 31 | 3 | 135 | 2.74 | |
2006 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 142 | 2.64 |
2007 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 42 | 3 | 123 | 2.84 | ||
2008 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 133 | 2.53 |
2009 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 42 | 3 | 148 | 2.61 |
2010 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 45 | 28 | 2 | 146 | 2.56 |
2011 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 78 | 2.12 |
2012 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 33 | 3 | 145 | 2.65 |
2013 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 88 | 2.45 |
2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 2.91 |
Total | 25 | 14 | 162 | 49 | 210 | 171 | 463 | 329 | 45 | 1468 | 2.56 |
Based on analysis of ratings, normalising to number of reviews in each category, the following directors have the highest percentage of reviews in the range Three Stars–Four Stars:
Director | Three Star | Three HalfStar | Four Star |
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Clint Eastwood | 0.26% | 1.48% | 5.26% |
Martin Scorsese | 0.00% | 1.11% | 5.26% |
Quentin Tarantino | 0.26% | 0.37% | 5.26% |
Pedro Almodóvar | 0.00% | 0.37% | 5.26% |
Todd Haynes | 0.00% | 0.37% | 5.26% |
Spike Jonze | 0.00% | 0.00% | 5.26% |
(*) Information updated up to July 21, 2011
Annual film rankings
Bibliography
Film reviews
Film title | Director | Reviewed in | Star rating[7] |
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Leviathan | Zvyagintsev, Andrey | Travers, Peter (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Movies. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 103. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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Mommy | Dolan, Xavier | Travers, Peter (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Movies. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 103. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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Black Sea | Macdonald, Kevin | Travers, Peter (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Movies. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 103. {{cite journal}} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
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References
- ^ "New York Film Critics Circle: Peter Travers". New York Film Critics Circle. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
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- ^ Childress, Erik. "Criticwatch 2009 - The Whores of the Year". eFilmCritic.com. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "NY Film Critics Series". Nyfilmcriticsseries.com.
- ^ "Rolling Stone Movies - Movie Reviews". Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ "Movie Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ 1=Poor, 2=Fair, 3=Good, 4=Excellent, 5=Classic