David Denby

David Denby is the author of Great Books, an acclaimed account of returning to college and reading the Western classics during the curriculum wars ; American Sucker, Snark, and Do the Movies Have a Future? He is a staff writer and former film critic for The New Yorker, and his reviews and essays have appeared in The New Republic , The Atlantic , and New York magazine, among other places. He lives in New York City with his wife, writer Susan Rieger.

David Denby is the author of Great Books, an acclaimed account of returning to college and reading the Western classics during the curriculum wars ; American Sucker, Snark, and Do the Movies Have a Future? He is a staff writer and former film critic for The New Yorker, and his reviews and essays have appeared in The New Republic , The Atlantic , and New York magazine, among other places. He lives in New York City with his wife, writer Susan Rieger. See less