Richard Schickel


Richard Warren Schickel was an American film historian, journalist, author, documentarian, and film and literary critic. He was a film critic for Time magazine from 1965-2010, and also wrote for Life magazine and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. His last writings about film were for Truthdig.
He was interviewed in . In this documentary film he discusses early film critics Frank E. Woods, Robert E. Sherwood, and Otis Ferguson, and tells of how, in the 1960s, he, Pauline Kael, and Andrew Sarris, rejected the moralizing opposition of the older Bosley Crowther of The New York Times who had railed against violent movies such as Bonnie and Clyde. In addition to film, Schickel also critiqued and documented cartoons, particularly Peanuts.

Personal life

Schickel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Helen and Edward John Schickel.
Schickel died on February 18, 2017 in Los Angeles after suffering multiple strokes eight days after his 84th birthday.

Honors

Schickel received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. He has also lectured at Yale University and University of Southern California's School of Film and Television.

Books