Lou Lumenick

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Lou Lumenick
Born	Louis J. Lumenick (1949-09-11) September 11, 1949 Astoria, Queens, United States
Occupation	Film critic

Louis J. "Lou" Lumenick (born September 11, 1949) is an American film critic. He is the chief film critic and film editor for the New York Post where he has reviewed films since 1999.

Life and career

Lumenick was born and raised in Astoria, Queens. He attended City College of New York (CCNY) and took filmmaking courses at The New School. He previously worked at The Hartford Times, a defunct newspaper in Connecticut, and the The Record in New Jersey, reviewing films over a nine-year span for the latter.^[1] He was metropolitan editor at the Post before taking the film reviewer position.

In 2007 he was inducted into the CCNY Communications Hall of Fame.^[2] He is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. Lumenick and Farran Smith Nehme conceived and created "Shadows of Russia," a 20-film series that aired in January, 2010, on Turner Classic Movies.^[3] He also appeared as an on-air TCM guest programmer on October 2010 as part of the Critic's Choice film series, introducing The Last Flight and All Through the Night with Robert Osborne. His essay on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is included in The Criterion Collection's January 2014 release of the film.

References

↑ Lumenick, Lou (September 13, 1992). Fall Preview '92. The Record
↑ Staff Report (May 30, 2007). Post's Lumenick Now a Luminary. New York Post
↑ http://news.turner.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4780

External links

Lumenick on Film via New York Post
Lou Lumenick profile Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine via New York Film Critics Circle

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