by Sandra Brennan
biography
Richard Corliss is a distinguished American film critic who had great effect on creating the new direction of U.S. film culture during the 1970s and brought greater respect and importance to the screenwriter in making good films. This differed from the popular critical focus of the day which centered on the visions of the director. Corliss has spent much of his career as a film critic for Time magazine and also edits Film Comment, one of the few serious critical film journals left in the U.S.
