Chris Nashawaty (born 1969)[1] is a former movie critic for Entertainment Weekly. He currently works at Netflix Tudum.[2]
Nashawaty is the author of the book The Future Was Now published in 2024.[3]
Education and career
editNashawaty has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He also has a bachelor's degree in arts from Connecticut College.
After college, Nashawaty was a reporter for Reuters in Jerusalem. Then he became a writer, editor, and movie critic for Entertainment Weekly (EW). He spent 25 years at EW.
Nashawaty has reviewed a book for The New York Times.[4] He has written for Sports Illustrated.[5] Nashawaty has written for Inc. (magazine).[6] His article has also appeared in Fast Company.[7] Nashawaty's writing has appeared in Esquire[8] and Esquire UK.[9]
Entertainment Weekly
editSome movies Nashawaty has reviewed at EW include Avengement, Me Before You, Boy Erased, The Iceman, A Dog's Way Home, Heist, Amazon Women on the Moon, The Parallax View, Peter Rabbit, The Happytime Murders, The Gambler, The Single Moms Club, The Judge, Deadpool, Demon, Triple Frontier, Predators, Ninja Assassin, You're Next, Bad Moms, A Perfect Day, Aladdin, Columbus, Cold Pursuit, Southpaw, and Logan.
Books
editAnthony Lane reviewed The Future Was Now in The New Yorker.[10] Vanity Fair published an excerpt from the book.[11] Mike Householder reviewed The Future Was Now in The Associated Press.[12] Wired magazine published an adapted excerpt from the book.[13]
Allan Fallow reviewed Nashawaty's book Caddyshack in The Washington Post. The 2018 book is about the 1980 sports comedy film Caddyshack starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe and Bill Murray.[14]
Nashawaty's book on the American film producer Roger Corman — published in 2013 and titled Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movie — was reviewed in The New York Times by Jason Zinoman.[15] Roger Ebert published an excerpt from the book.[16]
Personal life
editNashawaty lives in Los Angeles with his family.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Daryl M. (1 August 2024). "Interview With an Author: Chris Nashawaty". lapl.org. Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Chris Nashawaty". netflix.com. Netflix. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "The Future Was Now". macmillan.com. Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Nashawaty, Chris (27 September 2019). "Made Man: 'In Hoffa's Shadow' Replays a Famous Disappearance". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Chris Nashawaty". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Chris Nashawaty". inc.com. Inc. (magazine). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Nashawaty, Chris (2 March 2024). "What brands can learn from Christopher Nolan's enduring crossover appeal". fastcompany.com. Fast Company. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Chris Nashawaty". esquire.com. Esquire. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Chris Nashawaty". esquire.com. Esquire UK. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Lane, Anthony (15 July 2024). "1982 and the Fate of Filmgoing". newyorker.com. The New Yorker. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Nashawaty, Chris (25 July 2024). "The Offer Leonard Nimoy Couldn't Refuse: "How'd You Like to Have a Great Death Scene?"". vanityfair.com. Vanity Fair (magazine). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Householder, Mike (2 August 2024). "Book Review: 'The Future Was Now' is a brilliant look back at the groundbreaking movie summer of '82". apnews.com. The Associated Press. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Nashawaty, Chris (30 July 2024). "The Untold Story of How Ridley Scott Saw Star Wars—and Ended Up Making Alien". wired.com. Wired. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Fallow, Allan (23 April 2018). "'Caddyshack': A comic masterpiece with 18 plot holes". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Zinoman, Jason (6 December 2013). "Guilty Pleasures". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ The Editors (5 September 2013). "Book Excerpt: Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
edit- Chris Nashawaty on X