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Even the oldest movies were new once. With the RT Archives, we're digging through newspapers and magazines from the past to find out what the critics said about classic movies -- before they were classics. What did the critics say about your favorites when they were brand new? Take a deep dive into the RT Archives and find out.

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  • Pauline Kael

    Pauline Kael

    Pauline Kael was a prolific film critic at The New Yorker from 1967-1991, whose legacy lives on for her sharp wit, pioneering spirit, and prickly sensibility.

  • Dan DiNicola

    Dan DiNicola

    Dan DiNicola was an Emmy Award winning journalist whose versatility as a reporter, former school teacher, and most notably a film critic garnered him respect, acclaim, and notoriety as a daring voice for the arts.

  • Curve

    Curve

    Curve was a lesbian magazine created by Franco Stevens in 1991 and originally called Deneuve. Its first issue sold out in just six days, evidence of the need for and lack of lesbian media in the ’90s. Curve covered everything in pop culture and lesbian life, from politics and civil rights to music, books, movies, television, and style.

  • Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)

    Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)

    Originally published as the Exhibitors Herald for Chicago-based exhibitors, this trade ran from 1915 to 1973. By 1930, many acquisitions and mergers expanded the publication nationally – it was renamed as the Motion Picture Herald, with the entire American film industry as its audience. Founder Martin Quigley served as a voice of reason and wariness within the film industry throughout his years at the helm of this mighty influential paper.

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Recently Added Archive Reviews

  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park (1993)

    Consider it the moon landing of dinosaur movies, the magical and terrifying miracle that actually gets done what moviemakers have wanted to do since the first film cameras were cranked. It is everything you might have hoped it would be -- and more.

    Jeff Simon, Buffalo News (June 10, 1993)

  • Superman: The Movie

    Superman: The Movie (1978)

    This absurdly extravagant super-hero fantasy is distinguished by impressive special effects, remarkably precise performances by Christopher Reeve as both Clark Kent and Man of Steel, and a general sense of fun.

    George Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (December 28, 1978)

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

    Now he's really gone and done it. Steven Spielberg, with the help of hundreds of technical wizards, has crafted the definitive pop culture entertainment, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. From a grownup's point of view, it's better than Jurassic Park.

    Eleanor O'Sullivan, Asbury Park Press (NJ) (May 23, 1997)

  • Superman II

    Superman II (1980)

    Superman II - the rare sequel that actually improves the original - moves right to the heart of the matter. This exhilarating entertainment scores a cinematic bull's-eye.

    Bill Morrison, News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) (June 23, 1981)