It is often referred to as Chaplin's finest accomplishment, and film critic James Agee believed the closing scene to be " the greatest piece of acting and the highest moment in movies ".

He both performed comic characters ( Flash Bazbo — Space Explorer, Mr. Rogers, music critic Roger de Swans, and sleazy record company rep Ron Fields ) and also wrote, arranged and performed numerous musical parodies ( of Bob Dylan, James Taylor and others ).

Fellow critic James Russell Lowell called him " the most discriminating, philosophical, and fearless critic upon imaginative works who has written in America ", suggesting – rhetorically – that he occasionally used prussic acid instead of ink.

Mann did some of his most celebrated work with cinematographer John Alton, a specialist in what critic James Naremore describes as " hypnotic moments of light-in-darkness ".

* 1871 – James Weldon Johnson, American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist ( d. 1938 )

During its North American limited theatrical release in 2002, the critic James Berardinelli wrote, " The stories of these ... characters are told in a disgustingly graphic, obscenely offbeat, and caustically funny manner.

* 1784 – James Henry Leigh Hunt, English Romantic critic, essayist, and poet ( d. 1859 )

The penultimate novel of this period, I Will Fear No Evil, is according to critic James Gifford " almost universally regarded as a literary failure " and he attributes its shortcomings to Heinlein's near-death from peritonitis.

Regarding Gilliam's theme of modernity's struggle between spirituality and rationality whereas the individual may become dominated by a tyrannical, soulless machinery of disenchanted society, film critic Keith James Hamel observed a specific affinity of Gilliam's movies with the writings of economic historian Arnold Toynbee and sociologist Max Weber, specifically the latter's concept of the Iron cage of modern rationality.

Literary critic James Wood calls him " cruel in punishment, evasive in argument, lusty for power, and repressive in politics ".

* June 17 – James Weldon Johnson, American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist ( d. 1938 )

According to art critic James Gardner of the National Review, Viola's conceptual work is forgettable just like most video art.

Television critic James Poniewozik wrote that reality shows like Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers showcase working-class people of the kind that " used to be routine " on scripted network television, but that became a rarity in the 2000s: " The better to woo upscale viewers, TV has evicted its mechanics and dockworkers to collect higher rents from yuppies in coffeehouses.

Television critic James Poniewozik has disagreed with this assessment, writing, " for all the talk about ' humiliation TV ,' what's striking about most reality shows is how good humored and resilient most of the participants are: the American Idol rejectees stubbornly convinced of their own talent, the Fear Factor players walking away from vats of insects like Olympic champions.

The noted science-fiction writer and critic James Blish was no fan of Heinlein's treatment of his first-person protagonists in a number of his novels.

* James Russell Lowell ( 1819 – 1891 ), poet, critic, publisher, abolitionist, Harvard professor, and foreign diplomat

James was a critic of the Dowd Report, which was an investigation ( commissioned by baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti ) on the gambling activities of Pete Rose.

" In the sequel Aliens directed by James Cameron critic Roger Ebert exclaims, " Weaver, who is onscreen almost all the time, comes through with a very strong, sympathetic performance: She's the thread that holds everything together.

As critic James Hirsh has stated “ as a result, the play dramatizes not two but four main figurative locales: Rome as it is perceived from a Roman point of view ; Rome as it is perceived from an Egyptian point of view ; Egypt as it is perceived form a Roman point of view ; and Egypt as it is perceived from an Egyptian point of view.

The scholarly critic William James Henderson wrote in The Sun newspaper, for example, that Caruso " has a pure tenor voice and is without the typical Italian bleat ".

On the negative side, broadcaster and critic Clive James called the series " ... classically awful British television SF ... no apostrophe in the title, no sense in the plot.

" According to libertarian critic James Bovard, " The more aggressive HUD becomes, the fewer free speech rights Americans have.

James Beck, professor of art history at Columbia University and founder of ArtWatch International, had been a particularly strong critic.

Kubrick received praise for Fear and Desire from film critic and screenwriter James Agee, who reportedly took Kubrick out for a drink and told him, " There are too many good things ... to call and Desire arty.

Regarding Rosenbaum, French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard said: " I think there is a very good film critic in the United States today, a successor of James Agee, and that is Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Among film critics of previous generations, in addition to Kael and Sarris, White has credited James Agee and former New York Times critic Bosley Crowther.

Such views were influenced by an account of Telemann's music by Christoph Daniel Ebeling, a late-18th-century critic who in fact praised Telemann's music and only made passing critical remarks of his productivity.

Referring to his 1991 film releases, The New York Times ’ critic, Janet Maslin, praised Reeves ’ versatility, saying that he “ displays considerable discipline and range.

The critic Elizabeth Anne Hull, for her part, has praised Heinlein for his interest in exploring fundamental life questions especially questions about “ political power – our responsibilities to one another ” and about “ personal freedom, particularly sexual freedom .”

Helm's drumming was often praised: critic Jon Carroll declared that Helm was " the only drummer who can make you cry ," while prolific session drummer Jim Keltner admits to appropriating several of Helm's techniques.

American film critic Armond White has praised Besson, who he claims is one of the best film producers, for refining and revolutionizing action film, also stating that Besson dramatizes the struggle of his characters " as a conscientious resistance to human degradation ".

New York Times critic Janet Maslin praised DiCaprio's performance, writing " the film's real show-stopping turn comes from Mr. DiCaprio, who makes Arnie's many tics so startling and vivid that at first he is difficult to watch.

By contrast, Korol Lir has been praised, for example by critic Anikst Alexander, for the " serious, deeply thoughtful " even " philosophical approach " of director Grigori Kozintsev and writer Boris Pasternak.

New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell gave the film a generally negative review, although he praised its casting and called Mel Gibson " an astonishing actor ", particularly for his " on-screen comfort and expansiveness ".

When the film was first released, The New York Times film critic Frank S. Nugent praised the film, writing, " The comedy, through Mr. Douglas's debonair performance and those of Ina Claire as the duchess and Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart and Alexander Grannach as the unholy three emissaries ; through Mr. Lubitsch's facile direction ; and through the cleverly written script of Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, has come off brilliantly.

When the film was first released Frank S. Nugent, the film critic of The New York Times praised the film and the acting, writing, " And New York, unless we have miscalculated again, will endorse its film version, at the Roxy, as heartily as it has endorsed the film of the Joads.

At the time of the film's release, critic Dave Kehr of The New York Times declared Moodysson to be " Sweden's most praised filmmaker since Ingmar Bergman ".

Composer and music critic Virgil Thomson praised Fantasound which he thought offered " good transmission of music ", but disliked the " musical taste " of Stokowski, with exception to The Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Rite of Spring.

On March 30, 2007, it opened in select theaters in the United States and Canada and was released on DVD on November 13, 2007 as part of a deluxe box set with a director's cut of Burnett's sophomore feature My Brother's Wedding and three Burnett shorts: Several Friends ( a 1969 aesthetic precursor to Killer of Sheep ), The Horse ( an " allegory of the South " in Burnett's words ), and When It Rains ( praised as one of the greatest short films of all time by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum ).

The album received mixed reviews, with the lyrics being described as " tired " and " dull ", though critic Greil Marcus praised the musical complexity of the album by saying: " It carries the listener into a musical home so perfect and complete he or she might have forgotten that music could call up such a place, and then populate it with people, acts, wishes, fears.

Architecture critic Ian Nairn praised Eros House as:

However, the Brotherhood found support from the critic John Ruskin, who praised their devotion to nature and rejection of conventional methods of composition.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and praised the film for being as " knowledgeable about the TV news-gathering process as any movie ever made, but it also has insights into the more personal matter of how people use high-pressure jobs as a way of avoiding time alone with themselves ".

" Web critic James Berardinelli praised the " superb performances by Fiennes ," and said " John Turturro is exceptional as the uncharismatic Herbie Stempel.

Under Bělohlávek the orchestra won glowing reviews: The Times referred to its " superb musicians ", Michael Kennedy in The Sunday Telegraph referred to a " rich and opulent magnificently played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra " under Bělohlávek, and another Telegraph critic praised the BBC SO's " virtuoso form ".

" Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, praised the film for being "... Compelling ....

" In Against Oblivion, an examination of forty-five twentieth century poets, the critic Ian Hamilton also praised this book, writing, " In Roethke's second book, The Lost Son, there are several of these greenhouse poems and they are among the best things he wrote ; convincing and exact, and rich in loamy detail.

New York Times critic Bosley Crowther praised the film's conception, acting and color scheme, noting the design team " consciously made the flow of color and the interplay of compositions and hues the most forceful devices for conveying a motion picture comprehension of van Gogh.

New York Times critic Ben Brantley praised Hawke's performance as the central character Eddie, reporting that " he captures with merciless precision the sense of a sharp mind turning flaccid ".

Film critic Roger Ebert praised the film for how it took " on the resonance of classic tragedy.