Michael Phillips (born March 11, 1961) is an American film critic for the Chicago Tribune newspaper .
6-614: The Chicago Film Society (CFS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving celluloid film and celluloid film culture. Widely known for historically informed screenings of 35mm, 70mm, 16mm and 8mm films, the CFS also maintains a film archive and has collaborated on many film restorations. The Chicago Film Society plays an acknowledged role in Chicago's cultural life, with screenings frequently featured in prominent lists of highly recommended upcoming events. Michael Phillips of
12-464: A guest host of Turner Classic Movies in 2011, 2013, 2016 and early 2017. He appears on the Filmspotting podcast, and hosts a series of programs about movie music, The Film Score , for WFMT-FM (98.7). In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes , Phillips listed his five favorite films (in chronological order): Each year, Phillips prepares a list of the top ten films of the year. In 2009, he also made
18-460: A semipermanent cohost with Richard Roeper in the months before Roeper and Ebert ended their association with the series. On August 5, 2009, Phillips was hired along with New York Times critic A. O. Scott to replace hosts Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz . The show was cancelled after one season due to low ratings, concluding its run in August 2010. More recently Phillips has introduced films as
24-736: The Chicago Tribune , Phillips was the drama critic of the Tribune ; the Los Angeles Times ; the St. Paul Pioneer Press ; The San Diego Union-Tribune ; and the Dallas Times Herald . From 2006 through August 2008, he appeared frequently on At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper , first as one of numerous guest critics filling in for the late Roger Ebert while he was on medical leave, and becoming
30-622: The Chicago Tribune has described them as "invaluable" and praised their "valiant, savvily curated" programming. The Film Society was chosen by NewCity Film in 2017 to be among the "50 Chicago Screen Gems", and co-founder Becca Hall's involvement with the Chicago Film Society was highlighted in the 2012 "People Issue" of the Chicago Reader . The Chicago Film Society maintains a large archive of Leader Lady images, has collaborated on
36-794: The restoration of the Robert Altman film "Corns-a-poppin", cosponsors the annual Chicago Home Movie Day with the Chicago Film Archives and the Chicago Historical Society , and received multiple grants, including National Film Preservation Foundation grants in 2019, 2020 and 2021 along with a multi-year Andy Warhol Foundation grant in 2022. Michael Phillips (critic) Phillips was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin , and spent most of his early years in Racine . Prior to being film critic for
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