Owen Gleiberman

Title: Former Film Critic
Education: University of Michigan
  • Owen Gleiberman is the former film critic at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2014.
  • He joined EW in 1990.
  • Gleiberman previously wrote for The Phoenix from 1981 to 1989. He is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and penned an autobiography, Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies, published in 2016.

Experience

Owen Gleiberman was a film critic at Entertainment Weekly from 1990 to 2014.

He published his autobiography, Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies, in 2016. Gleiberman is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. Before Entertainment Weekly, he wrote for The Phoenix from 1981 to 1989.

About Entertainment Weekly

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'FORTY TWO' Chadwick Boseman plays the iconic Jackie Robinson in this stellar biopic
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Sundance: Kudos to John Cooper for a year in which 'rebel spirit' really meant 'terrific films'
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Sundance: 'Douchebag' is a low-budget twentysomething slacker comedy with a difference...It's good!
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Sundance: Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning rock out in 'The Runaways,' but the movie itself is no knockout
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Sundance: Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams show you what acting is all about in the wrenching 'Blue Valentine'
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Sundance docs: A riveting look at the man who sold Washington, plus the Picasso of paparazzi and combat shock
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Sundance: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Chris Cooper are superb in 'The Company Men,' a juicy drama of downsized executives
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Sundance's rebel yell: 'Howl' and 'Nowhere Boy' salute the fascinating early days of Allen Ginsberg and John Lennon
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Sundance: Is video-on-demand the future of indie film? For titles like 'The Freebie' and 'Bass Ackwards,' yes
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'The Book of Eli': Who knew that videogame writers were...writers? Plus, a thought on Eric Rohmer
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Oscars: How a big win for 'The Hurt Locker' could change the Academy Awards
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A director royale? The James Bond series may just get handed to Mendes, Sam Mendes
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'Eclipse': Shrewdly retro or just backward? You decide!
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'New Moon': Why its girl-driven success is good for the future of movies
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Miramax: What a moviegoer felt like, back in the summer of '89
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The gutting of Miramax, Pt. II: Is this the end of New York movie culture?
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Does the off-screen behavior of Roman Polanski and Mel Gibson influence whether you'll see their movies?
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'2012' meets 'Collapse': A mash-up to die for
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Jennifer Aniston, Michael Cera, and, you know, Katharine Hepburn: Is it bad when an actor is always the same?
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Nicolas Cage: Does he wear his hair, or does it wear him?
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Does Quentin Tarantino have the right to rewrite World War II?
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