Alison Willmore - Film Critic - New York magazine/Vulture

<p>Zooming with Chloé Zhao - what could better typify the pandemic era? Alison Willmore (<a href='https://twitter.com/alisonwillmore'>@alisonwillmore</a>) takes us inside how she did her recent cover story for New York magazine about Zhao. We also hear about what it’s like to be a critic - from panning the remake of Mulan to championing foreign movies that get much less attention in the United States</p> <p>Countries featured: USA, UK</p> <p>Publications featured: IFC, IndieWire, BuzzFeed News, New York magazine, Vulture</p> <p>Alison discusses growing up in the Bay Area with a Singaporean-Chinese mom and British dad (8:22), using Craigslist to get her first apartment and first job at IFC in New York (16:02), getting hired by IndieWire to launch a TV vertical (21:48), Apple Watches and cold hard cash at BuzzFeed News (24:50), the art of the bad movie review (32:48), Bacurau and foreign films (38:15), how being a critic changed how she views movies for pleasure (44:43), a dream assignment involving Martin Scorcese that came at the wrong time (49:10), reporting her profile of Chloé Zhao (51:39) and finally the lightning round (1:01:33).</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are links to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>Alison’s review of Nobody - <a href='https://bit.ly/3o1g6u3'>https://bit.ly/3o1g6u3</a></p> <p>Her essay on Asian American character actors - <a href='https://bit.ly/3f1Tc1r'>https://bit.ly/3f1Tc1r</a></p> <p>Her interview with Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow - <a href='https://bit.ly/3uz5bdc'>https://bit.ly/3uz5bdc</a></p> <p>Her review of Mulan - <a href='https://bit.ly/3vY7dnP'>https://bit.ly/3vY7dnP</a></p> <p>Her top 10 movies of 2020 - <a href='https://bit.ly/2PZXsG8'>https://bit.ly/2PZXsG8</a></p> <p>Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation - <a href='https://bit.ly/2SxUmtT'>https://bit.ly/2SxUmtT</a></p> <p>Alison’s cover story on Chloé Zhao - <a href='https://bit.ly/3exJu85'>https://bit.ly/3exJu85</a></p> <p>Nick Pinkerton’s Substack - <a href='https://bit.ly/33tkNDe'>https://bit