Renata Adler
American journalist and novelist who worked as a film critic for The New York Times and wrote two highly regarded experimental novels. Speedboat and Pitch Dark are formally radical works that challenge the conventions of narrative. Her essay 'House Critic,' attacking Pauline Kael, is a masterpiece of polemic.
Works
- SpeedboatFragmented novel exploring consciousness, journalism, and contemporary female experience
- Pitch DarkExperimental narrative about a woman's fractured identity and psychological journey
- Gone: The Last Days of the New YorkerEssay on the decline of the New Yorker magazine and journalism
- Reckless DisregardEssay on libel law and the conflict between journalism and legal power
- A Year in the DarkEssays on film criticism and cinema covering decades of movie culture