Michael wilmington biography
Michael wilmington film critic
Michael Wilmington, Longtime Chicago Tribune Film Critic ...!
By Gerald Peary
Remembering film critic Michael Wilmington, a unique guy, and friend, whom I knew for 53 years.
Michael Wilmington, 75, who died in Los Angeles on January 6 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease, was an esteemed longtime film critic for the Los AngelesTimes, the Chicago Tribune, and other publications.
But, as he told me, he was fired from his first job reviewing movies as a teenager in Williams Bay, WI, because the newspaper balked at Michael writing an occasional negative review. Michael’s editor was afraid of losing advertising.
When Michael arrived in Madison in the mids, he made his mark first at the University of Wisconsin as a maniacally intense, Method-influenced stage actor.
Michael wilmington biography
I saw him in a series of university productions, and I was most impressed. Around , I was directing an off-campus production of Peter Pan, and I approached Michael on the streets of Madison and offered him the role of Captain Hook.
Our first meeting. Michael looked a