Stephanie Zacharek

{{Infobox person

| name = Stephanie Zacharek

| image = Stephanie Zacharek 2018.jpg

| caption = Zacharek in 2018

| occupation = Film critic, journalist

| education = Syracuse University (BS)

| years active = 1986–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Charles Taylor|reason=divorced}}

}}

Stephanie Zacharek is an American film critic at Time, based in New York City. From 2013 to 2015, she was the principal film critic for The Village Voice. She was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist in criticism.{{cite web |url = http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/5386 |title = Finalist: Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice, New York, NY |publisher = The Pulitzer Prizes official site |access-date = February 24, 2016 |archive-date = August 25, 2017 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20170825220516/http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/stephanie-zacharek |url-status = live }}

In February 2018, invited to serve as a judge for the main competition unit of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.

Early life

Stephanie Zacharek received a Bachelor of Science degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, in New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-zacharek-83872b5 |title=Stephanie J. Zacharek|publisher=LinkedIn.com}}

Career

In the 1990s, Zacharek worked for The Boston Phoenix and Inc.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} From 1999 to 2010, she was a film critic and senior writer at Salon.com, where her husband, Charles Taylor, was also a film critic until 2005.{{cite web | url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/against-consensus-an-interview-with-charles-taylor/ | title=Against Consensus: An Interview with Film Critic Charles Taylor | website=Slant Magazine | date=February 19, 2006 }} She became chief film critic of Movieline in 2010,{{cite web |url = http://movieline.com/2010/04/12/welcome-stephanie-zacharek-movelines-new-chief-film-critic/ |title = Welcome Stephanie Zacharek, Moveline's New Chief Film Critic! |last = VanAirsdale |first =S.T. |publisher = Movieline|date=April 12, 2010|access-date = August 25, 2013|archive-date= August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809213548/http://movieline.com/2010/04/12/welcome-stephanie-zacharek-movelines-new-chief-film-critic/|url-status=live }} and left in mid-2012.

In April 2013, the Voice Media Group hired her as chief film critic of The Village Voice.{{cite news |url = http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=5538 |title = The Village Gets a New Voice |last = Albert |first = Sarah |work = American Journalism Review |publisher = Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland |access-date = August 25, 2013 |date = June–July 2013 |archive-date = August 25, 2013 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130825113417/http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=5538 |url-status = live }} In 2015 she left the Village Voice and became the film critic for Time magazine.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/time-magazine-names-new-film-and-tv-critics-in-stephanie-zacharek-daniel-daddario-exclusive|title=Time Magazine Names New Film and TV Critics (Exclusive)|date=November 9, 2015|access-date=August 28, 2023}} In February 2018, she was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html|title=The International Jury 2018|publisher=Berlin International Film Festival|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180210220419/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html|url-status=live}}

Personal life

Zacharek was married to film critic Charles Taylor, but they are now divorced.{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=2019-01-03 |title=Why I Have Zero Regrets About My Childless Life |url=https://time.com/5492622/stephanie-zacharek-childless-life/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |magazine=TIME |language=en}} Zacharek tried to have children when she was younger, but never got pregnant. However, today she has "zero regrets" about not having children. As of 1999, she lives in New York.{{Cite web |title=Stephanie Zacharek's Articles at Salon.com Page 2 |url=https://www.salon.com/writer/stephanie_zacharek?pagenum=2 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.salon.com}}

Preferences

When she participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, Zacharek listed her ten favorite films as follows: Breathless, Carlito's Way, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Lady Eve, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Rules of the Game, Sunrise, Touch of Evil, and The World of Apu.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-30 |title=Stephanie Zacharek {{!}} BFI |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/88 |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430195713/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/88 |archive-date=April 30, 2019 }} She has also cited Holiday as a personal favorite.{{Cite web |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=1997-03-21 |title=Holiday |url=https://www.salon.com/1997/03/21/zacharek970321/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Salon |language=en}}

Stephanie Zacharek

Early life

Career

Personal life

Preferences

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