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Film critic Judith Crist dies at 90

Originally published: August 7, 2012 8:20 PM
Updated: August 8, 2012 11:58 AM
By ADAM BERNSTEIN. The Washington Post

Film critic Judith Crist at the Festival of

Photo credit: Getty Images | Film critic Judith Crist at the Festival of India Diaspora in New York City. (2001)

Judith Crist, a caustic, exacting, irreverent, sprightly and altogether formidable film critic and journalism instructor who influenced generations of reviewers and sent shivers through generations of filmmakers, died Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 90.

The death was confirmed by her daughter-in-law, Robin Foster-Crist. Judith Crist taught at Columbia University's journalism school...

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