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Even the oldest movies were new once. With the RT Archives, we're digging through newspapers and magazines from the past to find out what the critics said about classic movies -- before they were classics. What did the critics say about your favorites when they were brand new? Take a deep dive into the RT Archives and find out.

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  • Pauline Kael

    Pauline Kael

    Pauline Kael was a prolific film critic at The New Yorker from 1967-1991, whose legacy lives on for her sharp wit, pioneering spirit, and prickly sensibility.

  • Dan DiNicola

    Dan DiNicola

    Dan DiNicola was an Emmy Award winning journalist whose versatility as a reporter, former school teacher, and most notably a film critic garnered him respect, acclaim, and notoriety as a daring voice for the arts.

  • Curve

    Curve

    Curve was a lesbian magazine created by Franco Stevens in 1991 and originally called Deneuve. Its first issue sold out in just six days, evidence of the need for and lack of lesbian media in the ’90s. Curve covered everything in pop culture and lesbian life, from politics and civil rights to music, books, movies, television, and style.

  • Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)

    Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)

    Originally published as the Exhibitors Herald for Chicago-based exhibitors, this trade ran from 1915 to 1973. By 1930, many acquisitions and mergers expanded the publication nationally – it was renamed as the Motion Picture Herald, with the entire American film industry as its audience. Founder Martin Quigley served as a voice of reason and wariness within the film industry throughout his years at the helm of this mighty influential paper.

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  • Jerry Maguire

    Jerry Maguire (1996)

    Cruise is the biggest surprise of all. He's relaxed and confident -- full of frantic energy at first, and then pensive and remarkably human. Through it all, he wields the Cruise charisma like a light switch -- he smiles and the screen lights up, he frowns and the screen is darkened with self-doubt.

    Sara Voorhees, Albuquerque Tribune (December 13, 1996)

  • Victor/Victoria

    Victor/Victoria (1982)

    One of the most self-assured movies I've seen in a long time. It can barely wait to strut its stuff, and when the two stars doing the strutting are Julie Andrews and Robert Preston, it's no wonder.

    Eleanor Ringel Cater, Atlanta Journal Constitution (April 02, 1982)

  • The Muppet Movie

    The Muppet Movie (1979)

    Frawley has whipped up a veritable cornucopia. His film is not only a movie-within-a-movie, but also a fantasy, a powerful pro-animals statement, a road film and a biography - all rolled into one.

    Joe Baltake, Philadelphia Daily News (August 03, 1979)

  • The Bad News Bears

    The Bad News Bears (1976)

    Director Michael Ritchie makes each of the kids on the team totally credible characters. Even the annoying snots become endearing.

    Donna Chernin, Cleveland Plain Dealer (April 08, 1976)