- His top ten films of all time are: Trouble in Paradise (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936), To Have and Have Not (1944), Notorious (1946), Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Contempt (1963), Chimes at Midnight (1965) and The Godfather Part II (1974).
- Attended Evanston Township High School, in Evanston, Illinois, with classmate Mimi Chesterton, who later became B-Movie Queen Claudia Jennings.
- Served as Variety's Chief Film Critic for 31 years until March 8, 2010.
- Laid off from Variety as a cost-cutting measure [March 8, 2010].
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