Peter has been writing about films and film culture for the Monitor since 2006.
A three-time LA Press Club award-winner and the author of the 2013 book 鈥淩ainer On Film,鈥� he was a 1998 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism while writing for New Times, then a Los Angeles weekly.
Peter can regularly be heard on the show 鈥淔ilm Week鈥� on the old NPR-affiliate KPCC-FM (now LAist). The writer and a co-producer of A&E film biographies of both Sidney Poitier and the Hustons, he is a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, of which he is a former longtime chairman.
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Stories by Peter Rainer
- From 鈥楾he Godfather鈥� to 鈥楾ender Mercies,鈥� Robert Duvall made each role his own
- Review Cannes favorite 鈥楾he President鈥檚 Cake鈥� is a fable with real-world immediacy
- Review 鈥榊oung Mothers鈥� paints a compassionate portrait of teen motherhood
- In a war-weary English town, singing together inspires hope
- Rob Reiner directed great comedies. He was also a voice for social justice.
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