Irv Slifkin
Irv L. Slifkin is an American film writer, critic, editor and educator. He is associated with Movies Unlimited, a Philadelphia-based home video retailer and publisher of the Movies Unlimited Video Catalog.[1] Slifkin has taught film at Temple University and has contributed film criticism to the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, Empire, Entertainment Weekly and Delaware Valley Magazine.[1]
Career
[edit]Slifkin has written about film for print and online publications and has contributed to VideoHound.[1] He organized Mondo Meyer, a Philadelphia event celebrating the work of filmmaker Russ Meyer.[2]
Books and film work
[edit]Slifkin is the author of Groovy Movies: Far-Out Films of the Psychedelic Era, published by Visible Ink Press, and Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a City's Movies, published by Mid-Atlantic Press.[1] He appeared as an actor in the film Changing the Game (2012).[citation needed]
Slifkin co-produced and co-wrote the documentary series Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, released in 2020, and Cold War on Ice: Flyers vs. Russia '75.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Author Information". Visible Ink Press. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Lindsey, Craig D. (September 14, 2013). "Mondo Meyer: Critic and Author Irv Slifkin Talks About Russ Meyer". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Articles by Irv Slifkin at MovieFanFare