Louis J. Lumenick (born September 11, 1949) is an American film critic. He was the chief film critic and film editor for the New York Post where he reviewed films from 1999 until his retirement in 2016. He is currently researching the history of theatrical motion pictures on television.

Life and career

Lumenick was born and raised in Astoria, Queens. He attended City College of New York (CCNY) and took filmmaking courses at The New School. He previously worked at The Hartford Times, a defunct newspaper in Connecticut, and The Record in New Jersey, reviewing films over a nine-year span for the latter.^[1] He was metropolitan editor at the Post before taking the film reviewer position.

In 2007 he was inducted into the CCNY Communications Hall of Fame.^[2] He is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. Lumenick and Farran Smith Nehme conceived and created "Shadows of Russia," a 20-film series that aired in January, 2010, on Turner Classic Movies.^[3] He also appeared as an on-air TCM guest programmer in October 2010 as part of the Critic's Choice film series, introducing The Last Flight and All Through the Night with Robert Osborne. His essay on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is included in The Criterion Collection's January 2014 release of the film. Lumenick has introduced films at the United Palace (the former Loews 175th Street) in Washington Heights, Manhattan, as well as at the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of the Moving Image, Loews Jersey and at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. He has also recorded introductions for DVD releases of several classic films for the Troma Team's Roan Group label.

Roger Ebert Incident

At the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, Lou Lumenick suddenly got up during the premiere of Slumdog Millionaire and shouted "Don't touch me!" and a few minutes later yelled the same warning. Ebert confirms that the critic then turned around and hit him with a large binder. The whack was so loud it echoed through the theatre and startled the audience. Ebert had tapped the man on the shoulder several times because Lumenick kept blocking his view. He is unable to speak due to medical problems. Lumenick realized who he hit but offered no apology. ^[4]

References

External links

• Lumenick on Film via New York Post
• Lou Lumenick profile"New York Film Critics Circle: Lou Lumenick". Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) via New York Film Critics Circle