Peter Malone (critic)

Peter Malone (born 1939) is an Australian film critic.[1] He is a Roman Catholic priest[2] and began his reviewing career in 1968 in The Annals, a publication of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, with his first review being of To Sir with Love.[3]

Malone has written many publications including the books The Film[4] Movie Christs and Antichrists[5] Myth & Meaning: Australian Film Directors In Their Own Words[2][6] Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film[7] and Dear Movies: Sharing Letters to My Favourite Films.[8]

Malone was the editor of Compass Theology Review,[9] the director of the Australian Catholic Film Office,[10] and was president of the International Catholic Cinema Organisation.[11]

References

  1. ^ Scambary, Rex (3 January 1988), "Films: reflecting man's search for God. -The career of film reviewer Father Peter Malone-", Catholic Leader
  2. ^ a b Joyce, James (19 May 2001), "Celluloid spirit - Weekender", Newcastle Herald
  3. ^ Byrnes, Paul (6 October 2015), "The wide-screen life of Father Peter Malone, a critic for our times", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Pike, Andrew (September 1972), "Catholic Film Critic", Hemisphere
  5. ^ Gill, Alan (24 December 1988), "Hollywood's saviours", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Carlyle, Diane; Walker, Nick; Dunstan, David (6 June 2001), "Gone in a blaze of millennial angst", The Australian
  7. ^ Vredenburgh, Steven. "Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film". Journal of Religion & Film. 20 (3).
  8. ^ Leonard, Richard (22 September 2020), "Dear Movies by Peter Malone is a love-letter to the cinema as a window on the world.", Australian Catholics
  9. ^ "Talks by editor on films", The Canberra Times, 14 April 1982
  10. ^ McKay, Sandra (14 May 1996), "Church warns that new film may offend", The Age
  11. ^ Urban, Andrew L (6 September 1998), "High Priest Of Film", The Age