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Antonia Quirke

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Antonia Quirke is a British film critic.[1][2][3] As well as writing on film for the Financial Times and a weekly column for the New Statesman, she has presented regularly on The Film Programme, Pick of the Week, BBC Radio 4, as well as Film... and The One Show on BBC One.[4]

Quirke attended, in her words, a "doughty northern convent school",[5] the Loreto Grammar School gaining[6] 6 O-levels[7] and 4 A-levels.[8] She lived on Spring Road.

She has a degree in English literature from University College London.[4]

Quirke participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where she listed her ten favourite films as follows: The Deer Hunter, Going Places, Jaws, King Kong, Nosferatu, On the Waterfront, Rear Window, Reds, This Is Spinal Tap, and A Woman Is a Woman.[9]

Publications

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  • Jaws (2002)
  • Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers (2007)
  • Choking on Marlon Brando: A Film Critic's Memoir About Love and the Movies (2007)

References

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  1. ^ "BBC One - Film 2016 - Antonia Quirke". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Antonia Quirke". clivejames.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ Chakelian, Anoosh. "Writers". Newstatesman.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Antonia Quirke - Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD)". Petersfraserdunlop.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  5. ^ Antonia, Quirke (8 September 2011). "Film releases: September 9". Financial Times. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  6. ^ Runcorn Guardian Friday 16 December 1983, page 2
  7. ^ Manchester Evening News Friday 21 August 1987, page 30
  8. ^ Manchester Evening News Monday 21 August 1989, page 11
  9. ^ "Antonia Quirke | BFI". www.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
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