Ty Burr

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Ty Burr has been a film critic for the Boston Globe since 2002.

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Burr studied film at Dartmouth College and New York University. Currently, he lives in Newton, Massachusetts. Burr has written three books, The Hundred Greatest Movies of All Time, The Hundred Greatest Stars of All Time and The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together. He has written articles for the New York Times, Spin, The Boston Phoenix, and other publications. Some of the movies Burr has assigned his top rating to are Broken Flowers, Sideways and Million Dollar Baby. [1] He began his career at Home Box Office in the 1980s. From 1992 until 2002 he worked for Entertainment Weekly as the magazine's chief video critic. (Burr still contributes to the magazine occasionally.) At the Boston Globe he reviews films alongside Wesley Morris. Louise Kennedy also occasionally contributes reviews, but her specialty remains theater. Burr and Morris also make appearances on NECN to discuss the latest movies.

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