Caryn A. James (born Caryn A. Fuoroli) is an American film critic, journalist, university lecturer and writer.

Biography

James is one of at least three children born to James M. Fuoroli Sr. and Joan A. Ford. A native of

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

, she graduated—as Caryn A. Fuoroli—from

Providence College Providence College is a private Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the local diocese, it offers 47 undergraduate majors and 17 graduate programs. It requires all of its undergradua ...

in 1974 and obtained her doctorate in English literature at Brown University. She began working as a freelance journalist at the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...

'', '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', ''

Newsday ''Newsday'' is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and ...

'', ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'', ''

TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Mag ...

'' and '' Vogue''. Beginning in January 1982, Fuoroli instituted her now familiar pen name simply by swapping the family name for her father's first name. She eventually landed a three-week temporary position at ''

The New York Times Book Review ''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read ...

'' and later became a permanent staff member. James moved to the daily newspaper, as a cultural reporter. In 1995, she began working as a television critic and, in 1997, was named by the ''Times'' as its first chief television critic. A year later, James published her first novel, ''Glorie'', to good reviews. In 2006, she published her second novel, ''What Caroline Knew: A Novel'', and by 2010, had left the ''Times'', returning to film critiques. She then began working at ''

Marie Claire ''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on w ...

'' magazine while also doing freelance work. The following year, James began working with ''

IndieWire IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Holl ...

'' in a division created for her ''James on Screens''. She writes for ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'', ''

The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly large ...

'' and is an adjunct professor in film studies at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

Selected works

* *

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Caryn Living people Writers from Providence, Rhode Island Providence College alumni Brown University alumni Columbia University faculty 21st-century American women writers American women film critics American film critics American film historians American television critics American women historians American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American novelists Year of birth missing (living people) Women television critics

Biography

Selected works

References

Further reading

External links