Robbie Collin is a British film critic. Collin studied

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and the philosophy of film at the

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. He edited the university's student newspaper, '' The Saint''. Collin has been the chief film critic at ''

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'' since 2011. From 2007 to 2011 he wrote a weekly film column for the '' News of the World'' until the newspaper's closure. That year he was shortlisted for Critic of the Year at the British Press Awards, and was shortlisted again in 2017, when he was highly commended by the jury. He appeared on the

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''Vue Film Show'', presented by Edith Bowman, and contributed to the

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Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman. In August 2013 he guest presented

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's '' Film'' programme. He guest-presents ''

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'', also with Edith Bowman, Sanjeev Bhaskar and

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. In 2018 Collin compiled a list of the 100 greatest films of all time for the ''Telegraph'', with '' Singin' in the Rain'' at the top.

References

External links

''The Telegraph'' journalist page for Robbie Collin
with links to recent reviews and articles
Robbie Collin's Twitter page

Robbie Collin's 100 Greatest Films of All Time
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