Elvis Mitchell (born 1958 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former film critic for The New York Times (1998-2004).
Mitchell graduated in 1980 from Wayne State University, where he majored in English. Before arriving at The Times, he served as a film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and The Detroit Free Press.
In his reviews, Mitchell takes on a freewheeling—some might say stream of consciousness—approach, and thre...
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Elvis Mitchell (born 1958 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former film critic for The New York Times (1998-2004).
Mitchell graduated in 1980 from Wayne State University, where he majored in English. Before arriving at The Times, he served as a film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and The Detroit Free Press.
In his reviews, Mitchell takes on a freewheeling—some might say stream of consciousness—approach, and threads a good deal of intertextuality into his work by referencing other films.
In the late 1980s, Mitchell was part of a short-lived PBS show called The Edge. On the series, he provided film commentary and general criticism. In one segment, Mitchell offered a quick run-down of all of director Oliver Stone's tropes, including "always keep that camera moving," which he said while moving a camcorder over a small model of a Vietnamese jungle and prison camp set up on a table.
In 2007, Mitchell appeared in an episode of the HBO series Entourage,...
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