MEDIA AFFILIATION
eFilmCritic
Cinematical
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LOCATION
Chicago, IL
ABOUT ERIK
Erik Childress got his start as a film critic on the Jonathon Brandmeier show back in 1998 and has been at eFilmCritic.com since 2000, where he writes regular weekly reviews and the yearly Criticwatch column. He also writes regular features for Cinematical as their awards expert and has been a contributor to Magill's Cinema Annual since 2009. He is a weekly guest with Nick Digilio on Chicago’s WGN Radio (720 AM) and is currently the Vice President of the Chicago Film Critics Association.
FAVORITES
Directors: Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Edgar Wright, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Coen Bros., James L. Brooks, James Cameron, Alexander Payne, Joe Dante, Cameron Crowe
Films: Back to the Future, E.T., JFK, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Aliens, The Prestige, Broadcast News, His Girl Friday, The Right Stuff, Once Upon A Time In The West, GoodFellas, Rear Window, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Dr. Strangelove, Blade Runner, The Empire Strikes Back, Field of Dreams, Saving Private Ryan, The Untouchables
