David Rooney,

David Rooney is the Chief Film Critic at The Hollywood Reporter. In this role, he reviews the latest releases and premieres from major festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto. He was formerly THR's Chief Theater Critic and continues to review Broadway when time permits. Based in New York City, Rooney is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics and New York Drama Critics Circle. Prior to joining THR, he worked as Chief Italian Correspondent for Variety before moving to New York and becoming Chief Theater Critic. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. Rooney has served on the nominating panel for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and multiple times for the Gotham Awards. His writing for THR has won three Southern California Journalism Awards and a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award.

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This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

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