ELVIS MITCHELL HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. I knew I hadn't seen many Mitchell reviews in the Times lately, but I chalked it up to vacation, perhaps, or some dizzying run at a series of obscure film festivals that produced reviews that went beneath my radar. When I saw that A.O. Scott had reviewed Spider-Man 2, a plum I expected to go to Mitchell, I figured something was up. The Google search tok 0.17 seconds: He has left the Times for uncertain destinations. I know him only from his reviews, in the Times and on NPR, so the NY Metro piece linked above, which recounts as old news Mitchell's rep for big expense accounts and hobnobbing with Hollywood types, was an interesting surprise. I guess Manhattanites are more used to knowing details about the personalities of their journalists.

Anyway, I hope he shows up to write regular reviews elsewhere, maybe spelling Kenneth Turan at the LA Times.
- posted by thegusdad @ 6/29/2004 08:08:00 AM