Sunday, October 16, 2011

END OF AN ERA:  There are plenty of folks who may receive the honorific Our Good Friend on this site, but when it comes to the Inquirer's Carrie Rickey (an occasional commenter here) it is more than true. Most of you know at least one way in which her impact on my life has been profound, but that's just one of many ways in which she has been generous in offering her counsel and connections over the years.

After twenty-five years here, Carrie bids farewell today to her fulltime job as movie reviewer to transition to longer-form pieces (and occasional free-lance reviews), and uses the occasion to mark how filmmaking, and Philadelphia's movie culture, have evolved during her tenure.