Michael Wilmington, a Chicago Tribune former film critic, has died. He was 75.
Wilmington died Thursday at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013. Jackie Fitzgerald, his friend, shared the news with the Chicago TribuneThe announcement of his death was made by.
Wilmington worked for the Chicago Tribune for 15 years, beginning as the full-time critic in 1993. He also took on more film criticism duties than Gene Siskel and focusing more on his TV show with Roger Ebert.
Between 1984-1993, he lived in Los Angeles, wrote regular film reviews and then left the Tribune to work steadily at Movie City News. He published his last review of the Adam Driver film. “Paterson”In 2016.
Wilmington was a regular in Chicago’s screening rooms. His mother, Edna, also attended many screenings with him. He even became an honorary member the Chicago Film Critics Association. In 2009, his mother Edna died. Wilmington wrote a tribute. MCN.
Wilmington studied at UW Madison. There he discovered a passion for acting as a student and as a cinephile. He spent time studying John Ford, Orson Welles and Howard Hawks and then honed his craft by writing for an alternate weekly paper in Madison.
Michael Wilmington was also an active member of the National Society of Film Critics. The Society will give out its awards for best films of 2021 this Saturday and dedicate its annual awards to his memories.
