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As someone who appreciates good writing in all its forms, I want to say that I find Zacharek to be the best film writer today. Regardless of whether I happen to agree with her ultimate assessment of a film, she is thoroughly descriptive, and one senses a real intelligence behind the reviews. I guess I find most film reviewers to be a film geeks who taught themselves to write; Zacharek strikes me as first a writer who happens to write film reviews. She has none of annoyingly self-referential and whiny aspects that I associate with current journalism; to me she comes across as well-researched, and, again, just plain smart. One of the best of Salon's regular contributors. I like good writing.
