Peter Rainer

Peter Rainer is the film critic for The Christian Science Monitor and has appeared regularly on Film Week for over thirty years. He is the author of “Rainer On Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era” and was a finalist in 1998 for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism. He is also a multiple LA Press Club award winner. In addition, Peter wrote and co-produced the A&E documentaries on Sidney Poitier and the Hustons. He has lectured on film throughout the world and served on the main juries for the Venice and Montreal film festivals.