

She has served as Artistic Director of the Sarasota French Film Festival, on the selection committee of the New York Film Festival, as associate Professor of Film at Barnard, and as Adjunct Professor of Film at Columbia University. In addition, Haskell has written for many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian UK, Esquire, The Nation, Town and Country, The New York Observer, and The New York Review of Books. She then went to The Village Voice, first as a theater critic, then as a movie reviewer, and from there to New York Magazine and Vogue. She worked at the French Film Office in the 1960s - at the height of the Nouvelle Vague movement - writing a newsletter about French films for the New York press and interpreting when directors came to America for film openings here. Molly Clark Haskell grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and went to Sweet Briar College, the University of London, and the Sorbonne before settling in New York. Use the library’s online form to register at least 30 minutes before the start time. This program, made possible by the East End Programmers Group and hosted by Westhampton Beach Library, will occur via Zoom on Wednesday, March 23 at 7 PM.


Molly Haskell has been called “one of the essential voices in the history of film criticism.” In honor of Women’s History Month, the feminist author and critic will speak about women and film with library patrons across the East End. Image courtesy Molly Haskell | In honor of Women's History Month, the feminist author and film critic will speak on women and film with library patrons across the East End.
