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Anthony Lane is no Milk Dud for the blog Cinematical, which awards Anthony "Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington" Lane the #2 spot (after Ebert) in its list of seven great movie critics. I cannot agree with the entirety of the praise (I think Denby is the better writer), nor with the complete absence of Stuart Klawans or Jonathan Rosenbaum. I do, however, agree that Stephanie Zacharek (whom I know) is superb and underrated and well deserves mentions, awards, and a lifetime supply of red lipstick from France. Here she is on Walk the Line. Speaking of ladies: Hey, guys, what happened to fostering women film critics at The New Yorker, even in the short listings in Goings On? I haven't seen many of them lately. Zacharek is a jewel in Salon's still-considerable crown, but there's an obvious move to be made here.
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The NYer’s television critic is a woman and her femininity doesn’t seem to help or hurt her do her job, which I believe she does badly. There are many better women writing about television, like Dana Stevens (Slate) and Heather Havrilesky (Salon). Interersting that so much of the pop culture criticism worth reading is on the web rather than in print. (I’m thinking also of the list you linked to, which I agree is a little off.)