page_title: Joe Leydon
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Leydon
caption_attribution_description: English: Joe Leydon at the 2008 Nashville Film Festival.
context_page_description: Joseph Patrick Michael Leydon is an American film critic and historian. A critic and correspondent for Variety since 1990, he is the author of Joe Leydon's Guide to Essential Movies You Must See, and was a contributing critic for Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. He is also a founding member of Houston Film Critics Society and a senior writer for Cowboys & Indians Magazine. Since 2001, Leydon has been an instructor at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at University of Houston.
context_section_description: Joseph Patrick Michael Leydon (born August 22, 1952) is an American film critic and historian. A critic and correspondent for Variety since 1990, he is the author of Joe Leydon's Guide to Essential Movies You Must See (Michael Wiese Productions), and was a contributing critic for Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. He is also a founding member of Houston Film Critics Society and a senior writer for Cowboys & Indians Magazine. Since 2001, Leydon has been an instructor at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at University of Houston.
caption: Leydon in 2008
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