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Steve Persall - Former Times Staffer
Steve Persall

Former Times Staffer

  1. A guide to the 2018 Sunscreen Film Fest in St. Petersburg
    April 25, 2018• Movies
    Rusty Schwimmer and Timothy Omundson in Wild Honey. (Photo by: Justin Lubin)
  2. Documentary 'The Human Race,' which has Tampa Bay ties, celebrates running in 50s and well beyond
    April 24, 2018• Life & Culture
    LANCE ROTHSTEIN | special to The Times Debbie Voiles, 64, who has been running 41 years and founded the largest running club in the area, Run Tampa, passes out stickers before the Iron Girl Clearwater 5K run on Sunday, April 8, 2018. Runners wear the stickers with the number 261 in honor of Kathrine Switzer.
  3. Persall: Upon my retirement, a look back at a star-quality career
    April 19, 2018• Archive
  5. Persall: Upon retirement, a look back at a star-quality career
    April 19, 2018• Movies
    Times movie critic Steve Persall escorts world cinema icon Sophia Loren, 81, to her seat on stage at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on April 1, 2016 for a Q & A session. Photo by Tracy May
  6. This is a week to spring clean instead of hitting a movie theater.
    April 18, 2018• Movies
    (From L-R): Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, and Steve Lemme in "Super Troopers 2." (Photo by Jon Pack, Twentieth Century Fox)
  7. What's in theaters: 'Beirut,' 'Rampage,' 'Blumhouse's Truth or Dare'
    April 12, 2018• Movies
    Jon Hamm stars as Mason Skiles in "Beirut." (Sife Eddine El Amine/Bleecker Street)
  8. Why it'd be even scarier to watch John Krasinski's 'A Quiet Place' at home instead of in theater
    April 4, 2018• Movies
    This image released by Paramount Pictures shows John Krasinski, left, and Noah Jupe in a scene from "A Quiet Place." (Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures via AP)
  9. What's in theaters this week: 'A Quiet Place,' 'Blockers,' 'The Miracle Season'
    April 4, 2018• Movies
    This image released by Paramount Pictures shows actor-director John Krasinski on the set of "A Quiet Place," with Noah Jupe. (Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures via AP) NYJK112
  10. 'Ready Player One,' all retro references and CGI dazzle, lacks emotional pull of Spielberg classics
    March 28, 2018• Movies
    Tye Sheridan in a scene from "Ready Player One," a film by Steven Spielberg. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
  11. What's in theaters this week: 'Ready Player One,' 'The Death of Stalin,' 'Tyler Perry's Acrimony'
    March 28, 2018• Movies
    "Ready player one" (Warner Bros. Pictures) 1226782
  12. Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs' is even more visually fantastic than 'Mr. Fox.' Is that a good thing?
    March 27, 2018• Movies
    "Isle of Dogs." (Fox Searchlight) 1226603
  13. What's in theaters this week: Gasparilla film fest, 'Pacific Rim Uprising,' 'Sherlock Gnomes'
    March 21, 2018• Movies
    Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero in "Best F(r)iends." (Courtesy of the Gasparilla Film Festival)
  14. Steven Soderbergh's 'Unsane' is a thriller recorded on iPhone 7s -- and more fascinating for it
    March 21, 2018• Movies
    Claire Foy in a scene from "Unsane." (Bleecker Street)
  15. What to know for the Gasparilla International Film Festival
    March 19, 2018• Movies
    Tommy Wiseau, left, and Greg Sestero star in "Best Friends."
  16. Alicia Vikander is too good for an uninspiring Tomb Raider
    March 15, 2018• Movies
    Alicia Vikander in a scene from "Tomb Raider." (Ilze Kitshoff/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
  17. Gasparilla and Jewish film fests combine, hoping two is better than one
    March 15, 2018• Movies
    Still from "Stuck" starring Giancarlo Esposito (not pictured). (Courtesy of the Gasparilla Film Festival)
  18. What's on screen this week: Gasparilla Film Festival, 'Tomb Raider,' 'Love, Simon'
    March 14, 2018• Movies
    This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Daniel Wu, left, and Alicia Vikander in a scene from "Tomb Raider." (Ilze Kitshoff/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) NYET119
  19. See an Oscar winner and a Rosie Marie doc at Tampa Theatre, plus more new movies
    March 9, 2018• Life & Culture
    Rose Marie and Dick Van Dyke, from the documentary "Wait for Your Laugh." (Photo by Robert Enger, courtesy of rosemariemovie.com)
  20. Giancarlo Esposito, Eric Stoltz and Tommy Wiseau to appear at growing Gasparilla film fest in Tampa
    March 8, 2018• Movies
    This image released by AMC shows Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, left, and drug kingpin Gus Fring, played by Giancarlo Esposito in a scene from the third season of "Breaking Bad." (AP Photo/AMC, Ursula Coyote)
  21. 'A Wrinkle in Time' brings diversity to fantasy, but is still pretty dull
    March 7, 2018• Life & Culture
    Oprah, left, and Storm Reid in "A Wrinkle in Times." (Disney)
  22. Persall: Oscars try to move forward in the era of Times Up
    March 5, 2018• Life & Culture
    Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  23. Cheat sheet: Place your Oscar bets with our movie critic's picks
    March 1, 2018• Movies
    The 90th annual Academy Awards are Sunday night. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
  24. Oscar’s men are heroes. Oscar’s women are victims.
    March 1, 2018• Data
    Natalie Portman in a scene from "Black Swan." (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Niko Tavernise)