Mick LaSalle is a world-recognized author and distinguished film critic with thousands of published reviews that have been syndicated in the national media. LaSalle is the author of four books: Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood, a history/critical study of t...he actresses who worked in the film industry between 1929 and 1934; Dangerous Men, a study of Pre-Code actors; The Beauty of the Real, about contemporary actresses in France; and “Dream State: California in the Movies.” He is the film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Show more