Alex Udvary

About me

Gender Male
Location Chicago, IL, United States
Introduction Alex Udvary is a Chicago based freelance movie critic and commentator. He has contributed to various newspapers, magazines, and websites including the newspaper Chicago News, Nostalgia Digest magazine, the Toledo Free Press, the Milwaukee Shepherd Express, the on-line film magazine The Big Picture and the website Third Coast Review as well as international publications such as The Budapest Times.
Favorite Movies The Bicyle Thieves, Wild Strawberries, The Godfather, Modern Times, Rear Window, Gone With the Wind, Metropolis, Top Hat, The Sacrifice, Germany Year Zero, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Singin' in the Rain, Grand Hotel, Mrs. Miniver, 400 Blows, Nights of Cabaria, Ludwig, The Conformost, Rashomon, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Les Biches, My Night At Maud's, Trouble in Paradise, Unfaithfully Yours, Fury, Way Out West, The Crowd, Sunrise
Favorite Music Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bobby Caldwell, Jack Jones, Mel Torme, Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman, Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Muggsy Spanier, Louis Armstrong, Sandor Lakatos, Bela Bartok, Al Jolson, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Rudy Vallee, Fred Astaire, Eddie Condon, Joe Venuti, Jack Teagarden, Ruth Etting
Favorite Books Crime and Punishment, The Trial, The Stranger, First Love, 1984, Animal Farm, Wuthering Heights, Embers, Journey By Moonlight