15 Great TIME Cover Stories by Richard Corliss

  • The Aug. 11, 1980, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: JULIAN ALLEN
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  • The July 15, 1985, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: DAVID HUME KENNERLY
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  • The May 26, 1986, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: THEO WESTENBERGER
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  • The Aug. 24, 1987, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: TED THAI
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  • The June 26, 1989, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: GREGORY HEISLER
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  • The Dec. 25, 1989, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: ERIC BOUVET / GAMMA LIAISON
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  • The May 7, 1990, cover of TIME
    TIME
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  • The Jan. 23, 1995, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: KIMBERLY BUTLER
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  • The May 19, 1997, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: GREGORY HEISLER
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  • The April 26, 1999, cover of TIME
    TIME
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  • The April 23, 2001, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: RUVEN AFANADOR
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  • The May 12, 2003, cover of TIME
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  • The July 12, 2004, cover of TIME
    Cover Credit: GREGORY HEISLER
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  • The Aug. 25, 2014, cover of TIME
    Photograph by Nigel Parry—CPI, Cover ©TIME
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By TIME Staff

In his 35 years at TIME, Richard Corliss—the influential film critic who died on Thursday at age 71—produced dozens of cover stories, from a look at the television show Dallas to a tribute to the late Robin Williams. Along the way, he turned to vegetarianism, yoga and, most of all, the movies. Here are 15 of our favorite TIME covers for Richard Corliss stories.

Read more about Richard Corliss’s life and work here

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