Joe Baltake(1945-2020)
Joe Baltake has been first-string film critic for The Philadelphia
Daily News and The Sacramento Bee, among other publications, and has
contributed movie-related essays to The Los Angeles Times, The New York
Post and US Magazine. He is also the author of two books on the actor
Jack Lemmon - "The Films of Jack Lemmon" and "Jack Lemmon: His Films
and Career," and edits the movie site, The Passionate Moviegoer, which
is devoted to neglected and underrated films. He has contributed
on-camera commentaries to DVD sets, including Sony Entertainment's "The
Jack Lemmon Film Collection" and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's
"The Apartment," collector edition, and to the documentary, "Inside
'The Apartment'" (2008). He is married to Susan Baltake.