The crossword solution for the term 'OLD FILM CRITIC JAMES' is AGEE, which is a reference to the American novelist and film critic James AGEE. AGEE was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1909 and is best known for his works of fiction and film criticism. He wrote for various publications such as Time, The Nation, and The New Yorker, and was also a screenwriter for the film The African Queen. AGEE's most famous work is his novel A Death in the Family, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958.