Morris joined The Boston Globe in 2002,[14] where he reviewed films alongside Ty Burr. Morris and Burr also made regular appearances on NECN to discuss the latest films and did a weekly Take Two film review video series on Boston.com.
In October 2015, Morris joined The New York Times as critic at large, contributing to the newspaper as well as The New York Times Magazine.[17]
In September 2016, Morris and Times colleague J Wortham began hosting a podcast called Still Processing, produced by The New York Times and podcasting company Pineapple Street Media.[18] The podcast received enthusiastic reviews and was named in several year-end lists of the best podcasts of 2016.[19][20][21]
In June 2025, Morris launched Cannonball, a new podcast from The New York Times. The weekly interview show aims to cover culture "in the broadest possible sense," according to Morris.[5]
In 2011, Morris won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work at The Boston Globe; the award cited "his smart, inventive film criticism, distinguished by pinpoint prose and an easy traverse between the art house and the big-screen box office."[7]
In 2015, Morris was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary for his 2014 Grantland columns, "Let's Be Real," "After Normal," and "If U Seek Amy."[25][26]
In 2021, Morris won his second Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for a series of essays in The New York Times; the Pulitzer citation praised Morris for “unrelentingly relevant and deeply engaged criticism on the intersection of race and culture in America, written in singular style, alternatively playful and profound."[27]
Personal life
Morris lives in Brooklyn, New York.[28][29] Morris is gay.[27]
12"The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Criticism". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved November 16, 2013. With short biography and reprints of nine works (Boston Globe articles April 12 to December 16, 2011).
