Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: new york city    - birth name: nora clemens sayre    - death date: 8 august 2001      - birth date: september 20 , 1932    - name: nora sayre    - birth place: hamilton , bermuda    - occupation: writer , film critic   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nora sayre .
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nora clemens sayre -lrb- september 20 , 1932 in hamilton , bermuda -- august 8 , 2001 in new york city -rrb- was an american film critic and essayist .she was a reviewer of films for `` the new york times '' in the 1970s , and , from 1981 , a writing teacher at columbia university for many years .she specialised in the cold war and authored books such as `` running time : films of the cold war '' -lrb- 1982 , dial press -rrb- in which she examined hollywood movie-making in the 1950s .