Pioneering film critic Judith Crist has died. She is considered one of the first woman to become a full-time critic at a major U.S. newspaper and was among the first reviewers of her time to gain a national following.  She worked for the legendary Jim Bellows while at the NY Herald Tribune in the 1960s. Here is a story about that time:“She became famous [infamous} for her scathing review of Spender’s Mountain, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O’Hara, being shown at Radio City Music Hall. Crist wrote: “A Film that for sheer prurience and perverted morality disguised as piety makes the nudie shows at the Rialyo look like Walter Disney productions.Radio City…