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Critics Watch: Seitz Out, Lee In

April 28, 2008 – 12:26 pm

“The ideal is to have your job be something that doesn’t feel like a job, and that was the case for me for years with print criticism. It’s not the case anymore.”

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (2)

How to Write Film Criticism? Stop Reading It.

April 24, 2008 – 10:22 am

I woke up this morning to a feed reader full of stories about film criticism, many of them blog posts in response to the latest bit of polemic from Armond White. It’s a prolonged screed against contemporary critics––young, old, print, web––anyone but Armond, essentially. Most of it just reads as noise, and since I’ve decided [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (6)

The Film Critic Thing.

March 26, 2008 – 10:30 am

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two days––and or, don’t read many film blogs, which is the likelier of the two scenarios––you’ll know that Nathan Lee was laid off from his position as second film critic at the Village Voice this week, due to unspecified “economic reasons.” That makes Lee the [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (0)

Spoilers: The Debate Rages On

July 23, 2007 – 2:28 pm

Bosley Crowther didn’t issue spoiler alerts! Actually, that’s probably more of an argument for them than against them.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film watching | Comments (0)