Sentences with phrase «film criticism as»

We need a thorough examination of the history of American film criticism as well as a guiding set of principles for moving forward.

Dr Holmqvist has established a publishing record and aspires to move into film criticism as a professional field.

Dear Ma, After seeing Steve Buscemi's sophomore directorial effort, Animal Factory (following 1996's Trees Lounge), I nearly reconsidered choosing film criticism as a career path.

Game criticism doesn't flow as naturally from film criticism as film criticism did from literary criticism.

Of all the things to pin the decline of professional film criticism as a career choice on, from changing audience - tastes to the globalization of the theatrical marketplace to the collapse of traditional media outlets overall, the Great Threat is actually... a college - age kid in a funny hat cracking wise (in between actual critical insights, mind you) about Antonioni?

Not exact matches

In January, Paul drew immense criticism for filming and uploading a video of a dead body hanging in Japan's Aokigahara forest, known as the «suicide forest.»

Anyone familiar with the more intellectual forms of pop criticism (whether of music or film) will recognize it as a parody of the Rolling Stone critic — a parody so good that, for a moment, one is almost convinced the piece is the real thing:

For Muslim terrorists, there is no difference between any reasonable, based on facts, criticism of their religion, on the one hand, and hateful and provocative statements such as those included in the above mentioned film.

Although the scientific credibility of the film drew criticism from climate scientists, the scenario of an abrupt collapse of the AMOC, as a consequence of anthropogenic greenhouse warming, was never assessed with a state - of - the - art climate model.

If so - then that's something to discuss, as it provides a direct comparison / contrast to the criticisms of the film.

Nonetheless, that's a fairly minor criticism as far as this film is concerned, and I still enjoyed PANDA 2 about as much as I enjoyed it predecessor.

Often reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and witless from those who applauded the ambitions of his sight gags, his subversions of standard comedic patterns, and his films» acute criticisms of American values.

When he's not watching movies or writing and editing film criticism, he's trying to absorb as much music, art and literature as possible.

And as for Jackson's novel being an allegorical criticism of society, I'll refer you to Nelson Gidding who wrote the screenplay adaptation for the original Robert Wise film.

As part of the program, current and former Reverse Shot writers joined chief curator David Schwartz and FILM COMMENT's own Kent Jones to discuss the state of film and film criticFILM COMMENT's own Kent Jones to discuss the state of film and film criticfilm and film criticfilm criticism.

There is a hallowed space for film criticism I think, you enter into understanding your preferences are not as valued at empirical argument.

Naturally, remaking such a revered film is bound to lead to criticism, and the director has acknowledged that in an interview with The Guardian, describing his take as a homage to the horror masterpiece, rather than a commercially - driven decision.

During SF Indiefest, we spoke to him about whether he'd have the same reaction to the apocalypse as his characters, how film criticism can numb enthusiasm, his directorial influences, the art of blocking as opposed to editing, and more.

Alone among his critical colleagues who became filmmakers, he insisted from the beginning that his writing and filmmaking were essentially alternate vehicles for the same discourse; his early movies functioned as film criticism the same way his reviews anticipated much of his filmmaking.

Noel: As much as it pains me to say it — in part because it sounds like sour grapes, and in part because it's almost too big a topic to tack onto this discussion — I think the rise of the OPs corresponds with the rapid decline of film criticism in the mainstream mediAs much as it pains me to say it — in part because it sounds like sour grapes, and in part because it's almost too big a topic to tack onto this discussion — I think the rise of the OPs corresponds with the rapid decline of film criticism in the mainstream medias it pains me to say it — in part because it sounds like sour grapes, and in part because it's almost too big a topic to tack onto this discussion — I think the rise of the OPs corresponds with the rapid decline of film criticism in the mainstream media.

When it comes to film criticism... well, most people know as much about it as they do about the self - defrost mechanisms in their freezers.

Indeed, Hegelian dialectics was a crucial reference point for Rivette — as it was for a large swathe of 1950s French film criticism, not least due to the influence of Bazin.

After graduating in economics, he took a job as a bank teller and contributed stories and film criticism to the Ferrara newspaper Corriere Padano.

While he does not offer much criticism of these films, Cowie at least recognises their limitations — something Kurosawa transcended with Ikiru, the second film (the first being Rashomon [1950]-RRB- in which he truly articulated his genius as a director.

As a practicing filmmaker, how do you feel about film criticism and thought — do you read it?

Women saving film criticism; The wonderfully unique Shailene Woodley; BuzzFeed hires Allison Wilmore as their first film critic; Revisiting George Lucas» American Graffiti; Sex in Pasolini films.

When I came to movies as an adult critic, I tried to write religious film criticism, in the sense that I saw art in religious terms.

Peary builds his film as a sort of history lesson on the rise and development of film criticism from the early days prior to the release of The Birth of a Nation, the Sarris / Kael war, to Bowsley Crowther's 27 - year reign as top critic at The New York Times and even touching a little on the New World of the internet where everyone has the potential to be a critic.

Singular in its distillation of Schrader's decades - spanning preoccupations of film criticism and filmmaking as well as his religious background, First Reformed is a rare object unified in subject and style.

When he's not watching movies and writing and editing film criticism, he's trying to absorb as much music, art, and literature as possible.

An active member is defined as a member who writes regular film criticism for online publications, published with a minimum frequency of once a month or at least 20 reviews per year.

Since then the moniker has popped up in film criticism to describe — among others — Dunst in that film, Natalie Portman in Garden State, and basically Zooey Deschanel as a human being.

I feel like you're reading way, way too far into a movie [Then I'll cut you off there as that attitude makes your opinion irrelevant on a film criticism blog — TC]

In its 20th year as an organization, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society has solidified itself as a noted and trustworthy source for film criticism by all lovers of film and cinema.

Perhaps due to the choices to cover older works, they're more able than ever to produce intelligent, thoughtful, and informative criticism — while this article maligns their production value as no better than «the average Youtube video,» editing a video review to provide context via clips of the film is a step beyond what the vast majority of populist or even academic film criticism has done in the past, let alone other related films in the genre and in the director's oeuvre for context.

But I don't think that the traditional mode of what we collectively recognize as «film criticism» is satisfying for me anymore, and that's informed my movie - going habits accordingly.

** / **** Image B + Sound B Commentary B + starring Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Larry Hagman screenplay by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld directed by Paul Mazursky by Alex Jackson I complain a lot about film criticism being reduced to archaeology, but I don't think I've ever seen anything quite as impenetrable along these lines as Paul Mazursky's 1974 sleeper Harry and Tonto.

Note: I have retired from film criticism, but keeping this bio because I'm very proud of the things I accomplished during my time as a film journalist.

We spoke to Kaluuya, who knew he'd «kill it» in the role as soon as he read the script, about the prejudice depicted in the film, his own experiences of racism, and Samuel L Jackson's recent criticism of black British actors taking African American roles in Hollywood films.

This idea of familiarity with extra-textual elements or training in a specific method of watching as essential in the evaluation process is a perennial issue in film criticism for me.

The particular nature of Sargeant's film writing has much to do with insisting on the material as less the object of film criticism (criticism, too, must undergo a thorough expurgation if one is to think through underground film and write about it), and more an attempt to situate it within a wider context of describing its performance upon the audience.

For all the advance criticism that «United 93» has received for being a Hollywood version of our national tragedy on September 11, 2001, the actual film itself is about as far from Hollywood as you can get.

Actually, I never thought about my «bad» «bad» (the double quoted «bad» s is not a typo) Star Trek review reflecting badly on Film Junk as a serious site for film criticism.

When Rooney Mara was announced as the chosen lead for this film, the choice was met with quite a bit of criticism as well.

If you ask most people (a.k.a. the white male majority that covers film criticism now and holds most of the power that drives the US film industry to churn out the kind of crap it does every summer) what they think of Lincoln they will tell you probably something similar to what this anonymous dude wandering out of a screening just transmitted to the NY Post's Lou Lumenick, who then posted it as credible:

In 2004 I worked as the field producer for Boston film critic Gerald Peary's documentary about American film criticism «For The Love of Movies,» which had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in 2009.

When I discovered that you could combine writing with watching movies, and this thing was called film criticism, I recognized it as the thing for me.

As a result, I'm now a part of the ever - growing legion of critics without a regular perch, and with a gloomy outlook on the future of film criticism — at least in terms of its viability as a (slightly, marginally) professional vocatioAs a result, I'm now a part of the ever - growing legion of critics without a regular perch, and with a gloomy outlook on the future of film criticism — at least in terms of its viability as a (slightly, marginally) professional vocatioas a (slightly, marginally) professional vocation.

Even though Bigelow had to face some harsh criticism from women who saw Strange Days as an anti-women film because of the shocking violence on display, it could be argued Strange Days is a pure feminist picture, as Angela Bassett's Mace is a physically imposing, capable, intelligent yet distinctly feminine character who might be the supporting pillar of Ralph Fiennes» lost soul, but in some ways remains the emotional center of the whole film.

As Gitai's most widely screened film, Kadosh won both admiration and sharp criticism — the criticism predictably coming from the Orthodox community, which disputed the film's portrayal of Orthodox men acting with brutal lack of feeling toward their wives.