Sentences with phrase «film criticism by»

In his singular combination of rage and tenderness, it is some of the best film criticism by a «literary» writer you can find.

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.

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At a press event for Perry's newest film Madea's Big Happy Family, which came out on Friday, Perry addressed Spike Lee's criticisms in a most unexpected fashion — by railing at me for a question I was making about a completely different kind of potential backlash.

Duncan Smith, who is personally targeted for criticism by characters in the film, said he did appreciate some of Loach's previous work.

Some films so perfectly capture the voice of a generation that even the mention of remaking it brings criticisms by loyal fans.

Well Russ continued in his exploitive areas becoming a gigantic cult filmmaker, beloved by «geeks» everywhere, and Roger went into the film criticism arena.

Mundcuczo's implicit criticisms of Europe's attitude to migrants are undone somewhat by his film's messianic undercurrents, but for all that it's endlessly inventive, and ends in memorable and unexpected fashion.

In 2007, he was the only non-US film critic to be invited by the Museum of the Moving Image and The New York Times to participate on a week - long seminar on Film Criticism.

The majority of active, up - to - date film criticism in China today comes from blogs and websites started by film lovers.

In film criticism, auditory perception is rarely prioritized in the way that visual perception is, and yet when we attend a film screening, our attention is not necessarily dominated in a directional sense by the pull of the visuals.

After a stellar career in student drama at Oxford, he had joined the BBC, but he was soon also writing film criticism and, in 1956, was one of the founders, along with Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson, of the Free Cinema movement, espousing a cinema free of commercial and political constraints and using a personal style to capture working - class life and popular culture, which had been ignored by traditional British cinema.

But first you have to accept their limitations (they're mostly old white guys), accept the limitations of Hollywood overall (mostly run by white guys), accept the limitations of film criticism in 2015 (mostly white guys), accept the limitations of ticket buyers and the you can start to imagine what's possible.

Conveying meaning primarily through visual methods is usually preferable within film criticism, but though the scenes may have appeared more artistic in their ambiguity if they weren't interrupted by evocative narration, Dominik also grasps how such scenes would be received when loaded with Pitt's presence.

Established in 2009 by a dedicated group of six Indiana journalists, the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) is a growing organization of Indiana - based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary.

The film reviews are concise, thoughtful, and well - rounded pieces of pop film criticism — especially those by Todd McCarthy.

** / **** 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.

If you judge by the Internet, you'd probably think film criticism, amateur and otherwise, is a healthy and thriving hobby that a large portion of society partakes in.

It was followed by several more, which were made at a time when Assayas also began writing film criticism for Cahiers du cinéma.

At this year's South by Southwest, filmmaker Miranda Bailey spoke on a panel with critics Anne Powers and Claudia Puig and actor Samantha Mathis about the lack of female representation in film and music criticism before announcing the launch of a new website, CherryPicks, aiming to upend the male majority and offer an alternative rankings roundup to Rotten Tomatoes.

So one can disagree with the criticism leveled by folks like me, but one can't claim that the film doesn't deserve hard scrutiny on factual grounds.

A touchstone for the highly politicised debates in film criticism during the 1960s and 1970s, the work of Jean - Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet appeared, by the early 2000s, to have suffered a terminal decline in the level of interest it provoked.

The following summary discusses three perceptions about gender and film critics / criticism, followed by the reality.

The General section — which comprises the coverage of Australian cinema, spotlights on directors, genres and national cinemas, Film Festival reports, film and book reviews, and film criticism itself — is edited by Fiona A. Villella.

Aaron Gerow lays out a history of film criticism in Japan to the present day, underscoring a narrative about cinema negotiated by professionals who gradually lose the ability to make a substantial impact on either audiences or the industry.

Where much talk of film culture necessarily targets the social conditions enabled (and disabled) by government, institutions, big business, etc, an older tradition in film criticism takes a step away from this «materialist» fray, to revel in the visions of special auteurs.

Yet the criticism that Sayles» stand off between union and company is too black and white is confounded by close examination of the film.

OK, not me, precisely, but Film Criticism Itself, embodied by the splendid (movie critic word) Bob Balaban as Mr. Farber, who is this film's own resident newspaper movie critic, offering caustic, self - aware commentary on the shortcomings of «Lady in the Water» as it sloshes along.

CRITICISM AND ACTORS By Kent Jones Why does movie acting continue to be one of film criticism's great bliCRITICISM AND ACTORS By Kent Jones Why does movie acting continue to be one of film criticism's great blicriticism's great blind spots?

«I think there was a little bit of extra critical hate towards it because it's changing the landscape of the movie business,» he said, «but I think «Bright» is maybe a movie that needs to be reviewed by public opinion rather than viewed through the highbrow prism of film criticism.»

Better are an interview book translated from Spanish, Objects of Desire, and a recently published translation of selected writings by Bunuel in both Spanish and French, An Unspeakable Betrayal, which includes his priceless, poetic early film criticism.

Contrary to the ton of criticism Damon and the film has received, he does NOT play an Asian character, and director Zhang Yimou, insists Damon's role of William, a European mercenary who joins friend Tovar on a quest for black powder, was never intended to be played by a Chinese actor.

In the last 5 years, DC films have received a lot of criticism for «taking itself too seriously» and many fans have been turned off by the dark tones and -LSB-...]

The heyday for American film criticism was the»70s because I think the people that got into it at that point were really inspired by the likes of Andrew Sarris and Pauline Kael, both of whom became famous and established the importance of film critics as a cultural force.

I can appreciate the criticisms leveled here but walking out of the theater after seeing this movie, I felt excited about films again and wonderfully engrossed by this well - told story.

We might circle back to these films later to conduct some genuine criticism, by which every art form thrives, and analyze why a film is doing what it's doing, and how it's doing it.

Among the certainties in the world of film criticism — there will be a series of pieces bemoaning critics» inability to stop a terrible summer film from becoming a blockbuster; Armond White will often stake out a position in opposition to many of his fellow critics; movies about middle - aged men having their mid-life crises sorted out by women well out of their league will always receive mostly kind notices; etc. — there's one that stands above all others.

But when films that the critics don't think are best are declared best by the public and the Oscar brand you invite criticism for a group that supposedly rewards highest achievements in cinema, not just movies the public bought tickets for.

Although Preminger was already a name on the lists (compiled from the standard coffee - table guide books of the era) of filmmakers and films I had convinced myself I needed to catch up with, I had no real notion, back then, of the kinds of intense cults of cinephilic adoration, situated all over the world at diverse moments of film criticism's history, that had been (and were still to be) inspired by his work from the 1940s through the 1960s.

The extent to which a parent is able to fulfill this obligation is the extent to which The Pagemaster is worthwhile; using this film as an eighty - minute babysitter - cum - opiate negates any possible positive effect conferred by the picture — raising the question, clearly, of how best to approach criticism of the piece.

Yes, film criticism is subjective, and in the interest of good journalism, I must report that many critics I respect are entertained by this movie, and I even believe that Perry will have a successful directing career.

It's no secret that women are underrepresented in the film industry (we've all seen the infamous infographic by now), and when asked whether there are any challenges to being a woman in film criticism specifically, Adams replied emphatically, «Yes — unequivocally, yes.»

-- has had on film criticism, and advised that aspiring critics should take advantage of it, as it enables writers to create their own platforms by which to share their opinions and get their writing out into the world.

Unsurprisingly, much of «Life Itself» is given over to Ebert's democratizing and popularizing impact on the world of film criticism, with judiciously chosen clips («Bonnie and Clyde,» «Cries and Whispers,» «Raging Bull») and excerpts from those same films» respective reviews used to show how Ebert combined his encyclopedic knowledge of cinema with an accessible, plainspoken writing style that could be understood by anybody.

What is substantive about the film can not be attempted by film criticism, anymore than deconstructing a poem according to its word choice, its grammar, its novelty.

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Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost, edited by Michael Brashinsky and Andrew Horton, is a book in two parts: the first, Films in a Shifting Landscape, is a series of essays analyzing the historical and cultural legacy that shaped three generations of Soviet film criticism; the second, Glasnost's Top Ten, is a compilation of... read more»

Online Criticism II By Paul Brunick Rumors of film criticism's death have been greatly exCriticism II By Paul Brunick Rumors of film criticism's death have been greatly excriticism's death have been greatly exaggerated

He won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, awarded by the English department chairmen of Yale, Princeton and Cornell Universities and was named Chevalier, Ordre des Arts et Lettres, by the French government for writings on French film.

Don Simpson Armed with a Master's degree in Cinema Studies from Temple University, Don Simpson kicked off his film criticism career in high fashion by covering SXSW 1998 for Ai nt It Cool News under the pseudonym of «Vertov» (yes, as in Dziga).

This is the eighth year of annual awards given out by the IFJA, a group of writers and broadcasters dedicated to promoting quality film criticism in the Hoosier State.