, a stint at Microsoft, a bit of
professional film criticism, and more.
, a bit of
professional film criticism, and some time with Master Chief.
, but my road to
professional film criticism was a long and crooked one.
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?
Plus, there's a sense that the blogger revolution has rendered
professional film criticism irrelevant.
It may be surprising for you to learn that in a country with more than one billion people, the fastest growing film industry in the world, and a 10 billion rmb (1.5 billion usd) box office gross in 2010 alone, there is hardly
any professional film criticism accessible to its public.When I say hardly any, I mean that there is an absence of professional film critics who work for major, national publications and media outlets, and thus a lack of regular film reviews of new Chinese movies, at least for the mass audiences.
Not exact matches
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 vocation.
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.
Cinemalogue's editorial staff consists of
professionals with experience in journalism,
film criticism, screenwriting, production and direction.
Dr Holmqvist has established a publishing record and aspires to move into
film criticism as a
professional field.
We see a documentary about the
professional rivalry and growing friendship between Ebert and his late sparring partner Gene Siskel, whose nationally syndicated television show brought
film criticism into many homes and inspired a few generations of
film lovers — myself included — to watch movies with a critical but appreciating eye.
And
film criticism (to which I gave several
professional years) is expertise crossed with a sort of subordinate art - form — it's an act of creation, but from the vantage of cataloged knowledge instead of the transcenscion ideal to «non-critical» art.