Critici

sm: Finding

art in entertainm

ent

“Any movie worth seeing is worth

arguing about, and any movie worth arguing about is

worth seeing” ~ A.O. Scott

1930s

1970s: “golden age” (Roberts 14)

1990s

“snap-judgment reviewing and celebrity gossip” (Nowell-Smith 3)

30+ critics left since 2006 (Roberts 11)

Film criticis

m should

be more than this

“a [corpse] on the autopsy table waiting to be imbued with a

history” (Dokumaci 5)

the “surgeons”

CONNECTIONS

CONNECTIONS

CONNECTIONS

The Social Network

Gone with the Wind

Distorting Reality

Mississippi Burning

What I’ve

been up to…

My first story…

…and the others

I would like to thank…

My mom and dad

Dr. Valenza

Mrs. Ward

Frank Quattrone

Mr. Rodoff

My wonderful classmates

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Dokumaci, Arseli. “Filmic Experience and Critical Writing on Film as Performance.” 22 May 2008. International Communication Association. Montreal. All Academic. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/3/2/8/0/p232808_index.html>.

Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. “The Rise and Fall of Film Criticism.” Film Quarterly 62.1 (2008): n. pag. Web. 1 Oct. 2010. <http://www.filmquarterly.org/?s=the+rise+and+fall+of+film+criticism&submit=Search>.

Roberts, Jerry. “Introduction.” Introduction. The Complete History of American Film Criticism. By Roberts. Santa Monica: Santa Monica Press LLC, 2010. 11-15. Print.

Scott, A.O. “Everybody’s a Critic of the Critics’ Rabid Critics.” New York Times 21 July 2010: n. pag. Web. 19 Oct. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/movies/25scott.html>.

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Dehaney, Leigh Anthony. “~cuff/48 horror film fest.” 15 April 2007. Online image. Flickr. 10 November 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/zyphichore/454094968/in/set-72157600017923308/>.

Denby, David. “Fancy Footwork: ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Love and Other Drugs.’” 6 Dec. 2010. The New Yorker. 12 Jan. 2011. <http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2010/12/06/101206crci_cinema_denby>.

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“Elizabeth Wilson, Hoffman’s head, and William Daniels.” 1967. Online image. Flat Land. 10 November 2010. <http://flattland.com/index.php?m=02&y=07&d=04&entry=entry070204-220739&category=8>.

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