Daily Briefing. New Filmmaker. Plus, Film Criticism @ 100?
David HudsonAlso: A severely botched screening of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo.
Also: A severely botched screening of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo.
Also: Untouchable’s breaking box office records in France. And some terrific movie posters.
Also: Colson Whitehead, essential film criticism and more.
"There is a useful but not very respected mode of criticism — let's call it 'micro-criticism' — that is made possible by the Internet," writes Girish Shambu in an entry inspired
Illuminating the Shadows: Film Criticism in Focus is a free three-day event kicking off this evening at the Block Cinema at Northwestern University when Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips
"What happens when even the most experienced and investigative critics are confronted with films that bring them out of their 'comfort zone'?" asks de Filmkrant editor Dana Linssen, introducing
Something to be thankful for while they're still around: Magazines. Of course, in one form or another, there will likely always be magazine-like entities with editors and contributors whose work will