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Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
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For Wood, the discovery of what he considers to be positive moral values in a film is a prerequisite to his appreciation of it-a
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
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Dave Kehr • When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade
“Keep your politics out of your reviews,” wrote an irritated reader in 1993 (as if he or I had a choice in the matter). “It’ll destroy your credibility.” But keeping politics out of movie reviews, I’d argue, is precisely what makes it easy to cheer and celebrate such CNN “movies” — or “turkey shoots” — as OPERATION DESERT STORM and WAR IN THE GULF.
Jonathan Rosenbaum • HOW TO LIVE IN AIR CONDITIONING
The theater’s rich intellectual inheritance serves as a buffer to society’s recrudescent stupidity. Upholding this legacy seems a more vital role for a critic than operating as a tour guide of commercial entertainments. The survival of our democracy depends on the recovery of our critical thinking skills.
In the past, when I’ve made the case for cri... See more
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Charles McNulty • In defense of criticism: A theater critic asks what good does it do in an upside-down world
“The packaging of all moving images as equitable content “has created a situation in which everything is presented to the viewer on a level playing field, which sounds democratic but isn’t,” Scorsese continues. “If further viewing is ‘suggested’ by algorithms based on what you’ve already seen, and the suggestions are based only on subject matter or... See more