Category: Film Culture
Micro-criticism
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is hosting a symposium called Project: New Cinephilia. The event — a conversation about cinephilia,
Building A Large Conversation
In his book-length essay What Happened to Art Criticism? (2003), James Elkins surveys the last 50 years of the field.
Strombolian Films
I’m curious to hear about your experiences with films that you weren’t ready for when you first encountered them–films that
On Auteurism
I’ve had a couple of different trains of thought running through my head lately; let me draw them together in
Richness, Intensity and Gesture: An Interview with Adrian Martin
A word of thanks to Adrian for this fun and meaty guest post on film criticism and film culture. The
Cahiers du Cinema
There’s a terrific essay by Emilie Bickerton on Cahiers du Cinema—the best-known film magazine in the world—in a recent issue