Film Criticism as a Cultural Institution

AvHuw Walmsley-Evans

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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At the beginning of the 21st century film criticism was described as in crisis. The decline of print journalism, a series of lay-offs of prominent critics, and the rise of "amateur" reviewing online spurred a conversation about the decline, even death, of film criticism. This discourse flourished in part because film criticism has been little examined in scholarship to date. This book takes a deeper look at film criticism by focusing on its institutional contours. This is achieved through a combination of archival research and interviews with prominent film critics and stakeholders, including Adrian Martin (LOLA), Stephanie Zacharek (Time), Peter Bart (Variety), and Andrew Sarris (The Village Voice). Film Criticism as a Cultural Institution first examines the contemporary crisis conversation surrounding film criticism, comparing this to historical precedents. It then provides what today’s crisis conversation does not: an account of film criticism’s institutional formations. Using primarily U.S. and Australian case studies based on interviews, observation and archival research—as well as accounts from other national schools—the book maps contemporary film criticism. Across various sites, such as publications or online spaces, and organisations, such as film critics circles, it elucidates film criticism’s institutional practices, tasks, comportments, and personae. Looking at the history of conversations about film criticism shows us that "crisis" has always been a leitmotif. While acknowledging the considerable changes and challenges that film criticism faces today, this book situates these within an historical context and proposes an institutional framework that allows us to move beyond crisis discourse. Looking at film criticism in this way allows us to see that the very question of what counts as film criticism is continually contested within an institutional ecology made up of distinctive critica

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-12-12
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:CRESC
Antal sidor:202
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367875398

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Huw Walmsley-Evans has taught film, media, communication, and cultural studies for a decade at institutions including the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology. His writing has appeared in Screening the Past, Senses of Cinema, LOLA, and Screen Machine. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Queensland Film Festival. He received his doctorate from the University of Queensland in 2013. This is his first book.

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Introduction: Film Criticism as a Cultural Institution Part I: Understanding the Conversation 1. Crisis and Continuity in Film Criticism 2. Institutional Approaches to Film Criticism Part II: Towards an Ecology 3. Sites of Film Criticism 4. The Profession of Film Criticism 5. Film Critics Circles 6. Film Criticism and the Internet Epilogue: Film Criticism in the 21st Century

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