What is the crisis in film criticism?
This short essay will examine the critic and his role in 20th century film criticism through analyzing various writings and essays. In J. Hoberman's essay "The Film Critic of Tomorrow, Today," the author raises several intriguing questions about film critics. Specifically he asks, what function today's critic plays in writing about film. By extension, what is the relation between film critics and films? Is the function of a film critic to uncover the hidden meaning of a film and to relay the meaning to an uninitiated audience? …
