The permanent crisis of film criticism the anxiety of authority
Film criticism is in crisis. Dwelling on the many film journalists made redundant at newspapers, magazines, and other 'old media' in past years, commentators have voiced existential questions about the purpose and worth of the profession in the age of WordPress blogospheres and proclaimed...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
[2015], 2015
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| Series: | Film theory in media history
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and index
- The Birthing Pains of the First Professionals: Promotion and Distinction
- Second-Wave Crises of Proximity and Distance: Relating to the Industry and the Audience
- The Institutional Assertion of Authority: Sight and Sound and the Postwar Cinephile Challenge
- From "I" to "We": Filmkritik and the Limits of Kracauerism in Postwar German Film Criticism
- The Anxiety of Influence: The "Golden Age" of Criticism, the Rise of the TV Pundit, and the Memory of Pauline Kael
- The Spectre of "Democratization" in the Digital Age
- Conclusion. What is the Good of Authoritative Critics?