Film Criticism in the Digital Age / / ed. by Cecilia Sayad, Mattias Frey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Elsaesser, Thomas,; Filippo, Maria San,; Frey, Mattias,; Hakola, Outi,; Hurault-Paupe, Anne,; James, Nick,; Kallay, Jasmina,; Lee, Kevin B.,; Longworth, Karina,; Manzoli, Giacomo,; McNeil, Daniel,; Noto, Paolo,; Panayides, Theodoros,; Sayad, Cecilia,; Smith Nehme, Farran,; Taylor, Greg,; Tsika, Noah,; White, Armond,; Zacharek, Stephanie,
• TeilnehmendeR: Elsaesser, Thomas.; Filippo, Maria San.; Frey, Mattias.; Hakola, Outi.; Hurault-Paupe, Anne.; James, Nick.; Kallay, Jasmina.; Manzoli, Giacomo.; McNeil, Daniel.; Noto, Paolo.; Sayad, Cecilia.; Taylor, Greg.; Tsika, Noah.; White, Armond.
• HerausgeberIn: Frey, Mattias,; Sayad, Cecilia,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.) :; 3 photos, 3 tables

Over the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a "crisis of criticism" and mourned the "death of the critic." Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social m...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Critical Questions
• Part I. The Critic And The Audience
• 1. Thumbs In The Crowd: Artists And Audiences In The Postvanguard World
• 2. Critics Through Authors: Dialogues, Similarities, And The Sense Of A Crisis
• 3. "The Last Honest Film Critic In America": Armond White And The Children Of James Baldwin
• Part II. New Forms And Activities
• 4 The New Democracy? Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Twitter, And IMBDb
• 5. The Price Of Conservation: Online Video Criticism Of Film In Italy
• 6. Before And After Afterellen: Online Queer Cinephile Communities As Critical Counterpublics
• 7. Elevating The "Amateur": Nollywood Critics And The Politics Of Diasporic Film Criticism
• Part III. Institutions And The Profession
• 8. American Nationwide Associations Of Film Critics In The Internet Era
• 9. Finnish Film Critics And The Uncertainties Of The Profession In The Digital Age
• 10. The Social Function Of Criticism; Or, Why Does The Cinema Have (To Have) A Soul?
• Part IV. Critics Speak
• 11. The Critic Is Dead . . .
• 12. What We Don'T Talk About When We Talk About Movies
• 13. Who Needs Critics?
• 14. Excerpts From Cineaste'S "Film Criticism In The Age Of The Internet: A Critical Symposium"
• Afterword
• Selected Bibliography
• Notes On Contributors
• Index