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Chicago critic Roger Ebert (right) with director Russ Meyer. Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findings and essays in books and journals, and general journalistic criticism that appears regularly ...
Critic by Lajos Tihanyi. Oil on canvas, c. 1916. A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food. Critics may also take as their subject social or government policy.
Cinephilia (/ ˌ s ɪ n ɪ ˈ f ɪ l i ə / SIN-ih-FIL-ee-ə; also cinemaphilia or filmophilia) is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in films, film theory, and film criticism.
Film critics analyze and evaluate film. They can be divided into journalistic critics who write for newspapers , and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic critics who are informed by film theory and publish in journals.
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-bərt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author.He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
Former L.A. Times film critic Justin Chang wins Pulitzer Prize for work singling out those he felt deserved praise for artistry, humanity and sheer storytelling.
Normally, Siskel and Ebert would refuse to guest-star in movies or television series, as they felt it would undermine their "responsibility to the public." [30] However, they both "could not resist" appearing on an episode of the animated television series The Critic, the title character of which was a film-critic who hosted a television show. [30]
Audiences thought this film was a C+ popcorn flick, while critics hated it and graded it with an F. The critic consensus was that: "'Warcraft' has visual thrills to spare, but they -- and director ...