For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

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Relied upon by some moviegoers and reviled by others, film critics for over 100 years have represented a form of journalism that sought to find and judge film as an art in a way others might want to heed. This film presents a comprehensive history of this form of writing as it developed with the film medium itself. With historical profiles on major contributors like Pauline Kael along with interview with contemporary figures like Roger Ebert, the nature of the profession is e... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism:

Patricia Clarkson
Roger Ebert
Pauline Kael
Andrew Sarris
Harry Jay Knowles
Richard Schickel

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Relied upon by some moviegoers and reviled by others, film critics for over 100 years have represented a form of journalism that sought to find and judge film as an art in a way others might want to heed. This film presents a comprehensive history of this form of writing as it developed with the film medium itself. With historical profiles on major contributors like Pauline Kael along with interview with contemporary figures like Roger Ebert, the nature of the profession is explored both for its illustrious past and its uncertain future.

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Variety - 8/10 by Joe LeydonFor all its attempts to offer an expansive and exhaustive historical account, the [documentary] is riddled with glaring gaps and facile transitions.
User Review - 8/10 by Ryan LQuite the interesting documentary with a lot of great information on the emergence and evolution of film criticism within our culture. It is a bit dry in the beginning, but eventually it gets to the good stuff and it's especially interesting if you're familiar with some of the major critics that are featured in the film, such as Kael, Sarris, Scott, Gleiberman, etc. I think it may appeal more to film students for that reason alone (the section on the auteur theory really brought me back!) but I think there's still something there for the regular viewer also.
User Review - 8/10 by Paul Jinteresting review of the part played by the movie critic
User Review - 8/10 by Byron BAdmittedly I am a sucker for docs about film but this was so interesting I bought the DVD after the showing from the director. Shows how film criticism grew from nothing to giants like Pauline Kael and how it may devolve into Internet noise spouted by people with handles like "hotmom23" (by the way, I made that handle up. No offense to any real hotmom23).
User Review - 8/10 by Brett Agood history with some insight into the critics who rate the movies
User Review - 8/10 by Ramses CMaravilloso documental sobre el oficio (en via de extincion) de ser "critico de cine".Excelente
User Review - 8/10 by Bryan LInteresting doc that will appeal most to those who either are, or are hoping to one day become, professional film critics. It's a bit of a downer as it more or less leaves you with the notion that film criticism is only something you can break into accidentally, so why try? On the other hand, with blogging and online magazines so popular now, who the hell can't watch a movie and write their opinion of it on the internet? You just may never get paid for that opinion.
User Review - 6/10 by Jacob MNothing groundbreaking, but it is something that's insightful and intriguing.
User Review - 4/10 by Alex KI Love Movies, 1941's Citizen Kane Is My Favorite Film.
User Review - 2/10 by Niki GA lame A&E-style waste of time in general. It starts out as an interesting (if not particularly engaging) history lesson, then devolves into some creaky, confused polemic about "these dang kids and their computers" and a bunch of other slapdash nonsense.

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