TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frey, Mattias
AB  - 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 the 'death of the critic'. Bemoaning the current anarchy of internet amateurs and the lack of authoritative critics, many journalists and academics claim that in the digital age, cultural commentary has become dumbed down and fragmented into niche markets. Mattias Freu, arguing against these claims, examines the history of film critical discourse in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States . He demonstrates that since its origins, film criticism has always found itself in crisis: the need to show critical authority and the anxieties over challenges to that authority have been longstanding concerns.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_576930
ID  - OAPEN ID: 576930
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030814031
KW  - journalism
KW  - historical analysis
KW  - digital
KW  - film criticism
KW  - new media
KW  - critical authority
KW  - Houston
KW  - Rotten Tomatoes
KW  - Sight & Sound
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/01c8d1f8-e0c4-4fce-82f7-e8975dc7c5c7/576930.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33054
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
PY  - 2014
SN  - 9789089647177
TI  - The Permanent Crisis of Film Criticism : The Anxiety of Authority
ER  - 
