I will be presenting as a part of Winona State University’s Athenaeum Series at 1pm on November 14, 2012. The lecture is titled “Do Film Critics Matter?” and will be held on the second floor of the WSU Krueger Library. Here is the description of the lecture from the Athenaeum webpage:
Today film criticism finds itself at a crossroads. For most of the history of cinema, film criticism has been limited to a select few but with the advent of the internet, digital forces have democratized film criticism, flooding the market with new voices. And as digital sources erode print media, many film critics are finding themselves out of work. Simultaneously, films that are panned by both traditional and digital critics do extraordinarily well at the box office. This presentation will look at the change in film criticism and speculate on its value and function for the future.