Cineaste on Film Criticism, Programming, and Preservation in the New Millennium

CYNTHIA LUCIA has served on Cineaste’s editorial board for more than two decades. She is a professor of English and the director of the Film/Media Studies Program at Rider University.RAHUL HAMID has been an editor at Cineaste for ten years. He teaches film studies at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where he is director of student affairs.

• AcknowledgmentsEditors’ Introduction. By Cynthia Lucia and Rahul HamidPart I. Film Criticism in the New Millennium 1. Film Criticism in America Today: A Critical Symposium (2000). By David Ansen, Jay Carr, Godfrey Cheshire, Mike Clark, Manohla Dargis, David Denby, Morris Dickstein, Roger Ebert, David Edelstein, Graham Fuller, J. Hoberman, Stanley Kauffmann, Stuart Klawans, Todd McCarthy, Peter Rainer, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Andrew Sarris, Richard Schickel, Lisa Schwarzbaum, John Simon, David Sterritt, Peter Travers, Kenneth Turan, Armond White2. International Film Criticism Today: A Critical Symposium (2005). By Argentina: QuintÍn (Eduardo Antin); Australia: Adrian Martin; Austria: Christoph Huber; Brazil: Pedro Butcher; China: Li Hongyu; France: Michel Ciment; France: Jean-Michel Frodon; Germany: Olaf MÖller; Greece: Angelike Contis; Hong Kong: Li Cheuk-to; India: Meenakshi Shedde; Italy: Tullio Kezich; Italy: Roberto Silvestri; Japan: Tadao Sato; Mexico: Leonardo GarcÍa Tsao; Philippines: Noel Vera; Russia: Lev Karakhan; South Africa: Leon van Nierop; Thailand: Kong Rithdee; Tunisia: Tahar Chikhaoui; United Kingdom: Jonathan Romney; Uruguay: Jorge Jellinek3. Film Criticism in the Age of the Internet: A Critical Symposium (2008). By Zach Campbell, Robert Cashill, Mike D’Angelo, Steve Erickson, Andrew Grant, J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Glenn Kenny, Robert Koehler, Kevin B. Lee, Karina Longworth, Adrian Martin, Adam Nayman, Theodoros Panayides, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Dan Sallitt, Richard Schickel, Campaspe, Girish Shambu, Michael Sicinski, Amy Taubin, Andrew Tracy, Stephanie Zacharek4. Film Criticism: The Next Generation: A Critical Symposium (2013). By Ben Kenigsberg, Gabe Klinger, Michael Koresky, Kiva Reardon, Andrew Tracy5. “I Still Love Going to Movies”: An Interview with Pauline Kael (2000). By Leonard Quart6. Cult Films, Commentary Tracks, and Censorious Critics: An Interview with John Bloom (2003). By Gary CrowdusPart II. The Art of Repertory Film Exhibition and Digital-Age Challenges 7. Repertory Film Programming: A Critical Symposium (2010). By John Ewing, John Gianvito, Bruce Goldstein, Haden Guest, Jim Healy, Kent Jones, Laurence Kardish, Marie Losier, Richard PeÑa, James Quandt, David Schwartz, Adam Sekuler, Dylan Skolnick, Tom Vick8. Utopian Festivals and Cinephilic Dreams: An Interview with Peter von Bagh (2012). By Richard Porton9. The (Cinematic) Gospel According to Mark: An Interview with Mark Cousins (2013). By Declan McGrathPart III. Film Preservation in the Digital Age 10. Film Preservation in the Digital Age: A Critical Symposium (2011). By Schawn Belston, Margaret Bodde, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Grover Crisp, Dennis Doros and Amy Heller, Jan-Christopher Horak, Annette Melville, Michael Pogorzelski, Katie Trainor, Daniel Wagner11. MOD Man: An Interview with George Feltenstein (2011). By Robert CashillNotes on the EditorsIndex

The collection provides a fascinating look into how film criticism, programming, preservation, and cinema itself have evolved to meet the changes wrought by the rise of the internet during the early years of the twenty-first century...Cineaste on Film Criticism, Programming, and Preservation in the New Millennium should be of interest to scholars, students, and anyone seriously interested in film. (Popular Culture Studies Journal)