Are film critics extinct? Two of the most prominent practitioners, Ken Turan and Todd McCarthy, abruptly posted their “fade out” notices last week. They were well timed, because the mov…
Esteemed THR Lead Film Critic Todd McCarthy Writes About His Abrupt Firing
The classic dilemma is that critics have the numbing task of seeing too many movies. At Cannes one year I foolishly commented to a critic that the spring weather was lovely, and she replied, “I feel it’s miscast, badly shot, the story sucks, and there are too many close-ups.” Her life, I realized, had become a movie.
For one thing, they have a tacit obligation to scout the landscape for bright young filmmakers –those who would have become the “discoveries” at festivals that never happened. This entails touching base with the indies but also with the myriad streaming platforms here and abroad. Much of the streamers’ work is aggressively pedestrian, but some show a “roll the dice” daring not on display in mainstream movies.
Veteran critics understand that “hanging” with filmmakers can be a trap; Pauline Kael was such a fan of Robert Altman that she screened his films prior to release, supposedly to elicit her helpful “notes.” Also her good reviews.
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