4 posts tagged ‘reviews’
The Case for Criticism
The New Yorker,
In the age of Goodreads and Letterboxd, with nearly every aspect of the cultural landscape up for review by professional writers and superfans alike, The New Yorker’s critics consider their vocation—and why it matters.
A Sense of Mystery and Wonder in a New “Color Purple”
Blitz Bazawule’s second feature catches the novel and musical’s extremes of sorrow and joy, love and memory.
Siskel, Ebert, and the Secret of Criticism
The duo’s onscreen sparring, far from being a sideshow, foregrounded the inextricably personal nature of reviewing.
Something’s Missing From A Murder at the End of the World
Vulture,
Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij applying their signature extravagant weirdness to a murder mystery is both too much (complimentary) and not enough.