The film critic for The Financial Times applauds minimalism.
An open letter from prominent critics to Guild members about the craft of directing from their point of view.
Film critic Andrew Sarris expanded the appreciation of movies by advocating the “auteur theory,” which holds that a director’s voice is central to great filmmaking. Reposted here is an article he wrote for DGA Quarterly in 2006.
Why the recent decline in film critics isn’t necessarily a good thing for directors.
The DVD columnist for The New York Times considers why modern comedy has for the most part abandoned the long shot.
More and more new devices are speeding the movement of content from your computer to your TV set. Has the wave of the future finally arrived?
The former critic for LA Weekly pays tribute to the French New Wave and wonders what happened to that spirit in American filmmaking.
A reviewer for The New York Times wonders what's missing from today's romantic comedies from a woman's perspective.
The TV critic for Variety reflects on why TV series directors don't get the credit they deserve-and why they should.
The critic for Salon.com wonders why there's so much camera shaking going on.
A veteran critic considers how screen comedy has changed since the days of Preston Sturges-and not for the better.
The reviewer for Entertainment Weekly muses about the relationship between directors and critics.
For a film to be critically successful, the ending doesn't have to necessarily be realistic and downbeat. It just has to be right for the material.
The popular critic and author wonders if movies are getting too long.
The critic for the Christian Science Monitor wonders why directors don't take their time to tell a story anymore.
The critic for Entertainment Weekly offers some helpful hints on how the species thinks.
The longtime critic for the New Republic traces how the history of film criticism parallels the history of the Guild.
A critic wonders if movies change - or we do.
Here are a few things directors should not do anymore.
The Los Angeles Times film critic suggests why directors shouldn't read their own reviews.