For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism is a 2009 documentary film dramatizing a hundred years of American film criticism through film clips, historic photographs, and on-camera interviews with many of today’s important reviewers, mostly print but also Internet. It was produced by Amy Geller, written and directed by long-time Boston Phoenix film critic Gerald Peary, and narrated by Patricia Clarkson. Critics featured include Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times, A.O. Scott of The New York Times, Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly, Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times, and Elvis Mitchell, host of the public radio show The Treatment.
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
Directed by Gerald Peary
Genres - Documentary, History |
Release Date - Mar 1, 2009 |
Run Time - 80 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
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A.o. Scott Of The New York Times, Bernard, Bosley Crowther, Boston Phoenix, Film Criticism, Frank E. Woods, Gene Siskel, Harlan, Harry, It Cool News, Jacobson, James Agee, Kenneth Turan Of The Los Angeles Times, Knowles Of Ain't, Lisa Schwarzbaum Of Entertainment Weekly, Love, Manny Farber, Roger Ebert Of The Chicago Sun-times, Ruby, Spout.com, Story Of American, The Treatment, Vachel Lindsay, Vincent Canby
Alternate Titles
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
US
Por amor a las películas: La historia de la crítica cinematográfica americana
AR