critic’s minifesto #4: I am biast
It’s astonishing how often I am “accused” of being biased — or “biast,” as a reader once blasted at me — as if there were something extraordinary or unusual or unlikely or uncriticly about this…
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critic’s minifesto #3: it’s all about story
This means that a film that does not tell a story that appeals to me on some level has, in my reckoning, failed as a movie.
critic’s minifesto #2: I work for you, not for the studios
When I am pushed to choose between being faithful to readers and making nice with studios, I will always — always — choose you, my dear readers.
critic’s minifesto #1: it’s not personal
When I review a movie, it’s never personal. It’s always about what we are presented with as an entertainment artifact.
