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Culture Warrior: Responsible Film Criticism and the Case of ‘Antichrist’ Don’t worry, Landon is done arguing his case for Lars von Trier’s new film, but he has a bone to pick with critics who feel entitled to spoil it simply because they don’t like a movie. By Landon Palmer on October 5, 2009 | Comments |
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Why Variety is Wrong (and Right) About Film Blogs Something twisted up Variety’s panties, because not one, not two, but three articles about how shitty blogs are popped up on Sunday. Are they worth reading? Maybe. Are they worth responding to? Of course. By Dr. Cole Abaius on March 23, 2009 | Comments |
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Commentary Track: Is Anyone Safe When Variety Fires Anne Thompson? Is Variety signaling that their done with the internet by firing the journalist who has championed it the most? By Brian C. Gibson on January 26, 2009 | Comments |
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Over the past few months, dozens of critics from major outlets have retired or been let go. This happens largely because they can’t justify their own salaries, not when people can read 300 reviews for the same movie indexed through RottenTomatoes.com for free. By Kevin Carr on April 7, 2008 | Comments |
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Vanity Fair Honors The 10 (Supposed) Fresh Faces of 2008 What’s so fresh about Anne Hathaway or Jessica Biel? C’mon Variety! By Michelle Graham on February 5, 2008 | Comments |