The Critic as Creator: Better Living through Criticism, by A.O. Scott Joshua Sperling June 2017 Book Reviews A.O. Scott is one of the few film critics working today whose fuller personality comes through in their prose. From his weekly reviews for the New York Times – always animated, hyper-readable, and often subtly ...
The Essentials of Narrative: The 51st New York Film Festival Joshua Sperling December 2013 Festival Reports After twenty-five years under the stewardship of Richard Peña, the New York Film Festival presented its 51st event with a new director, Kent Jones. The selection committee largely honoured NYFF’s model of showi...
