David Sterritt
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David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, was film critic of the Christian Science Monitor for almost 40 years. His reviews and articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, PopMatters.com, IndieWire.com, and many other publications. He's talked movies on TV shows like Nightline, Charlie Rose, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The O'Reilly Factor, and Hannity & Colmes, and on radio programs like All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, The World, and To the Point. He's a former film professor at Columbia University and Long Island University, and his books include Guiltless Pleasures, The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Terry Gilliam: Interviews, and The B List.

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Faith! Family! Films! And the Crystal Teddy Goes to...

Posted January 12, 2009 | 12:50:02 (EST)

Just when we thought it was safe to forget about movie awards, at least until the Oscars kick in, the Movieguide® Faith Values Award Gala comes barreling our way for the 17th straight year. The highlight of the event -- Feb. 11, televised from the Beverly Hilton -- is...

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Do Film Critics Have a Future? Who Cares?

Posted October 31, 2008 | 18:36:23 (EST)

You know film criticism is in trouble when its own publishers start wondering if it has a future. "Who needs critics?" inquires the October cover of Sight and Sound magazine. "Film Criticism in Crisis?" is the less panicky query of Film Comment, which organized a Lincoln Center panel to discuss...

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