Essays Tagged: "film critics"

Film Noir Conventions in The Maltese Falcon

One of the most influential film movements in the 1940's was a genre that is known today as film noir. French film critics who n ... e that is known today as film noir. French film critics who noticed the trend of how dark and black films appeared coined the term "film noir." The criminal, violence or greed elements in film noir we ... symptom of society's evils, with a strong undercurrent of moral conflict. It is a style of American films that first evolved in the 1940s, became prominent in the post-war era, and lasted in a classic ...

(8 pages) 143 0 4.4 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Films

What is the crisis in film criticism?This short essay will examine the critic and his role in 20th century film criticism ... h century film criticism through analyzing various writings and essays. In J. Hoberman's essay "The Film Critic of Tomorrow, Today," the author raises several intriguing questions about film critics. ... tions about film critics. Specifically he asks, what function today's critic plays in writing about film. By extension, what is the relation between film critics and films? Is the function of a film c ...

(4 pages) 54 0 4.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The Effect of Gender and Criticism on a Viewer's Opinion

Film critics are an insightful source for moviegoers. For those that are unsure whether to attend a ... ers. For those that are unsure whether to attend a movie, critiques allow consumers to evaluate the film's worthiness. Research has shown that individual evaluations of a movie commonly reflect those ... a movie commonly reflect those of well-recognized critics. Furthermore, consumers' evaluations of a film are more likely to follow a critic's when the critique is distinct from the critic's common att ...

(6 pages) 76 0 0.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Third Man analysis - filmic characteristics

"What is the best film made in 1940s?" has always been film critics concerns and I believe that question cannot be dec ... ieve that question cannot be decisively answered. It is known that during that period of time, many films have been made, but few films are considered true candidates for that question. One of them is ... lms are considered true candidates for that question. One of them is The Third Man, 1949, a British film noir directed by Carol Reed.The Third Man cleverly uses relatively obscure and now almost forgo ...

(3 pages) 9 0 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Reflection of how to analyze films

Reflective � PAGE �1� Reflective PaperENG: 225 Introduction to FilmMarch 1, 2009Analyzing movies is not an easy task. There are many things to take in account when ... ring the following questions: "what was the central point the director was trying to make with this film and what was the central goal of the film." If the theme is not apparent after the questions ab ... ve enough to be considered a theme.Analyzing the story is much easier than analyzing the theme of a film. A story is presented in film through the plot (simple, complex, timeless, believable) the char ...

(4 pages) 45 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

New Wave Theory

nological, and economic factors combined to give considerable influence to a number of young French filmmakers who had started out as film critics, theorists, and historians. Aside from Truffaut, the ... s Rivette, and Eric Rohmer, all of whom wrote polemical articles on the cinema in the 1950s for the film journal Cahiers du Cinéma, founded and edited by André Bazin. Although the style and content ...

(18 pages) 9 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology