Film criticism is the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of films.
There are two different types of publications that offer opinions about films:
The film critic tries to understand why film works, how it works, and what effects it has on people; while the film reviewer looks a film's production values and general enjoyability.
| Leading Film Critics Include: | Popular Film Critics Include: |
|---|---|
| Andre Bazin | Roger Ebert |
| Rudolf Arnheim | Pauline Kael |
| Siegfried Kracauer | Alex Gorina |
| Sergei Eisenstein | Leonard Maltin |
| Christian Metz | Janet Maslin |
| Kaja Silverman | Richard Roeper |
| Andrew Sarris | Joel Siegel |
| Bela Balazs | John Ivan Simon |
| Peter Bogdanovich | Barry Norman |
See also our Film and Film Criticism Databases List.
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