Wood's Dilemma

At Moving Image Source:

Robin Wood once wrote, "Any critic who is honest...is committed to self-exposure, a kind of public striptease." In keeping with that spirit...

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Reinterpreting the Gods

At Moving Image Source:

In the story of English-language film criticism, Robin Wood looms large. He was one of the first film critics to publish serious, book-length studies of individual directors, and also one of the first to get a job teaching at a university...

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Sturm und Drang und Irony

At The L Magazine dot com:

I don’t really know what they’re about,” my friend remarked, “I just know I really, really like them.” She was voicing a not uncommon reaction to the films and videos of Michael Robinson...

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Bad Filmmaker Makes Bad Film About Good Filmmakers

At The L Magazine:

The American film avant-garde is in need of an approachable documentary that could make its staggering accomplishments more readily accessible to a wider audience. Or an erudite documentary that could spark discussion among those already in the know...

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