Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Critical Questions 1
5. Part I. The Critic And The Audience
6. 1. Thumbs In The Crowd: Artists And Audiences In The Postvanguard World 23
7. 2. Critics Through Authors: Dialogues, Similarities, And The Sense Of A Crisis 41
8. 3. “The Last Honest Film Critic In America”: Armond White And The Children Of James Baldwin 61
9. Part II. New Forms And Activities
10. 4 The New Democracy? Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Twitter, And IMBDb 81
11. 5. The Price Of Conservation: Online Video Criticism Of Film In Italy 99
12. 6. Before And After Afterellen: Online Queer Cinephile Communities As Critical Counterpublics 117
13. 7. Elevating The “Amateur”: Nollywood Critics And The Politics Of Diasporic Film Criticism 137
14. Part III. Institutions And The Profession
15. 8. American Nationwide Associations Of Film Critics In The Internet Era 157
16. 9. Finnish Film Critics And The Uncertainties Of The Profession In The Digital Age 177
17. 10. The Social Function Of Criticism; Or, Why Does The Cinema Have (To Have) A Soul? 195
18. Part IV. Critics Speak
19. 11. The Critic Is Dead . . . 211
20. 12. What We Don’T Talk About When We Talk About Movies 217
21. 13. Who Needs Critics? 225
22. 14. Excerpts From Cineaste’S “Film Criticism In The Age Of The Internet: A Critical Symposium” 231
23. Afterword 243
24. Selected Bibliography 249
25. Notes On Contributors 261
26. Index 265