DEMYSTIFYING FILM CRITICISM

Frequently lumped together and dismissed in our social media age, film critics remain a vital part of the ecosystem of film. Critics Vikram Murthi (The A.V. Club, Vulture, RogerEbert.com, Filmmaker Magazine, and The Nation), Noel Murray (The A.V. Club, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Week), and Monica Castillo (The New York Times, NBC, NPR, RogerEbert.com, The Wrap, Film Comment, Remezcla, and Elle) will candidly discuss how criticism works—everything from the nuts and bolts of writing coverage, to working within the entertainment landscape, and the urgent political stakes behind evaluating documentary films.