"Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium."
An evaluation of films based on their artistic merit, cultural significance, and entertainment value, including the different types of film reviews and the role of film critics.
"In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism [...] and academic criticism."
"...that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines, and other popular mass-media outlets."
"...by film scholars who are informed by film theory and are published in academic journals."
"Academic film criticism rarely takes the form of a review; instead, it is more likely to analyze the film and its place in the history of its genre or in the whole of film history."
"Film criticism is a type of writing that perceives films as possible achievements and wishes to convey their differences."
"...as well as the films being made in a level of quality that is satisfactory or unsatisfactory."
"Journalistic criticism resides in standard structures such as newspapers... critics are normally commissionaires who affect culture."
"The judgments and choices of critics have the effect of influencing what audience members perceive about objects that are supplied to them."
"Critics are also able to influence how the audience members choose to think about objects that are supplied to them."
"...film criticism is rich in having digital devices that allow films to be analyzed through visual and auditory methods."
"Academic criticism is able to primarily make interpretations of films from the viewpoint of directors."
"...interpretations place emphasis on parallels that films have with previous works that were deemed to be of high quality."
"Academic film criticism rarely takes the form of a review."
"...published in academic journals."
"Journal articles pertaining to films served as representatives for the film critics who desired to increase the amount of communication about movies."
"...critics have the effect of influencing what audience members perceive about objects that are supplied to them."
"Critics are also able to influence how the audience members choose to think about objects that are supplied to them."
"...it is more likely to analyze the film and its place in the history of its genre or in the whole of film history."
"Academic film criticism perceives films as possible achievements and wishes to convey their differences."