See as Many Movies as Possible; I Don’t Care Which Ones

In 2018, I wrote 105 movie reviews. I expect to write about the same amount in 2019. I’ve been a professional film critic for the past 12 years, and I’ve been writing movie reviews for the past 20 years. And yet I’m still a little surprised when people assume that the purpose of a film review is a recommendation. The purpose of film criticism is not like Consumer Reports where an object is worth purchasing or not. The purpose of film criticism to participate in a discussion about film. I would suggest that a positive review should …

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