If movies are niche, shouldn't critics be too?
The Playlist is a useful blog that aggregates the day's major entertainment news. They're also been dabbling in reviews, which is how I came across Drew Taylor's take on the acclaimed if by no means Romanian film "Police, Adjective," which is screening at the New York Film Festival. Taylor calls it "the most boring fucking movie that's ever been filmed. Ever," as well as "pretentious nothingness," and gives it an F. At the end of the review is a curious editorial note: "Not to undermine our writer here," it begins shrinkingly, before going to point out that NYFF movies are not one size fits all: "these films can be brilliant, but they're not for everyone." Sure. What I wonder about is why you'd assign someone with no sympathy for the kind of movie under consideration to review it. Whatever you think of the Ain't It Cool crowd, they provide their...
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