AltWeeklies Wire » Movies+TV » Reviews

Gerald Peary's Ode To The Film Critic

By Chris Faraone
Boston Phoenix | September 3, 2009
Rock critics rarely cut gold records. Likewise, few football reporters go on to quarterback Super Bowl winners. But with his eight-years-in-the-making documentary on film criticism, long-time critic and professor Gerald Peary incinerates the barrier between subject and reporter, demonstrating more than mere comprehension of the art he's scrutinized for decades.
View Full Story at Boston Phoenix
Tags: Amy Geller, Bertolt Brecht, For the Love of Movies, Gerald Peary, Pauline Kael, Rex Reed, Suffolk University, movies, Patricia Clarkson, Entertainment, Roger Ebert

Boston Phoenix

The Boston Phoenix was founded in 1966 as an arts and entertainment newspaper for the 18-40 year old market. Today, with editions in Rhode Island and Portland, Maine, the Phoenix has a distribution of 220,000 and more than 600,000 readers...
More »
Contact for Reprint Rights
  • Market Served: Metropolitan Area
  • Address: 126 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215
  • Phone: (617) 536-5390
www.thephoenix.com