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'''David Sterritt''' (born 11 September 1944) is a [[film critic]], [[author]] and [[scholar]]. He is most notable for his work on [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and [[Jean-Luc Godard]], and his many years as the Film Critic for [[The Christian Science Monitor]], where, from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, he championed avant garde cinema, theater and music. He has a Ph.D in Cinema Studies from [[New York University]], and is the Chairman of the [[National Society of Film Critics]]<ref>[http://www.screendaily.com/awards/national-society-of-film-critics-to-announce-winners-on-january-3-2010/5006068.article National Society of Film Critics Announcement, September 23, 2009]</ref>. His writings on film and film culture appear regularly in various publications, including [[The New York Times]], [[Moviemaker]] magazine<ref>http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/year_of_the_indie_2884/ Sterritt, ''Moviemaker'' Year of the Indie, January 15, 2006 </ref>, [[The Huffington Post]]<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sterritt/faith-family-films-and-th_b_157148.html Sterritt, Faith! Family! Films! ''Huffington Post'', January 12, 2009] </ref>, [[Senses of Cinema]]<ref>[http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/9/kiarostami.html Sterritt, ''Senses of Cinema'', Taste of Kierostami] </ref>, [[Cineaste]]<ref>[http://www.cineaste.com/articles/four-alain-resnais-films-on-dvd.htm Sterritt, ''Cineaste'', Four Alain Renais Films on DVD] </ref>, [[Film Comment]]<ref>[http://www.filmlinc.org/fcm/1-2-2001/bestof00.htm Best of 2000 ''Film Comment''] </ref>, [[Film Quarterly]]<ref> [http://www.filmquarterly.org/issue_5702_right.html Sterritt and Brottman, Review: Irreversible] </ref>, [[Beliefnet]]<ref>[http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/2005/07/Playing-On-Our-Fears.aspx David Sterritt, ''Beliefnet'', Playing with our Fears 07/05]</ref>, [[Counterpunch]]<ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/sterritt07242009.html Sterritt, ''Counterpunch'', Screening the Politics out of the Iraq War, July 2009]</ref>, and elsewhere. |
'''David Sterritt''' (born 11 September 1944) is a [[film critic]], [[author]] and [[scholar]]. He is most notable for his work on [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and [[Jean-Luc Godard]], and his many years as the Film Critic for [[The Christian Science Monitor]], where, from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, he championed avant garde cinema, theater and music. He has a Ph.D in Cinema Studies from [[New York University]], and is the Chairman of the [[National Society of Film Critics]]<ref>[http://www.screendaily.com/awards/national-society-of-film-critics-to-announce-winners-on-january-3-2010/5006068.article National Society of Film Critics Announcement, September 23, 2009]</ref>. His writings on film and film culture appear regularly in various publications, including [[The New York Times]], [[Moviemaker]] magazine<ref>http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/year_of_the_indie_2884/ Sterritt, ''Moviemaker'' Year of the Indie, January 15, 2006 </ref>, [[The Huffington Post]]<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sterritt/faith-family-films-and-th_b_157148.html Sterritt, Faith! Family! Films! ''Huffington Post'', January 12, 2009] </ref>, [[Senses of Cinema]]<ref>[http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/9/kiarostami.html Sterritt, ''Senses of Cinema'', Taste of Kierostami] </ref>, [[Cineaste]]<ref>[http://www.cineaste.com/articles/four-alain-resnais-films-on-dvd.htm Sterritt, ''Cineaste'', Four Alain Renais Films on DVD] </ref>, [[Film Comment]]<ref>[http://www.filmlinc.org/fcm/1-2-2001/bestof00.htm Best of 2000 ''Film Comment''] </ref>, [[Film Quarterly]]<ref> [http://www.filmquarterly.org/issue_5702_right.html Sterritt and Brottman, Review: Irreversible] </ref>, [[Beliefnet]]<ref>[http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/2005/07/Playing-On-Our-Fears.aspx David Sterritt, ''Beliefnet'', Playing with our Fears 07/05]</ref>, [[Counterpunch]]<ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/sterritt07242009.html Sterritt, ''Counterpunch'', Screening the Politics out of the Iraq War, July 2009]</ref>, and elsewhere. Sterritt has appeared as a guest on [[ CBS Morning News]], [[Nightline (U.S. News Program)|Nightline with Ted Koppel]] on [[ABC-TV]], [[Charlie Rose]] on [[PBS]], [[Geraldo at Large]] on the [[Fox News Channel]], [[Catherine Crier Live]] on [[Court TV]], [[CNN Live Today]], and [[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]] on [[MSNBC]], among many other television and radio shows. |
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==Bio= |
==Bio== |
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Sterritt began his career at Boston After Dark (now the [[Boston Phoenix]]), where he was Chief Editor. He then moved to [[The Christian Science Monitor]], where he worked as the newspaper's Film Critic and Special Correspondent. During his tenure at the Monitor, Dr. Sterritt held a number of additional appointments. From 1978-1980 he was the Film Critic for [[All Things Considered]], on National Public Radio. From 1969 to 1973, he was the Boston Theater Critic for [[Variety]], and sat on the selection committee for the [[New York Film Festival]] from 1988 to 1992. Between 1994 and 2002 he was Senior Critic at the National Critics Institute of the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]], and he served as the video critic for ''Islands'' magazine from 2000-2003. From 2005-2007 he was Programming Associate at the Makor/Steinhardt Center of the [[92nd Street Y]]. He is a member of the National Editorial Advisory Group of [[Tikkun]], sits on the Editorial Board of [[Quarterly Review of Film and Video]], is a Contributing Writer to [[MovieMaker]] magazine, and the Chief Book Critic for [[Film Quarterly]].<br><br> Sterritt has also held a number of significant academic appointments. From 1999-2005 he was the Co-Chair, with William Luhr, of the [[Columbia University]] Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation. He is currently on the Film Studies Faculty at [[Columbia University]]'s Graduate Film Division, and Adjunct Faculty at the [[Maryland Institute College of Art]] in the Department of Language, Literature and Culture and the Department of [[Art History]]. He is also Distinguished Visiting Faculty in the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at the [[S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications]] at [[Syracuse University]], and Professor Emeritus of Theater and Film at [[Long Island University]], where he taught from 1993 to 2005, obtaining tenure in 1998. |
Sterritt began his career at Boston After Dark (now the [[Boston Phoenix]]), where he was Chief Editor. He then moved to [[The Christian Science Monitor]], where he worked as the newspaper's Film Critic and Special Correspondent. During his tenure at the Monitor, Dr. Sterritt held a number of additional appointments. From 1978-1980 he was the Film Critic for [[All Things Considered]], on National Public Radio. From 1969 to 1973, he was the Boston Theater Critic for [[Variety]], and sat on the selection committee for the [[New York Film Festival]] from 1988 to 1992. Between 1994 and 2002 he was Senior Critic at the National Critics Institute of the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]], and he served as the video critic for ''Islands'' magazine from 2000-2003. From 2005-2007 he was Programming Associate at the Makor/Steinhardt Center of the [[92nd Street Y]]. He is a member of the National Editorial Advisory Group of [[Tikkun]], sits on the Editorial Board of [[Quarterly Review of Film and Video]], is a Contributing Writer to [[MovieMaker]] magazine, and the Chief Book Critic for [[Film Quarterly]].<br><br> Sterritt has also held a number of significant academic appointments. From 1999-2005 he was the Co-Chair, with William Luhr, of the [[Columbia University]] Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation. He is currently on the Film Studies Faculty at [[Columbia University]]'s Graduate Film Division, and Adjunct Faculty at the [[Maryland Institute College of Art]] in the Department of Language, Literature and Culture and the Department of [[Art History]]. He is also Distinguished Visiting Faculty in the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at the [[S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications]] at [[Syracuse University]], and Professor Emeritus of Theater and Film at [[Long Island University]], where he taught from 1993 to 2005, obtaining tenure in 1998. |
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David Sterritt (born 11 September 1944) is a film critic, author and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, he championed avant garde cinema, theater and music. He has a Ph.D in Cinema Studies from New York University, and is the Chairman of the National Society of Film Critics[1]. His writings on film and film culture appear regularly in various publications, including The New York Times, Moviemaker magazine[2], The Huffington Post[3], Senses of Cinema[4], Cineaste[5], Film Comment[6], Film Quarterly[7], Beliefnet[8], Counterpunch[9], and elsewhere. Sterritt has appeared as a guest on CBS Morning News, Nightline with Ted Koppel on ABC-TV, Charlie Rose on PBS, Geraldo at Large on the Fox News Channel, Catherine Crier Live on Court TV, CNN Live Today, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, among many other television and radio shows.
Bio
Sterritt began his career at Boston After Dark (now the Boston Phoenix), where he was Chief Editor. He then moved to The Christian Science Monitor, where he worked as the newspaper's Film Critic and Special Correspondent. During his tenure at the Monitor, Dr. Sterritt held a number of additional appointments. From 1978-1980 he was the Film Critic for All Things Considered, on National Public Radio. From 1969 to 1973, he was the Boston Theater Critic for Variety, and sat on the selection committee for the New York Film Festival from 1988 to 1992. Between 1994 and 2002 he was Senior Critic at the National Critics Institute of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and he served as the video critic for Islands magazine from 2000-2003. From 2005-2007 he was Programming Associate at the Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd Street Y. He is a member of the National Editorial Advisory Group of Tikkun, sits on the Editorial Board of Quarterly Review of Film and Video, is a Contributing Writer to MovieMaker magazine, and the Chief Book Critic for Film Quarterly.
Sterritt has also held a number of significant academic appointments. From 1999-2005 he was the Co-Chair, with William Luhr, of the Columbia University Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation. He is currently on the Film Studies Faculty at Columbia University's Graduate Film Division, and Adjunct Faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art in the Department of Language, Literature and Culture and the Department of Art History. He is also Distinguished Visiting Faculty in the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and Professor Emeritus of Theater and Film at Long Island University, where he taught from 1993 to 2005, obtaining tenure in 1998.
Sterritt is the partner of the author and cultural critic Mikita Brottman.
Books
- Guiltless Pleasures: A David Sterritt Film Reader
- Mad to Be Saved: The Beats, the 50's, and Film
- Screening the Beats: Media Culture and the Beat Sensibility
- The Honeymooners (TV Milestones)
- The Films of Alfred Hitchcock (Cambridge Film Classics)
- The Films of Jean-Luc Godard: Seeing the Invisible (Cambridge Film Classics)
References
- ^ National Society of Film Critics Announcement, September 23, 2009
- ^ http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/year_of_the_indie_2884/ Sterritt, Moviemaker Year of the Indie, January 15, 2006
- ^ Sterritt, Faith! Family! Films! Huffington Post, January 12, 2009
- ^ Sterritt, Senses of Cinema, Taste of Kierostami
- ^ Sterritt, Cineaste, Four Alain Renais Films on DVD
- ^ Best of 2000 Film Comment
- ^ Sterritt and Brottman, Review: Irreversible
- ^ David Sterritt, Beliefnet, Playing with our Fears 07/05
- ^ Sterritt, Counterpunch, Screening the Politics out of the Iraq War, July 2009
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