Power of Scotland
Scotland is not only a country of old, enduring traditions but also of great elemental and human resource – sun, wind, water and innovative minds!
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A “beautifully intimate”, “fantastical”, “human experience”
…exuberance and magnetism that translate across Celtic, classical, and contemporary...
Read MoreThe Critics: A Wish List
A good critic checks all facts thoroughly before she posts. She doesn’t judge from her own assumptions, inattention, or incomplete research and viewing…
A good critic doesn’t put self above or ahead of a film to start…No ridicule — for show, for self-assurance, or for other ulterior purposes…
It is said, all artists need an audience, but that doesn’t mean all should be *ruled* by one. The critic also looks out for the creative person, the whole realm of artistic purpose and freedom – and the frequently ignored audiences that cherish that space.
Read MoreThe Critics: The Privilege
It is true that everyone is entitled to an opinion. It is also true that critics are not above reproach.
They themselves do not necessarily come with greater authority or even skill in their attempts to assert it…
In fact, the whole realm of review lends itself to an unjustified elitism, an overly cherished and protected opportunity to harm without basis, without self-check or cross-check — or even any productive experience in the field(s)…
Relative to the mind, maturity, and experience of the reviewer, public judgment can be a deceptive and destructive project, unless it’s handled cautiously from that very awareness.
Read MoreRoger’s Movie Nation: Raping Grace
Maybe he thinks it’s critique,
but when Roger pulls my words recklessly and wrongly out of context, away from all other interdependent elements (music, imagery, mood, flow, rhythm, etc.),
attributing his naked “re-write” and careless errors to me, for worldwide ridicule, I call it abuse.
— And there is a difference.
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