7-2-12: Criticizing Criticism

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This conversation first aired December 5, 2011.

Last year, the Baltimore Sun moved film critic Michael Sragow to the copy desk, sparking an outcry in Baltimore’s film and arts community.  That includes filmmaker John Waters, who wrote a letter to the Baltimore Sun in September criticizing the decision.

We discuss the importance of local film criticism with John Waters, along with   Maryland Film Festival director Jed Dietz, and National Society of Film Critics chairman David Sterritt.