MOVIES NOW AND THEN

As my profile states, I am a student journalist at Fordham University with a penchant for film criticism. The school and local newspapers for which I have written reviews have afforded me invaluable opportunities to practice and develop my writing style. However, I still have attained relatively limited exposure, and I need another objective hand in my education. Therefore, I turn to you, fellow movie fans, to help me better understand the craft of criticism and to help me perfect my writing style.

Any blogger wants comments on his or her work (unless those responders are Internet trolls and spammers, of course), and in my case, I seek constructive remarks on how I may modify my style and content. Readers who like or dislike my writing are welcome to say why as long as they actually explain it and not simply state or shout it. I am also open to review requests and recommendations on books and writers whose examples I should follow. I would appreciate a tone of pleasant discourse and won't allow profanity or ranting of any kind.

With these provisos in mind, I throw my services to you the public. Let us build this blog together with respect for filmmaking and with the shared and enduring thrill of seeing a movie again or for the first time.

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