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November 14, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Stanford Humanities Center

NEW SERIES: Arts Critics in Residence
Film Critic

David Thomson
Author, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Frequent Contributor: The New York Times, Film Comment, Salon.com

Lecture: "What Do Film Critics Do?"

About the Speaker

David Thomson is the author of the lauded New Biographical Dictionary of Film. He was a teacher of film studies at Dartmouth College and is a regular contributor to the New York Times, Film Comment, Movieline, the New Republic, and salon.com. As well, he has served on the selection committee for the New York Film Festival and wrote the script for the award-winning documentary The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind.

This series engages with one of the most essential and currently imperiled arenas of arts criticism: journalistic daily and weekly writing for the public. It brings one leading arts critic to campus per quarter to enter into public conversations with art practitioners, humanistic scholars, and students interested in the arts.

Program

Lecture
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Levinthal Hall
Stanford Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street
Stanford University

Discussion
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 12:30 p.m. (note new time)
Stanford Humanities Center

Student Workshop (participation limited)
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Stanford Humanities Center
(to apply: contact Matthew Tiews: mtiews@stanford.edu)

Film Screenings
Un Chien Andalou; The Passenger
Wednesday, November 14, 7:00 p.m.
Building 420 RM 041

Upcoming Critics:
Joan Acocella
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Dance and Book Critic
February 6-7, 2008

Anthony Tommasini
Chief Music Critic, The New York Times
May 14-15, 2008

This series is sponsored by the Stanford Institute for Creativity in the Arts, the Stanford Humanities Center, the School of Humanities and Sciences, the Drama Department, and the Film Studies program