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DAVID STERRITT

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Biography: David Sterritt has been Film Critic of The Christian Science Monitor, an international daily newspaper, for more than 30 years. As a syndicated writer for the Monitor News Service he has contributed articles on film, theater, and music to The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other periodicals. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Film Comment, Cineaste, Variety, American Film, Stagebill, down beat, and other publications. His reviews were heard for many years on Monitor Radio, carried by Public Radio International, and he is a former film critic for All Things Considered on National Public Radio. Television appearances include ABC’s Nightline, the CBS Morning News, PBS’s Cinema, the Discovery Channel’s World Monitor, and programs on CNN, MSNBC, the Fox News Channel, MSG Metro, and CNBC. He is Professor of Theater and Film at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University and a member of the Film Studies Faculty at Columbia University, and he has taught at New York University and the City University of New York. His collected Monitor film criticism is housed by invitation in the Harvard Film Archive at Harvard University. He holds a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from New York University. He served for five years on the Selection Committee of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, and is Chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle, as well as a member of the National Society of Film Critics and other professional organizations. He lectures frequently at museums, universities, film festivals, libraries, cinema clubs, etc. His book "The Films of Jean-Luc Godard: Seeing the Invisible" was published last year by Cambridge University Press, which published his book "The Films of Alfred Hitchcock" in 1993. He is also the author of "Mad to Be Saved: The Beats, the '50s, and Film" (Southern Illinois University Press, 1998) and the editor of "Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews" and "Robert Altman: Interviews," both from University Press of Mississippi. Other recent publications include "From Psychology to Spirit" in the anthology "Jean-Luc Godard’s Hail Mary: Women and the Sacred in Film" from Southern Illinois University Press; "Notes" in the anthology "Meredith Monk" from The Johns Hopkins University Press; essays in the Hitchcock Annual, the Austrian film magazine Blimp, the Columbia University magazine 21st C, the Long Island University journal Ventures in Research, the Canadian journal Mosaic, and (forthcoming) the American journals Wide Angle and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, as well as program essays for the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the San Francisco International Film Festival. He is currently coediting "Terry Gilliam: Interviews"

Publications: Christian Science Monitor, Film Scouts, Senses of Cinema

Critics' Group: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle

Total Reviews: 1057

Location: New York, NY

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Fresh
4/4

Fresh
88%

Touch the Sound (2006)

" Exquisitely beautiful for the eyes as for the ears." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
71%

Clean (2006)

" Can a misguided adult start afresh with a new set of values and priorities? This ambitious drama, directed by one of France's most resourceful filmmakers, explores that crucial question in depth and detail." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
A

Fresh
84%

The Future Of Food (2005)

" There's a stunning revelation in almost every scene." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 18, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
97%

The Untold Story of Emmet Louis Till (2005)

" Required viewing for anyone interested in the struggle for American racial equality." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 18, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
83%

This Divided State (2005)

" Frequently funny, sometimes sad, often electrifying." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
83%

One Bright Shining Moment (2005)

" The interviews with him are worth the price of admission." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
37%

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

" Gilliam has rarely been more inventive, energetic, or just plain funny." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
84%

2046 (2005)

" Filmed to perfection by the great Christopher Doyle and others." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
62%

Saint Ralph (2005)

" This deliciously offbeat Canadian comedy gets its charm from marvelous acting and from a screenplay bursting with ideas." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
31%

November (2005)

" An ingeniously scripted psychological thriller." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
86%

Junebug (2005)

" This low-key drama is a miracle of mood, atmosphere, and sensitivity." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
93%

Grizzly Man (2005)

" As revealing about Herzog as about his subject, the movie is brilliant, poetic, and utterly unique." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
34%

The Chumscrubber (2005)

" At once dreamily surreal, acutely intelligent, and strikingly tough-minded." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
90%

Tony Takitani (2005)

" The movie's underlying theme is the complex relationship between objects and memories, worked out through a taut, compelling story and superbly understated acting." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
59%

Last Days (2005)

" A true American tragedy, directed with skill and conviction." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jul 21, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
83%

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

" Burton turns out to be the ideal filmmaker for this deliciously bizarre yarn." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
68%

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005)

" Utterly fascinating journey." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
98%

Murderball (2005)

" This is a lively, life-affirming documentary no viewer is likely to forget." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
93%

Saraband (2005)

" Its leisurely, deliberative style is a perfect complement to the emotions it deals with - emotions so penetrating that I warn you at the outset how jarringly intense you may find Bergman's most brilliant drama in decades." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Rotten
4/4

Fresh
69%

The World (2005)

" A brilliant, if challenging, film." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 30, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
76%

Tropical Malady (2005)

" While it's anything but commercial, it's also anything but unadventurous." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 30, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
84%

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

" As stylish as it is suspenseful." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 30, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
94%

Wheel of Time (2005)

" Riveting and unique." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 16, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
92%

My Summer of Love (2005)

" Superbly acted, movingly written, and directed with a tough-minded lyricism rarely found in today's films." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 16, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
65%

Heights (2005)

" There's much subtle beauty in the last movie completed by Merchant Ivory Productions before Merchant's untimely death." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 16, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
100%

McLibel (2005)

" Riveting, suspenseful, and a perfect antidote to the too-tricky documentary Super-Size Me." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 9, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
86%

Howl's Moving Castle (2005)

" It benefits from Miyazaki's abundant visual imagination, which fills the screen with eye-dazzling wonders." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 9, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
77%

Or (My Treasure) (2005)

" Acted and directed with uncommon psychological realism." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 2, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
94%

The White Diamond (2005)

" Touching, transfixing, unique." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 2, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
80%

Cinderella Man (2005)

" Ron Howard and his splendid cast have made a spellbinding movie that joins Million Dollar Baby, as well as Raging Bull, the first two Rocky pictures, and Fat City as one of boxing cinema's all-time heavyweight champs." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Jun 2, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
86%

Sequins (2005)

" Faucher's filmmaking is exquisite, Naymark's acting is luminous, and superb use of music lends a crowning touch." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 26, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
82%

The Ninth Day (2005)

" This is moviemaking on the highest dramatic, psychological, and moral plane." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 26, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
91%

Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire (2005)

" Wrenching on both personal and political levels." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 19, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
29%

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)

" The material is right up Schrader's alley, and while his vision of the first 'Exorcist' chapter isn't a masterpiece, it's far superior to the Renny Harlin prequel to The Exorcist." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 19, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
77%

The Holy Girl (2005)

" Smart, subtle drama about an Argentine teenager who tries to reconcile her sincere religious questions with the temptations of worldly life." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 12, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
87%

Kings and Queen (2005)

" It's hugely ambitious, with a sweeping range of character types, frequently shifting moods, stylistic flourishes of many kinds, and some mighty wry satire, aimed largely at the world of psychotherapy." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 12, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
83%

Mysterious Skin (2005)

" This thoughtful, troubling drama is leagues above the sensationalistic stuff Araki peddled in earlier films." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 5, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
89%

Brothers (2005)

" This story might have been a standard melodrama in less gifted hands, but Bier uses a leisurely pace and subtly stylized camera work to make it an intelligent, deeply moving exploration of social and individual ethics." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted May 5, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
87%

3-Iron (2005)

" Quiet, mysterious, sometimes violent, ultimately close to sublime." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Apr 28, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
78%

Another Road Home (2005)

" It's unlikely there will ever be a more moving portrait of the shared selfhood, usually veiled by politics, common to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Apr 28, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
97%

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

" As real-life stories go, this is as riveting -- and as revealing about the dark side of American business -- as they come." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Apr 21, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
35%

Eros (2005)

" Three short movies with sexual themes by filmmakers of extraordinary interest." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Apr 14, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
62%

Winter Solstice (2005)

" Gently told, beautifully acted tale about a widowed landscape gardener who's afraid his growing sons are making all the wrong starts in life. As quietly dazzling as a small, very precious stone." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Apr 7, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
81%

Kontroll (2005)

" Watch how inventively Mr. Antal keeps the action moving and you'll see why his picture has won a passel of prizes, bestowed by everyone from the Cannes Film Festival to the Budapest Hungarian Film Critics organization." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Mar 31, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
61%

Nina's Tragedies (2005)

" This wry comedy drama has excellent acting and surprises galore." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Mar 24, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
58%

Steamboy (2005)

" Otomo outdoes his Akira with this cinematic feast." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Mar 17, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
69%

Off the Map (2005)

" Scott has the courage to let the imaginative story unfold at its own leisurely pace, and it's not surprising that the acting is excellent." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Mar 10, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
85%

Gunner Palace (2005)

" Illuminating, disturbing, evenhanded." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Mar 3, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
95%

The Best of Youth (2005)

" Not to be missed by anyone who cares about the joys, sorrows, and challenges of living in the modern world." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Mar 3, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
84%

Up and Down (2005)

" Always hard-hitting and often grimly, revealingly satirical." — Christian Science Monitor

Posted Feb 24, 2005
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