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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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Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1997)

Click here to read article — Film Scouts
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Nov 17, 2007

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Rotten
44%

Orphans (1997)

Click here to read article — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Oct 14, 2006

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Fresh
80%

Set Me Free (1999)

Click here to read article — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Oct 14, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
100%

Lustre (2005)

" This modest drama is a touching tribute to the late Argo, a character actor you'll instantly recognize." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Aug 25, 2005

Fresh
A

Fresh
84%

The Future Of Food (2005)

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

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
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Aug 18, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
88%

Touch the Sound (2006)

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

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
83%

This Divided State (2005)

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

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
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
94%

The Goebbels Experiment (2005)

" Informative and illuminating." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

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
SHORT REVIEW

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
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
36%

Asylum (2005)

" Patrick McGrath's novel provides a solid and suspenseful story, even if it loses much of its bite in Mackenzie's hands." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
83%

Young Rebels (2005)

" An eye-opening movie, both socially and politically." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
84%

2046 (2005)

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

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
63%

Saint Ralph (2005)

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

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
31%

November (2005)

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

Posted Aug 4, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
75%

Just One Look (2005)

" A romantic kung-fu comedy with a good heart." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

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
SHORT REVIEW

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
SHORT REVIEW

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
SHORT REVIEW

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
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
25%

9 Songs (2005)

" It's always hard to predict what Winterbottom will try next, but this experiment isn't worth repeating, the lively concert scenes notwithstanding." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
67%

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)

" The subject and the film clips are great, although the documentary as a whole is a bit gimmicky." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
100%

The Conformist (1970)

" Trintignant gives a legendary performance." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
78%

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005)

" The story is winning but the telling, with Dai adapting and directing from his own novel, is too sentimental in the long run." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
80%

The Aristocrats (2005)

" Mighty monotonous after a while." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 28, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
55%

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

" Horror fans will find what they're looking for." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 21, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
40%

The Island (2005)

" The first half is high-quality science fiction, the rest is a high-tech chase adventure with a gleeful yen for destructive thrills." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 21, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
59%

Last Days (2005)

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

Posted Jul 21, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
75%

The Beautiful Country (2005)

" The subject is compelling but the story is very, very slow." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
68%

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005)

" Utterly fascinating journey." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Fresh
4/4

N/A

Return to the Land of Wonders (2004)

" [Pachachi] keeps things lively by roaming far and wide with her camera, returning to the statesmanship side of the documentary often enough to let us follow relevant events as they unfold." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
56%

Happy Endings (2005)

" The best asset is first-rate acting; the worst liability is Roos's overuse of cinematic gimmicks." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
74%

Wedding Crashers (2005)

" There are a few good laughs, but not nearly enough clever ideas to keep things hopping for two hours." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 14, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
71%

Cronicas (2005)

" The film begins strongly and violently, then simmers down to a standard-issue suspense story." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
71%

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana (1997)

" Earnest, if not as informative as it might have been." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
98%

Murderball (2005)

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

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
52%

Yes (2005)

" The results are visually striking, but conceptually they oscillate between poetic, pretentious, and philosophically dubious." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
26%

Fantastic Four (2005)

" It's fun to watch superheroes who aren't quite at ease with their abilities, but The Incredibles -- last year's similarly themed animated film -- is livelier and funnier." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jul 7, 2005

Rotten
4/4

Fresh
69%

The World (2005)

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

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
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 30, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
18%

This Revolution (2006)

" It's a pity that such vital, thought-provoking material has been rendered so lifeless and inauthentic on the screen." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

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
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 30, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
92%

Waging A Living ()

" Should be required viewing for every concerned citizen." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 23, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
88%

Memories of Murder (2003)

" Suspenseful, surprising, and psychologically rich." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 23, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
69%

Lila Says (2005)

" Superbly acted, especially by Giocante as the teasing 16-year-old instigator." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 23, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
95%

Elevator to the Gallows (1957)

" A plan for a perfect murder goes wildly wrong in this 1958 melodrama by one of France's great filmmakers." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 23, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
83%

You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story (2005)

" Offbeat and entertaining." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 23, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
94%

Wheel of Time (2005)

" Riveting and unique." — Christian Science Monitor
SHORT REVIEW

Posted Jun 16, 2005
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