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Interview: Julie Lasky, Change Observer  March 15, 2010  More
(whingy) songs about film critics and paying work, and a dirty
little secret  The first panel on the future of film criticism
that I ever attended was in October of 2007, at the lovely
Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA. I was a member of the
panel, called "Beyond Thumbs Up: A Critical Look At Film
Criticism," and quite a nice panel it was, including such
luminaries as Philip Lopate, David Sterritt, Ty Burr, Stephanie
Zacherak, Scott Foundas, Owen Gleiberman, Richard Porton,
Cynthia Lucia, and oh, yes, the insouciant and delightful Armond
White. At the time I was the chief critic for the Premiere
website, formerly Premiere magazine.   Since that time I've lost
that full-time position, and have sat through any number of
panels concerning the future of film criticism, and read
countless articles on the topic. "Whither film criticism" seems,
as of mid-March of 2010, to be the query