Film Festival – 50 Years of Criticism: Masterclass led by David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Tue, 4/8 · 12:15 pm—1:30 pm · Rocky Private Dining Room
Program in European Cultural Studies; English Department
Registration is required. Please register here.
As part of the third edition of the Princeton French Film Festival, you’re invited to an informal conversation with long-time film critic David Sterritt who will be in attendance to talk about his impressive career in film criticism. This event will take place in Rocky’s Private Dining Room from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. Lunch will be provided to attendees not on a meal plan.
About David Sterritt:
David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until his retirement in 2005, he championed avant-garde cinema, theater, and music. He has a PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University and was, until 2015, chair of the National Society of Film Critics for ten years. He has also served two terms as chair of the New York Film Critics Circle and ten years as co-chair of the University Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation at Columbia University, where he taught for 25 years.
This graduate student event is presented by The Program in European Cultural Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of English.
