Imagine not only being a cinephile, and not only writing and talking about film – but doing this professionally: being a film critic is something many of us in the blogosphere dream of. Meet Alan Mattli: Alan is not only teaching and doing research into literature and film at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, he is also a reviewer for the German-language Swiss film and TV platform Maximum Cinema and (Swiss German) the Maximum Cinema podcast. While his reviews at Maximum Cinema and on his website Facing the Bitter Truth (which he launched in 2008, while still at school), and while much of his writing at these sites is in German, you can find his writing in English on Letterboxd. In our August espresso podcast, Matt talks to Alan about his way to becoming a film critic, whether he watches films differently as a critic, and how film criticism has changed in recent years.
P.S.: Here’s a list of Alan’s favourite current film critics:
- Jake Cole
- Josh Lewis
- Angelica Jade Bastién
- Manohla Dargis
- Richard Brody
- Filipe Furtado
- Caitlin Quinlan
- Phuong Le
- Will Sloan
- Priscilla Page
- Brandon Streussnig
You can also download the podcast at the following link:
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