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Andrew Sarris

Academy Leaders

By Andrew Sarris
February 11, 2020
Sarris offers some perspective on the awards in this 1980 essay

George Cukor

By Andrew Sarris
March 11, 2019
To celebrate the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, read Sarris's salute to the legendary filmmaker and FSLC 1978 gala honoree

How Movies Became Cinema: Andrew Sarris in Seattle Part I

By Andrew Sarris
June 25, 2012
A transcript of a talk given by Sarris on March 12, 1987

How Movies Became Cinema: Andrew Sarris in Seattle Part II

By Andrew Sarris
June 25, 2012
The wide-ranging Q&A portion of Sarris's talk

The Mann Effect

By Andrew Sarris
May 19, 2011
Desperate times and the timeliness of Public Enemies

The Uncertainty Principle

By Andrew Sarris
May 19, 2011
Corneliu Porumboiu and the Romanian resurgence

Heir Apparent

By Andrew Sarris
May 19, 2011
Marco Bellocchio in the Unheroic Age of Mussolini

Patient Virtue

By Andrew Sarris
May 16, 2011
Eric Rohmer remembered

The Perils of Polanski

By Andrew Sarris
May 15, 2011
Art imitates life in The Ghost Writer

Worldly Pleasures

By Andrew Sarris
May 5, 2011
The indiscreet charm and buoyant esprit of Sacha Guitry

Small Change

By Andrew Sarris
May 4, 2011
An uninvited guest upends Octubre’s low-rent world

Ocean Tide

By Andrew Sarris
April 29, 2011
In his 54-film career, Chabrol was more interested in dark undercurrents than making waves