David Sterritt with Films in Focus: Firestarter; Happening; Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

May 19, 2022 00:16:06
David Sterritt with Films in Focus: Firestarter; Happening; Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
David Sterritt With Films In Focus
David Sterritt with Films in Focus: Firestarter; Happening; Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

May 19 2022 | 00:16:06

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Show Notes

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 2105, Chairman of the National Society of Film Critics. Sterritt is known for his intelligent discussions of controversial films and his lively, accessible style

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