Death of Film Critic

As independent films continue to struggle against dwindling revenue streams, both foreign and domestic, one related industry (also in peril) contributing to the precariousness of today’s small film is Film Journalism – i.e. The Press. There are now fewer full-time journalists (and therefore film journalists) than ever before.There are more films than ever before.As these seemingly inexorable trends continue,the unsuspecting victims are small Indies.Already fragile from low budgets and a lack of Hollywood stars,they are the first to suffer a premature death from lack of love.