Off the subject of sports ...

As I usually do, I'm coming to you guys and girls with a question.
What's the best way to get into the film critic line of work?
I've been freelancing it for the past year or so, and I was wondering if anybody knew of any Web sites for jobs or just had any advice.
I know a lot of papers are cutting their critics, but this is something I'd like to get into, and I think I'm good at it.
Thanks for your advice. It's always appreciated.

 

Talk shit about Rob Schneider.

 

Would you know what you're talking about? If not, no amount of advice can help you.

 

You can only do that if you've won a Pulitzer. Rob Schneider says so.

 

Yes, I do know what I'm talking about.

 

"A wonderful, engaging examination."
                                    -fishwrapper




[Thought I would critique your thread with a one-line catchphrase in the hopes on landing on a movie poster.]

 

"A leading man full of bravado [or shit]."
-fishwrapper

 

If that were my goal, I would go about it a different way since papers are indeed cutting critics. I'd try to get a gig, either freelance or full time, reporting hard news about the film industry instead of critiquing films. The Hollywood Reporter advertises openings from time to time. The New York Times' Hollywood reporter just quit -- Romenesko linked to it today -- and while you probably can't get that job, you might be able to follow the dominoes. There's always going to be some demand for news reporting out of Hollywood because readers are interested in it. And after a few years if you still wanted to, it probably would be relatively easy to move over into criticism because you would have the movie-industry contacts that most aspiring critics lack.

 

All right, I'll do it for you all:

BLOGS!