Andrew Sarris has long been one of America's most celebrated writers on film, author of the seminal work The American Cinema, and for decades a highly regarded critic, first for The Village Voice and
The auteur theory, of which film criticAndrew Sarris was the leading American proponent, holds that artistry in cinema can be largely attributed to film directors, who, while often working against the
Filmmakers, film critics, and scholars contribute 39 essays honoring the influential American film critic Sarris. They cover personal reflections, his classic text The American Cinema , his contempor
