Roberts, Jerry. The Complete History of American Film Criticism.(Brief article)(Book review)

Roberts, Jerry. The Complete History of American Film Criticism. Santa Monica. Apr. 2010. c.480p, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-159580-049-7. $27.95. FILM

Considering that the only three works published on American film criticism have been anthologies, Roberts's (The Great American Playwrights on the Screen) attempt to tackle 100 years of history is remarkable. He begins in 1908, when Frank Woods wrote the first movie reviews for the New York Dramatic Mirror, and continues to the current era of established critics being often outshone by film bloggers. Roberts's history--a compilation of brief biographies of all the important American film critics, with an untold …