Sight & Sound presents: The Good Critic

Nick James welcomes Mark Cousins, Mark Fisher and Jean-Michel Frodon, editor of Cahiers du cinema, to discuss the role of cultural criticism.

Critics need to be more 'boldly oppositional', says Mark Cousins. But will professional film critics risk biting the hand that feeds in an age where their very existence is in question? Has the playing field of cultural criticism already been levelled by the roll-out of the blogosphere? Among the pillars of the critical establishment welcomed by Nick James into debate are Mark Cousins, Mark Fisher, and Jean-Michel Frodon, editor of Cahiers du cinéma.