The criteria for judging movies which are presented here are based on the belief that film criticism becomes rational, if not "objective", when it displays and inspects the nature of its evidence and the bases of its arguments. The author dissents from the view of early film theorists that montage is the essence of cinema, and that cinema is to be…

The literary critic should be both a good detective and a naive observer in finding out what is going on in a literary work and passing on that knowledge to those wishing to use it in furthering their reading pleasure. Rather than formulating value judgments about a piece of literature, critics must use their experiences to illuminate important…

The emergence in Chicano poetry of the language experiments and folk wisdom of the oral traditions of barrio cuentos, corridos, dichos, and actos reveals that this literature is neither fleeting nor novel. Jose Montoya's "Resonant Valley" exemplifies the Chicano's preservation of ancient wisdom and practice in new formal experiments and…

"The Man Hunters" is a film about paleoanthropology. This article is a personal account of how the film was put together using anthropological knowledge and numerous anthropologists and how the film was received by the American public. (Author)

Offers guidelines for writing film reviews, and briefly discusses aspects of film criticism and advertising. (GW)

Critical analysis of an article by Doyle Watts that was a criticism of an earlier article by Arthur W. Combs. (MLF)

Reading the works of Doris Lessing can provide readers an opportunity to think about the thinking process. (DD)

The author investigates the interrelatedness of cognition and emotion, stressing that, while emotion without cognition is blind, cognition without emotion is vacuous. (MJB)

The author discusses the use of planning-programming-budgeting systems (PBBS) in educational planning, decision-making, and control, and suggests ways in which its applicability and effectiveness may be broadened. (MJB)

Reviews three books about John Coltrane and notes that these three works illustrate that the field of black music biography is marred by an unconscionable trendiness. (Author/AM)

Lists approximately 200 books and articles that examine the writings of Ralph Ellison. (GW)

Describes the diverse responses of eight faculty members and eight graduate students to the poem "Winter Piece" by William Gibson. (DD)

Jensen's arguments that the anomalies in Sir Cyril Burt's kinship data are due to carelessness are critically examined. (Author)

Describes the qualities which make a good book good to both critic and child and defends the criticism of children's literature. (DD)

Discusses the role and responsibilities of the reviewer of children's books. (DD)