Another One...C'mon!

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Glenn Kenny, one of the country's finest film critics and a brilliant writer to boot, has been cut loose by Premiere.com. "What this means for this blog is still up in the air," he wrote this morning. "I've got meetings this afternoon in which such things are to be negotiated. In any case, I now join the ever-growing ranks of film critics without staff positions. I very much hope to keep this blog going...and get some good freelance work, quick. Anybody with ideas in this area should contact me at glennkenny@mac.com. Hope to be in touch again soon. Thank you, you're the best goddamn audience a blogger could ever have."

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corey3rd says ...

Cablevision just bought Sundance to go along with IFC. There will be consolidation and more indie film geeks looking for work.

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corey3rd says ...

Cablevision just bought Sundance to go along with IFC. There will be consolidation and more indie film geeks looking for work.

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Jamieson says ...

I've been reading Glenn's writing for years and have always found him to be one of the only tolerable film critics around. This news is completely puzzling to me. He's Premiere's only asset as far as I'm concerned, are they out of their minds!?

Glenn, if you're reading these comments, I'm sorry to hear this news and hope you continue writing elsewhere!

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p.Vice says ...

Calling Kenny one of the country's best film critics is like calling a Whopper one of the country's best hamburgers.

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CinemaPhreek says ...

As much as I deplore seeing another voice in the wilderness helping us find our way to the good ones, the writing has been on the wall for a very long time. The smart websites will start snapping up the bigger names as they are set free as they realize that film reviews bring in a nice stream of eyeballs.

Keep in mind, Google made something like $26 BILLION dollars in ad revenue last year. There's money out there and the more forward thinking critics will figure out way to make themselves valuable to it.

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kingofnails says ...

Whaat? This is sad, sad, sad. Kinney is one of the best around, and his writing was the only reason I ever frequented premiere.com. This is truly unfortunate.

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jjgittes says ...

He's one of my least favorite critics/writers. I can't think of anything he's ever written in Premiere that' made me think about film in a way other than in the most obvious terms.....on the contrary, I'd often shake my head baffled not only by his opinions, but with the reasoning behind them.

Plus his writing was smug beyond belief - always with asides in parentheses and rhetorical questions ("Do you see what I mean?" "Is the point becoming obvious?") that were maddening.

He was (is) particularly weak in discussing acting and doesn't seem to have the slightest insight into the craft.

He was part of the problem.............

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Terry McCarty says ...

Regardless of print or online, Kenny's being let go seems like another chapter in PREMIERE's periodic history of making nice with studios.

Perhaps Alan Horn and Dan Fellman's heads exploded over Kenny's review of SPEED RACER--not a pan, but not a rave--being on the same page as a banner ad for P.S. I LOVE YOU.

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MarkEbner says ...

I happen to think Kenny is both smug and glib, but he is also a damned good editor/writer/critic. I bet this was a money thing for premiere.com. It seems that veteran critics are now not affordable...anywhere.

Ebner
http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com

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Glenn Kenny says ...

Smug? Moi?

I love you too, Mark.

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