IFC.com’s Stephen Saito has reviewed his favorite critical dust-ups of 2009. Some…er, most of these were about a critic or a columnist getting personal in some quirky-ass way. Anne Thompson vs. Kent Jones. Glenn Kenny vs. Joe Swanberg. John Anderson vs. Jeff Dowd. My own Oxford Film Festival episode plus the pear-cake-wrapped-in-tin-foil clash in the West Village. Roger Ebert vs. Armond White. NY Times film critic Manohla Dargis‘ f-bomb-filled interview with Jezebel on the state of women in Hollywood. And last but not least, MSN’s James Rocchi on his conflicted Couples Retreat junket experience.
