Journalist Armond White admitted he is disgusted by the state of film criticism. He pointed at the whole fiasco that started when “New York Magazine” film critic David Denby broke the embargo imposed on “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” “Mediocrity has taken over film criticism. Producer Scott Rudin’s despotic response to an early review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo made this embarrassment unignorable—from the fawning review itself to the pathetic defense from New Yorker film... (more...)