In what (for me anyway) is a major blow to film criticism, the new management at the Village Voice (a publication that's been in a downward spiral for quite some time now) has fired film editor and critic Michael Atkinson, leaving J. Hoberman as the only critic left to make the Voice's Film section worth reading:
Major Shakeup at Village Voice Leaves Only J Hoberman Standing - Cinematical
Incidentally, the Voice also purged longtime music critic Robert Christgau, one of the most important pop music critics of the last half-century.
With Roger Ebert still on the mend, that leaves frightening few outstanding critics current writing reviews accessible on the 'net. There's Jonathan Rosenbaum at the Chicago Reader and Manohla Dargis at the New York Times. Anyone have any other suggestions?
