Mikel Koven writes about critics, for which, thank you. I'd personally put Harkness very low on a list, because his attempt to be canny, his rather bombastic display of self in his choice of intonation and perspective, suggest to me too clearly that film is only a bandwagon he's leapt onto in order to play with himself. Isn't Dyer less a *critic* of film than a *scholar*? I don't at all doubt the perceptiveness of his critique, but periodicals like S&S often do use academic types for their "reviews." When you look in the popular press, I think you'll be deeply disappointed. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]