This column originally ran in the IDS WEEKEND on Thursday, April 26. As a senior, this is my final column for the IDS. I’ve been writing my column ‘Cine’cism for three years and have been writing for WEEKEND for all four years of my college career.
Why is my column called ‘Cine’cism?
When I started seriously reviewing movies for my high school paper, I had friends tell me I was being negative because I didn’t like certain films.
“Why can’t you just enjoy it? Why do you have to think about?”
That’s an argument I’ve defended numerous times, even then. What I took away from those interactions however were that somehow thinking made me cynical.
But now after four years of writing reviews for my blog, agonizing over my column, editing stories in WEEKEND and devouring the work of professional critics, I’ve come to realize there are people much more cynical than me. Continue reading “Four years of ‘Cine’cism”