Sadly, we report the death of the influential writer, teacher, and film critic, Andrew Sarris (31 October 1928 — 20 June 2012). Sarris will be remembered for bringing the auteur theory to American film criticism, the idea that a film’s director is primarily responsible for a film’s artistic worth (if it has any) the way [...]

Happy 79th Birthday to Andrew Sarris (born October 31, 1928), author of The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968, film critic for The New York Observer, Columbia Professor, and King of American Auteurists. Long may he reign!