Overview

In For Kids of All Ages,members of the National Society of Film Critics celebrate the wonder of childhood in cinema. In this volume, original essays commissioned especially for this collection stand alongside classic reviews from prominent film critics like Jay Carr and Roger Ebert. Each of the ten sections in this collection takes on a particular aspect of children’s cinema, from animated features to adaptations of beloved novels. The films discussed here range from the early 1890s to the present. The contributors draw on personal connections that make their insights more trenchant and compelling. The essays and reviews in For Kids of All Ages are not just a list of recommendations—though plenty are included—but an illuminating, often personal study of children’s movies, children in movies, and the childish wonder that is the essence of film. Contributors include John Anderson, Sheila Benson, Jay Carr, Justin Chang, Godfrey Cheshire, Morris Dickstein, Roger Ebert, David Fear, Robert Horton, J. R. Jones, Peter Keough, Andy Klein, Nathan Lee, Emanuel Levy, Gerald Peary, Mary Pols, Peter Rainer, Carrie Rickey, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Michael Sragow, David Sterritt, Charles Taylor, Peter Travers, Kenneth Turan, James Verniere, Michael Wilmington, and Stephanie Zacharek.

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Reviews

Contrary to what Hollywood would have us believe, there is a whole world of movies (for all ages) outside the confines of animated blockbusters (for the whole family). This thoughtful, entertaining collection introduces parents and children to all kinds of movies, from all over the world, from Meet Me in St. Louis and Germany Year Zero to The Rider and Paddington 2. -- A. S. Hamrah, Film Critic, n+1, author of The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2002-2018

Contrary to what Hollywood would have us believe, there is a whole world of movies (for all ages) outside the confines of animated blockbusters (for the whole family). This thoughtful, entertaining collection introduces parents and children to all kinds of movies, from all over the world, from Meet Me in St. Louis and Germany Year Zero to The Rider and Paddington 2. -- A. S. Hamrah, Film Critic, n+1, author of The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2002-2018 As a film critic for French Review at the Cannes Film Festival between 1978 and 1981, I, like Peter Keough and all the other critics in this scintillating collection of essays, worshipped at the altar of cinema. Their earliest encounters on the silver screen paved the way for these writers to look at movies about children in a more critical manner as adults. Their connections with their youthful viewing triggers our own memories as we relive our own dreams and sometimes our nightmares conjured up on screen. From the first souvenirs of a Lumiere Brothers ground-breaking home movie to the literally uplifting narrative of an animated UP these film essays speak to the eternal child within us. -- John Michalczyk, film professor and historian, and documentary filmmaker

Author Information

Peter Keough writes frequently on film as a correspondent for the Boston Globe. He was the film editor for the Boston Phoenix from 1989 until the publication’s demise in 2013. His writing has also appeared in the Chicago Reader, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Sight & Sound, Boston Magazine and numerous others. Keough has been a member of the National Society of Film Critics since 1992 and his writing has appeared in several of their anthologies. He is the editor of Flesh and Blood: the National Society of Film Critics on Sex Violence and Censorship (1995) and Kathryn Bigelow Interviews (2013). Keough lives in Boston, MA.

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