Among the contents of the first issue of this magazine, referred to throughout as "Film Critic", are an article on Russian film "The Tyranny of the Marketplace and the Tyranny of the Commissar" by Art Carduner, an article on the 1972 Berlin Film Festival by O. W. Riegel, and "Bogged Down: a Twitch in the Auteur Niche", an attack on the auteur theory by Pete Rainer. Very good .
Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; PERIODICAL; FILM CRITIC; FIRST ISSUE; WILLIAM A. STARR; RUSSIAN FILM; ART CARDUNER; BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL; O.W. RIEGEL; AUTEUR THEORY; PETE RAINER.