Such is the consensus, or at least the hype, within the worldwide critical community.
"December is a time when the critical community's antennae are particularly sensitive," Friedman says.
And part of what I learned was the prevailing ignorance in the critical community about jazz.
And a new, international critical community forged on the Internet speeds discussion and appreciation of these new works.
Perhaps, then, the secrecy is a message for the critical community, like sending them a finger through the post: who needs you?
At the Cannes unveiling of The Piano Teacher this year, I like to think the critical community crossed the finishing line in better shape.
In any case, she hasn't directed another film, and it's the world's and the cinema's loss and the critical community's fault.
Charles N. Kahn III, president of the federation, said for-profit hospitals should have access to federal money because "they provide critical community services in an emergency".
"It's a combination of a lot of things, including some very fine plays that were well received by the critical community.
That's why the gap that Vogel lamented the one dividing the best of independent filmmaking from the critical community and the audience is also larger than ever.
