Writing Homework Help

write
a 6-page Critical Review of one of
The Bicycle Thief (1948). For your essay, construct an argument (thesis
statement) that addresses the film’s historical, artistic,
formal, thematic, technical, or cultural significance.

To
support your argument, you will need to incorporate four approved sources
to either support your position or to provide an alternative
viewpoint/interpretation as a counter-argument — one that you acknowledge
before turning back to re-affirm your own argument.

Approved Critic’s List:

Any writer published in the New York Times, The LA Times, Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, The Denver Post, The Toronto Star, The Washington Post, USA Today. The San Francisco Chronicle, or any newspaper from a major American city that is printed, and the following:

Mast and Bruce Kawin, A Short History of the Movies

Popular Sources:

The New York Times

Entertainment Weekly

The New Yorker

New York Magazine

Salon.com

National Public Radio

Slate.com

Chicago Sun-Times

San Francisco Chronicle

Newsweek

Time

The Nation

Film Comment

New York Observer

The Village Voice

The Atlantic Monthly

Rolling Stone

TIME

National Review

New Times

BBC

The Observer

The Nation

The New Republic

Chicago Reader

Variety

The Hollywood Reporter