For the album by Boxcutter, see The Dissolve (album).

The Dissolve was a film review, news, and commentary website which was operated by Pitchfork and based in Chicago, Illinois. The site was focused on reviews, commentary, interviews, and news about contemporary and classic films.[1] Its editor was Scott Tobias, the former editor in chief of The A.V. Club.[1] Editorial director Keith Phipps announced The Dissolve's closure on July 8, 2015.[2]

History

After Phipps parted from The A.V. Club, he felt he wanted to focus his career on writing about film opposed to the wide-ranging topics that The A.V. Club discusses.[3] The site launched on July 10, 2013.[3][4] In the first two weeks of publication, The Dissolve was set to present the following regular articles: The Conversation, which is a weekly discussion between The Dissolve's writers about current films and a Movie of the Week feature, where the staff focuses on a film of their choosing for several days.[4]

On July 8, 2015, The Dissolve announced its closure with editorial director Keith Phipps stating, "Sadly, because of the various challenges inherent in launching a freestanding website in a crowded publishing environment, financial and otherwise, today is the last day we will be doing that."[2][5][6][7][8] Scott Tobias—in an interview with Indiewire—stated, "This was simply a case of everyone trying their best to make something great and the economics not being kind to those efforts."[9][10][11] Former The Dissolve writers Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, Genevieve Koski, and Tasha Robinson later went on to develop the Next Picture Show podcast.[12]

Staff

Aside from Phipps, The Dissolve's original staff comprised five of his former A.V. Club colleagues: Scott Tobias, Nathan Rabin, Genevieve Koski, Tasha Robinson, and Noel Murray.[1][13][14] Staff members Noel Murray left The Dissolve to write freelance status in September 2014, and news editor Matt Singer left to contribute to ScreenCrush in November.[14] Critic Nathan Rabin left the site in May 2015.[14]

The staff also included news editor Rachel Handler, replacing Matt Singer,[15] and contributors Mike D'Angelo and Sam Adams.[16][17]

Ratings

The Dissolve's film rankings in comparison to other film reviews tended to be more harsh in their 1,555 reviews aggregated by Metacritic, who stated that on average, the website grades films 8.9 points lower than other critics from a 0–100 scale. Their average score is 56. Out of all the reviews, 566 were considered positive, 770 were considered mixed, and 219 were considered negative.[18]

The Dissolve Film of the Year

Year Film Director Nationality Top 5 Films Ref.
2013 Her Spike Jonze  United States [19]
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater  United States [20]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Introducing The Dissolve, A New Film Site". Pitchfork. May 30, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Phipps, Keith (July 8, 2015). "The End". The Dissolve. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Subramanian, Courtney (June 3, 2013). "Q&A: Keith Phipps Talks About Pitchfork's New Movie Site, The Dissolve". Time. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "The Dissolve, Pitchfork's New Film Site, Set to Launch This Wednesday". Pitchfork. July 8, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  5. ^ Marotti, Ally (July 8, 2015). "Pitchfork Media shutters movie website The Dissolve". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  6. ^ O'Shea, Chris (July 8, 2015). "Pitchfork Movie Site 'The Dissolve' Shuts Down". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  7. ^ Zoller Seitz, Matt (July 8, 2015). "The Dissolve: 2013-2015". Chaz's Blog - Roger Ebert. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  8. ^ Rosenberg, Alyssa (July 8, 2015). "Intermission: A eulogy for the Dissolve". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  9. ^ Adams, Sam (July 9, 2015). "Editors Keith Phipps and Scott Tobias on the End of The Dissolve and the Future of Film Criticism". Criticwire (Indiewire). Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  10. ^ Tobias, Scott (July 8, 2015). "Acknowledgments". Sweet Emulsion. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. ^ Murray, Noel (July 12, 2015). "Week in Review 7/6/15-7/12-15". Hey Hey in the Hayloft. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  12. ^ Adams, Sam (November 10, 2015). "The Dissolve Returns (Sort of) as The Next Picture Show". Indie Wire. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  13. ^ "A Letter from the Editor". The Dissolve. July 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  14. ^ a b c Adams, Sam (May 1, 2015). "Nathan Rabin Leaves The Dissolve". Indiewire. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  15. ^ "Our Writers: Matt Singer". The Dissolve. July 10, 2013. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  16. ^ "Our Writers: Mike D'Angelo". The Dissolve. July 10, 2013. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  17. ^ "Our Writers: Sam Adams". The Dissolve. July 10, 2013. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  18. ^ "The Dissolve's Scores". Metacritic. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  19. ^ "The best films of 2013". The Dissolve. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  20. ^ "The best films of 2014". The Dissolve. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
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