5001 Nights at the Movies: Expanded For The '90s With 800 New Reviews26 reviews Pauline Kael Holt Paperbacks, 1991 Lotta 3 paragraph reviews by an insightful reviewer. + The definitive critic's guide to films + As much fun as a giant buttered popcorn! + Kael Encapsulated             The Great Movies37 reviews Roger Ebert Broadway, 2003 Movies you should see, things you should know. + Two Thumbs Up + A Great, Accessible Resource On Great Cinema. + Film School In A Book             Conversations with Pauline Kael (Literary Conversations Series)4 reviews University Press of Mississippi, 1996 A Terrific Book + Terrific book, please update it! This will be a short review because there's no point in trying persuade people who aren't fond of Kael. For the rest of us - fans and those willing to try her - this is a wonderful read. Kael's idiom was deceptively casual when she wrote, so these interviews aren't so far off from her critical ...             The Parade's Gone By20 reviews Kevin Brownlow University of California Press, 1976 I FELL IN LOVE WITH SILENT PICTURES FROM THIS BOOK + It stands the test of time + Silence is golden + great book but where is Clara Bow?             A Life in Movies: An Autobiography5 reviews Michael Powell Faber & Faber, 2001 A Life Worth Reading About + Exploring the Wonder of the World in Film. + Powell Hits the Target + An absolute must for any cinephile             James Agee: Film Writing and Selected Journalism (Library of America)2 reviews James Agee Library of America, 2005 Insightful, Inspired, Kind + Film Writing and Selected Journalism James Agee was the first film critic, that I know of, who percieved and prophesied the poetic power of images on film. After reading his addictive reviews and enjoying his rich and witty prose the reader will know a lot about Agee the man, his sensitivities, his ideals and his prejudices. Anyone ...             My Life And My Films (Da Capo Paperback)3 reviews Jean Renoir Da Capo Press, 2000 A Must For All Fans and Students of Film + Self-Portrait of An Artist at the End of His Career!!! + As fresh, funny and startling as a Renoir film Jean Renoir is one of the greatest masters of the art of cinema. This autobiographical work traces his life from his childhood in France to his later years in Beverly Hills, not in the conventional sense, but rather through the world of film. This is fitting since the world of film was truly ...             The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated40 reviews David Thomson Knopf, 2004 For Movie Buffs + The Big Book of Film I recommend this book for all serious movie fans. It's a great reference containing brief biographies and film credits of most of the notable actors, directors, and producers from the silent era to the present. It also includes critical commentary on the people and films mentioned. Unlike most ...             Hitchcock (Revised Edition)28 reviews Helen G. Scott, Francois Truffaut Simon & Schuster, 1985 A really great conversation about film. + Wow. + A classic reference for Hitchcock fans + One of three best Hitchcock books + A terrific book about a film master of suspense             Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the finest writing from a century of film7 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 Two thumbs up, 'way up... + Exceptional Film Essays + One of the Greatest Books on Film ever put together If you love the movies, if you love good reading and if you love the combination of the two like I do, you will *loooooove* this: a collection of notes, essays, interviews and memoirs by the movie makers, critics and reveiwers, about the icons, the good, the bad and the dirty of Hollywood and the ...             A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos9 reviews Donald Richie Kodansha International, 2005 He knows what he's talking about! + A great read... + Huge fan + The heart and soul, and mind, behind Japanese movies             Suspects3 reviews David Thomson Vintage, 1986 More going on here than meets the eye + Experimental Fiction Uses Film Noir to Unlock the American Psyche You may have read Thomson's excellent movie reviews or his wonderful book on Orson Welles. If so, you know this guy is both a film scholar and a die-hard fan of the medium. "Suspects" is a must-read for any film buff. Thomson goes back into movie history and writes short biographies of various film ...             American Movie Critics: From the Silents Until Now6 reviews Library of America, 2006 Screen Tests + Great book, but where's the index? + Fast and reasonable + Over a hundred fifty pieces by nearly eighty contributors span nearly a hundred years             Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the finest writing from a century of film7 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 Two thumbs up, 'way up... + Exceptional Film Essays + One of the Greatest Books on Film ever put together If you love the movies, if you love good reading and if you love the combination of the two like I do, you will *loooooove* this: a collection of notes, essays, interviews and memoirs by the movie makers, critics and reveiwers, about the icons, the good, the bad and the dirty of Hollywood and the ...             5001 Nights at the Movies: Expanded For The '90s With 800 New Reviews26 reviews Pauline Kael Holt Paperbacks, 1991 Lotta 3 paragraph reviews by an insightful reviewer. + The definitive critic's guide to films + As much fun as a giant buttered popcorn! + Kael Encapsulated             The Parade's Gone By20 reviews Kevin Brownlow University of California Press, 1976 I FELL IN LOVE WITH SILENT PICTURES FROM THIS BOOK + It stands the test of time + Silence is golden + great book but where is Clara Bow?             A Life in Movies: An Autobiography5 reviews Michael Powell Faber & Faber, 2001 A Life Worth Reading About + Exploring the Wonder of the World in Film. + Powell Hits the Target + An absolute must for any cinephile             The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated40 reviews David Thomson Knopf, 2004 For Movie Buffs + The Big Book of Film I recommend this book for all serious movie fans. It's a great reference containing brief biographies and film credits of most of the notable actors, directors, and producers from the silent era to the present. It also includes critical commentary on the people and films mentioned. Unlike most ...             Hitchcock (Revised Edition)28 reviews Helen G. Scott, Francois Truffaut Simon & Schuster, 1985 A really great conversation about film. + Wow. + A classic reference for Hitchcock fans + One of three best Hitchcock books + A terrific book about a film master of suspense             Conversations with Pauline Kael (Literary Conversations Series)4 reviews University Press of Mississippi, 1996 A Terrific Book + Terrific book, please update it! This will be a short review because there's no point in trying persuade people who aren't fond of Kael. For the rest of us - fans and those willing to try her - this is a wonderful read. Kael's idiom was deceptively casual when she wrote, so these interviews aren't so far off from her critical ...