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Tables of Contents for The A-List
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xv
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
James Verniere
1
3
42ND Street (1933)
Emanuel Levy
4
4
The 400 Blows (1959)
Peter Brunette
8
3
All About Eve (1950)
Peter Travers
11
3
Annie Hall (1977)
Jay Carr
14
3
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Peter Keough
17
3
L'Atalante (1934)
Terrence Rafferty
20
4
The Bank Dick (1940)
Henry Sheehan
24
3
The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Roger Ebert
27
3
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Dave Kehr
30
4
Blow-Up (1966)
Andrew Sarris
34
4
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Richard Schickel
38
5
Breathless (1960)
David Sterritt
43
5
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Morris Dickstein
48
3
Casablanca (1942)
Jay Carr
51
4
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Joe Morgenstern
55
3
Children of Paradise (1945)
Jay Carr
58
3
Chinatown (1974)
James Verniere
61
4
Citizen Kane (1941)
Godfrey Cheshire
65
4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Matthew Seitz
69
3
Closely Watched Trains (1967)
Richard Schickel
72
4
Close-Up (1990)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
76
3
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Carrie Rickey
79
2
The Decalogue (1988)
Michael Wilmington
81
3
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Henry Sheehan
84
4
Diner (1982)
Peter Rainer
88
3
Do The Right Thing (1989)
David Sterritt
91
3
La Dolce Vita (1959)
Roger Ebert
94
3
Double Indemnity (1944)
Matthew Seitz
97
3
Duck Soup (1933)
William Wolf
100
4
Easy Rider (1969)
William Wolf
104
3
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Michael Sragow
107
3
The Entertainer (1960)
Charles Taylor
110
3
The Exorcist (1973)
Terrence Rafferty
113
3
Faces (1968)
Andrew Sarris
116
2
Fargo (1996)
Peter Travers
118
3
Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein (1931, 1935)
Richard T. Jameson
121
4
The General (1927)
Roger Ebert
125
3
The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (1972, 1974)
Michael Sragow
128
4
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Eleanor Ringel
132
4
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
Rob Nelson
136
2
The Graduate (1967)
Jami Bernard
138
3
Greed (1924)
Todd McCarthy
141
3
Happy Together (1997)
Armond White
144
3
High Noon (1952)
Emanuel Levy
147
4
Invasion of the Body Santchers (1956)
Robert Sklar
151
2
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Carrie Rickey
153
3
Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum (1990, 1991, 1987)
Andy Klein
156
3
Killer of Sheep (1977)
Armond White
159
4
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Peter Rainer
163
4
Landscape in the Mist (1988)
Michael Wilmington
167
3
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Michael Wilmington
170
3
M (1931)
Morris Dickstein
173
3
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Richard T. Jameson
176
3
The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
J. Hoberman
179
2
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
Kevin Thomas
181
1
Metropolis (1927)
Armond White
182
3
Modern Times (1936)
David Denby
185
3
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Robert Sklar
188
3
Nashville (1975)
David Sterritt
191
3
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Peter Rainer
194
4
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Kevin Thomas
198
2
Nosferatu (1922)
Andy Klein
200
3
Los Olvidados (1950)
Rob Nelson
203
3
On the Waterfront (1954)
Robert Sklar
206
2
Open City (1945)
Peter Brunette
208
4
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
David Ansen
212
3
Pandora's Box (1928)
Charles Taylor
215
4
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Roger Ebert
219
3
Pather Panchali, Aparajito, the World of Apu (1956, 1958, 1960)
Gary Arnold
222
4
The Piano (1993)
Judy Gerstel
226
3
Psycho (1960)
Charles Taylor
229
3
The Public Enemy (1931)
John Anderson
232
4
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jami Bernard
236
2
Raging Bull (1980)
Jami Bernard
238
3
Rashomon (1950)
Andy Klein
241
4
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Jay Carr
245
3
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Jay Carr
248
5
Schindler's List (1993)
Jay Carr
253
3
The Searchers (1956)
Peter Travers
256
2
The Seven Samurai (1954)
John Anderson
258
3
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Peter Keough
261
3
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judy Gerstel
264
3
Star Wars (1977)
Matthew Seitz
267
3
La Strada and Nights of Cabiria (1955, 1957)
Gary Arnold
270
5
Sunrise (1927)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
275
4
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Morris Dickstein
279
5
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Joe Morgenstern
284
2
Tokyo Story (1953)
Kevin Thomas
286
2
Top Hat (1935)
Carrie Rickey
288
2
Touch of Evil (1958)
Michael Sragow
290
3
Trouble in Paradise (1935)
Richard Schickel
293
5
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
Gerald Peary
298
6
Unforgiven (1992)
Kenneth Turan
304
3
Les Vampires (1915)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
307
3
Vertigo (1958)
Kenneth Turan
310
5
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Michael Wilmington
315
3
Winchester '73 (1953)
Gerald Peary
318
4
The Wizard of OZ (1939)
Peter Keough
322
3
Written on the Wind (1956)
J. Hoberman
325
4
Contributors
329
4
Index
333
14
Permissions
347
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