Product Description: Since the late 1990s, a subtle, subversive element has been at work within the staid confines of the Hollywood dream factory. Young filmmakers like Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Michel Gondry, David O. Russell, Richard Linklater, and Sofia Coppola rode in on the coattails of the independent film movement that blossomed in the early 1990s and have managed to wage an aesthetic campaign against cowardice of the imagination, much like their artistic forebears, the so-called Movie Brats—Coppola, Scorsese, De Palma, Altman, and Ashby among others—did in the 1970s...read more

Product Description: Now in paperback--the hilarious and scandalous book that skewered Hollywood. Infamous Tinsel Town journalist-"hatchetman" Joe Queenan presents the interviews and essays that made him persona non grata among Hollywood's stars and movie moguls.

A fascinating guided journey though film history furnishes an insightful analysis of the movies that best reflect the wide range of the Jewish experience, including in-depth essays, movie stills, and biographical and historical information. (view table of contents)

Examines film genres, including westerns, comedies, and gangster films, through reviews of movies that have defined or transcended their genre

The author's reviews of films from 1980-1989 and his essays of the same period reflect his concern that mediocre preordained blockbuster movies overshadowed films with significant political, social, and cultural content

In a collection of his essays, the film critic explores the principles and practices behind filmmaking, the roles movies play in culture, the style and technique of the world's most celebrated directors, and what reviews tell us about the direction of cinema.

Reviews over thirty films in such categories as romance, race, revenge, and motherhood, and critiques the film on its own merit as well as on its place in history and society

Looks at the development of film criticism, and discusses five films in terms of director, genre, plot, and theme

Product Description: This collection of film reviews and essays focuses on the role of women in films during the 1970s and 1980s. The author, a widely published film critic, examines the shifting portrayals of women from the almost anti-progressive treatment of women in the early 1970s through the integration of more progressive professional women in the films of the late 1980s...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Gives the cast and plot for a selection of films from each year of the decade, and assesses their box office success and how well they represent 1970s movie trends

Product Description: Book by Maio, Kathi

Provides cast, credits, plot summary, and review excerpts for each of Holden's films from Golden Boy to S.O.B., and briefly recounts his life and career

A compendium of 1500 movie reviews, features plot, suitability, and age recommendations, as well as ratings guidelines and suggestions for family discussions of films