5001 Nights at the Movies
- ISBN-10
- 1250033578
- ISBN-13
- 9781250033574
- Series
- 5001 Nights at the Movies
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 960
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-08-02
- Publisher
- Holt Paperbacks
- Author
- Pauline Kael
Description
The intelligent person's guide to the movies, with more than 2,800 reviews Look up a movie in this guide, and chances are you'll find yourself reading on about the next movie and the next. Pauline Kael's reviews aren't just provocative---they're addictive. These brief, informative reviews, written for the "Goings On About Town" section of The New Yorker, provide an immense range of listings---a masterly critical history of American and foreign film. This is probably the only movie guide you'll want to read for the sheer pleasure of it.
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