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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Format: Trade Paperback, 1008 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2004
Price: $24.95
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 1008 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2004
Price: $24.95
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
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"Have You Seen . . . ?"
Format: Hardcover, 1024 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $39.95
In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales.
Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian.
Juxtaposing the... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 1024 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $39.95
In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales.
Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian.
Juxtaposing the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Whole Equation
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.00
With the same style and insight he brought to his previous studies of American cinema, acclaimed critic David Thomson masterfully evokes the history of America’s love affair with the movies and the tangled history of Hollywood in The Whole Equation.
Thomson takes us from D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and the first... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.00
With the same style and insight he brought to his previous studies of American cinema, acclaimed critic David Thomson masterfully evokes the history of America’s love affair with the movies and the tangled history of Hollywood in The Whole Equation.
Thomson takes us from D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and the first... Read more >
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Rosebud
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 30, 1997
Price: $16.00
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
"Easily the best book on Orson Welles." --The New Yorker
Orson Welles arrived in Hollywood as a boy genius, became a legend with a single perfect film, and then spent the next forty years floundering. But Welles floundered so variously, ingeniously, and extravagantly that he... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 30, 1997
Price: $16.00
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
"Easily the best book on Orson Welles." --The New Yorker
Orson Welles arrived in Hollywood as a boy genius, became a legend with a single perfect film, and then spent the next forty years floundering. But Welles floundered so variously, ingeniously, and extravagantly that he... Read more >
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Fan-Tan
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $13.95
Fan-Tan is a hugely entertaining, swashbuckling romp, from one of the greatest actors of our time: Marlon Brando. The story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate who sets out on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai, Fan-Tan follows the exploits of Anatole “Annie” Doultry, a larger-than-life character that Brando could... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $13.95
Fan-Tan is a hugely entertaining, swashbuckling romp, from one of the greatest actors of our time: Marlon Brando. The story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate who sets out on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai, Fan-Tan follows the exploits of Anatole “Annie” Doultry, a larger-than-life character that Brando could... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Try to Tell the Story
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $23.95
From one of our most celebrated film critics and historians now comes a beautifully written memoir about his first eighteen years, growing up as an only child in south London in the midforties and late fifties. Told with elegance and restraint, partly from the point of view of a child, partly... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $23.95
From one of our most celebrated film critics and historians now comes a beautifully written memoir about his first eighteen years, growing up as an only child in south London in the midforties and late fifties. Told with elegance and restraint, partly from the point of view of a child, partly... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Beneath Mulholland
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 24, 1998
Price: $15.00
"[Thomson is] one of the finest film
critics in the English language."
--philip lopate, the new york times book review
If most film critics write about movies, David Thomson creates their literary counterpart with essays that are as dazzling, haunting, and moving as the pictures they discuss. In this bravura new collection, the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 24, 1998
Price: $15.00
"[Thomson is] one of the finest film
critics in the English language."
--philip lopate, the new york times book review
If most film critics write about movies, David Thomson creates their literary counterpart with essays that are as dazzling, haunting, and moving as the pictures they discuss. In this bravura new collection, the... Read more >
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In Nevada
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $14.00
Nevada is the place where Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Frank Sinatra became Chairman of the Board, divorce became an industry and gambling an institution. It was a place that Kit Carson could explore, where Bugsy Seigel could dream, and Howard Hughes might hide. It's the government's favorite place to test... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $14.00
Nevada is the place where Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Frank Sinatra became Chairman of the Board, divorce became an industry and gambling an institution. It was a place that Kit Carson could explore, where Bugsy Seigel could dream, and Howard Hughes might hide. It's the government's favorite place to test... Read more >
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Fan-Tan
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $13.95
A wholly unexpected, hugely entertaining work from one of the greatest actors of our time: the story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate, on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai–a larger-than-life character that Brando could have easily inhabited himself.
Anatole “Annie” Doultry is in his early fifties, with an imposing... Read more >
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $13.95
A wholly unexpected, hugely entertaining work from one of the greatest actors of our time: the story of an eccentric early-twentieth-century pirate, on the high seas from the Philippines to Shanghai–a larger-than-life character that Brando could have easily inhabited himself.
Anatole “Annie” Doultry is in his early fifties, with an imposing... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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"Have You Seen . . . ?"
Format: eBook, 976 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $39.95
In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales.
Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian.
Juxtaposing the... Read more >
Format: eBook, 976 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $39.95
In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales.
Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian.
Juxtaposing the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Format: eBook, 1008 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $22.95
For twenty-five years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil Marcus... Read more >
Format: eBook, 1008 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $22.95
For twenty-five years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil Marcus... Read more >
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Format: eBook, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
Format: eBook, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Format: Hardcover, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 1088 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil... Read more >
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Nicole Kidman
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
From the brilliant film historian and critic David Thomson, a book that reinvents the star biography in a singularly illuminating portrait of Nicole Kidman—and what it means to be a top actress today. At once life story, love letter, and critical analysis, this is not merely a book about who Kidman... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
From the brilliant film historian and critic David Thomson, a book that reinvents the star biography in a singularly illuminating portrait of Nicole Kidman—and what it means to be a top actress today. At once life story, love letter, and critical analysis, this is not merely a book about who Kidman... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Try to Tell the Story
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $15.00
David Thomson, one of our most celebrated film writers, gives us a haunting, fascinating memoir about growing up as an only child in wartime England. He was born in London in the aftermath of the war, where he was raised by his mother, grandmother, and upstairs tenant, Miss Davis. He remembers... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $15.00
David Thomson, one of our most celebrated film writers, gives us a haunting, fascinating memoir about growing up as an only child in wartime England. He was born in London in the aftermath of the war, where he was raised by his mother, grandmother, and upstairs tenant, Miss Davis. He remembers... Read more >
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Try to Tell the Story
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $15.00
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $15.00
From one of our most celebrated film critics and historians now comes a beautifully written memoir about his first eighteen years, growing up as an only child in south London in the midforties and late fifties. Told with elegance and restraint, partly from the point of view of a child, partly...
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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