Film guides and reviews

The Romance Lover's Guide to Movie Must-SeesIf you adore Sleepless in Seattle and Pride and Prejudice and The Avengers, then you want a movie guide aimed at women like you.

Back Shelf Beauties is the perfect guide to all the movies you want to rent on video and DVD.

Roger Ebert's "e;criticism shows a nearly unequaled grasp of film history and technique, and formidable intellectual range.

Ahh, love.

The famed film writer and critic reviews twenty-five essential French films, featuring Amelie, Belle du Jour, La Vie en Rose, and Au Revoir les Enfants.

The holidays-that time between Thanksgiving and New Year's-jam more "e;together"e; time together than any other time during the year.

'Like a pizza delivery driver who travels everywhere by moped, or a volcanologist who keeps turning the central heating up, I'm a film critic who loves going to the cinema.

The finest film critic in Britain at the absolute top of his form' Stephen Fry'Entertainingly incendiary stuff' EmpireA hatchet job isn't just a bad review, it's a total trashing.

The release of Denys Arcand's Le Declin de l'empire americain (The Decline of the American Empire) in 1986 marked a major turning point in Quebec cinema.

Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film is the most exhaustive and up-to-date reference book on Canadian film and filmmakers, combining 700 reviews and biographical listings with a detailed chronology of major events in Canadian film and television history.

Sure, everybody loves the movies.

Sure, everyone's seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

In four words or less, this book brings together movies from across the multiplex.

If blockbusters make money no matter how bad they are, then why not make a good one for a change?

The book examines recent developments in Taiwan cinema, with particular focus on a leading contemporary Taiwan filmmaker, Wei Te-sheng, who is responsible for such Asian blockbusters as Cape No.

The book examines recent developments in Taiwan cinema, with particular focus on a leading contemporary Taiwan filmmaker, Wei Te-sheng, who is responsible for such Asian blockbusters as Cape No.

A comprehensive guide to science fiction films, which analyzes and contextualizes the most important examples of the genre, from Un voyage dans la lune (1902), to The Road (2009).

In 1989 alone, for example, there were some forty-five major motion pictures which were sequels or part of a series.

In 1989 alone, for example, there were some forty-five major motion pictures which were sequels or part of a series.

This is the book on numerology for common man- it explains the famous 'Matrix' method developed by Prasant Numberology.

First Published in 1989.

First Published in 1989.

Taking you on from the earliest feature films to today, Colors of Film introduces 50 iconic movies and explains the pivotal role that color played in their success.

This book offers a concise and cutting-edge repository of essential information on new independent Indian films, which have orchestrated a recent renaissance in the Bollywood-dominated Indian cinema sphere.

This book offers a concise and cutting-edge repository of essential information on new independent Indian films, which have orchestrated a recent renaissance in the Bollywood-dominated Indian cinema sphere.

Independent film at 7,500 feet!

The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions.

When The Sound of Music was released in 1965, it took the world by storm, capturing five Oscars (including Best Picture) and holding the number-one spot box-office record for five years.

The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television.

From their perfectly insane television show to their consistently irreverent and riotous movies, Monty Python has owned the zany and absurd side of comedy since their debut.

One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and stylistic motifs that would become his trademark.

Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne, is widely recognised as the classic French Poetic Realist film.

One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de Souffle (1960) has retained much of its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and stylistic motifs that would become his trademark.

"e;Du rififi chez les hommes"e; (1955), directed by the exiled American film director Jules Dassin, recounts the nail-biting tale of a Parisian gangster heist gone wrong.

Of Jean Renoir's 'La R gle du jeu' (1939), Richard Roud noted: 'if France were destroyed tomorrow and nothing remained but this film, the whole country and its civilisation could be reconstructed from it.

At the centre of Tarkovsky's oeuvre, _Mirror_ is his most complex and autobiographical film.

"e;Nikita"e; (1990) is the story of a nineteen-year old junkie, Nikita (Anne Parillaud) who is given a second chance in life through being trained to be - and becoming - a skilled assassin for the State.

Directed by the great Jean Renoir, "e;La Grande Illusion"e; (1937) is the finest of all anti-war films and a cinematic masterwork.

In 1929 Dali and Bunuel produced a seventeen-minute film "e;Un chien andalou"e;.

Christmas movies are revealing windows into religion, consumerism,family, and American pop culture, and Zukowski offers a compelling,highly readable guide to this long-flourishing genre.

If there was a moment during the sixties, seventies, or eighties that changed the history of the women's film movement, B.

Considers the history of the American blockbuster the large-scale, high-cost film as it evolved from the 1890s to today.

For more than 40 years, Ken Russell has directed some of the most provocative, controversial, and memorable films in British cinema, including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Tommy, and Altered States.

This book is both more and less than history, a work of imagination in its own right, a piece of movie literature that turns fact into romance.

The most-trusted film critic in America.

The definitive guide to classic films from one of America''s most trusted film critics

Thanks to Netflix and cable television, classic films are more accessible than ever.

With this collection of reviews, fans of western movies can enjoy taking another special look at some of our favorites with western author Chuck Lewis as he offers us insight and a unique view of the films we like or even those we don't like.