Ten Favorite Books of Film Criticism or Theory

(alphabetically by author)

 

  • Agee on Film by James Agee

  • You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks & Other Mixed Messages by Carina Chocano

  • Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber by Manny Farber

  • This Young Monster by Charlie Fox

  • The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2002-2018 by A. S. Hamrah

  • The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje

  • Weapons of Mass Seduction: Film Reviews and Other Ravings by Lucius Shepard

  • Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema by Andrey Tarkovsky

  • Picture Cycle by Masha Tupitsyn

  • The Immediate Experience: Movies, Comics, Theatre And Other Aspects of Popular Culture by Robert Warshow

— October 5, 2020


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