Chatty and authoritative...both wonderfully informative and a beautifully written paean to the movies and their continuing ability to inspire and enthral.
Ian Critchley
Sunday Times
Highly readable and wickedly smart, this title will inspire both lay film fans and film students to watch more closely.
Library Journal
Of the medium's many distinguished critics, none is ... Read morebetter informed or more authoritative than David Thomson
Spectator
Confirms yet again that [Thomson] has the most learned and independent eyes in the criticism business. Somehow he freshens everything.
Leon Wieseltier Thomson assuredly seeks to expose the magician's many secrets - but only so we can all access a better appreciation of the wonder of film... An enjoyably deep dive into the interaction between cinema and psyche.
Kirkus
Thoughtfully pondered and poetically covered
Booklist
The best writer on film in our time
Michael Ondaatje One of the liveliest, most literate, productive, provocative and daring movie critics
Philip French
Observer
The greatest biographical writer about film of all time
Sunday Times
A giant in the world of film criticism
The Times
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