Bloomsbury Good Movie Guide

The aim of this book is to offer directions and suggestions to ensure that cinema-goers and TV and video watchers alike can enjoy and better understand the best in world cinema. It offers reviews of 150 classic movies and profiles over 150 influential film people from both sides of the camera. Extensive cross-referencing and a comprehensive index complement the suggestions for further watching from the individual entries and the 20 diagrammatic networks. There are details and concise summaries of nearly 5,000 films, each rated according to the quality of direction, acting, script, cinematography, score or special effects.