The publication of Hitchcock’s Films by Robin Wood in 1965 (shortly after the release of Marnie, a Wood favorite) was the moment when English-language film criticism truly came of age. Wood went on to write other book-length studies of film auteurs such as Howard Hawks, Ingmar Bergman, Claude Chabrol, and Arthur Penn, as well as ... read more »

Read David Thomson’s “Have You Seen …?” and try to watch every one of the 1000 films talked about therein.

Everyone who writes about film can name other writers about film who have influenced them. For me, the big three are Andrew Sarris, Raymond Durgnat, and Robin Wood. Wood, author of the seminal Hitchcock’s Films [Revisited] and numerous other works, and whose all-time favorite films include four by Max Ophuls (Letter from an Unknown Woman, ... read more »

Issue 56 of Bright Lights Film Journal just went live with 28 articles. features foyer Extinguishing Features: The Last Years of Richard Pryor — A genius self-destructs, with a little help from Hollywood Across the Great Divide: Canadian Popular Cinema in the 21st Century — Indigenous film, global dreams articles antechamber Fashion and Dunst: The ... read more »