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From America’s most trusted and most visible film critic, one hundred brilliant essays on the films that define for him cinematic greatness. For the past two years Roger Ebert, the famed
film writer and critic, has been writing biweekly essays for a feature called
“The Great Movies,” in which he offers a fresh and fervent appreciation of a
great film. The Great Movies collects one hundred of these essays, each one of
them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of love, analysis, and
history that will send readers back to that film with a fresh set of eyes and
renewed enthusiasm–or perhaps to an avid first-time viewing. Ebert’s selections
range widely across genres, periods, and nationalities, and from the highest
achievements in film art to justly beloved and wildly successful popular
entertainments. Neither a snob nor a shill, Roger Ebert manages in these essays
to combine a truly populist appreciation for our most important form of popular
art with a scholar’s erudition and depth of knowledge and a sure aesthetic
sense. Wonderfully enhanced by stills selected by Mary Corliss, film curator at
the Museum of Modern Art, The Great Movies is a treasure trove for film lovers
of all persuasions, an unrivaled guide for viewers, and a book to return to
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