"This brand-new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die covers more than a century of movie history. Every film profile is packed with details including the director and cast, a plot summary and production notes, and little-known facts relating to the film's history, "--Amazon.com.

"Combining a cineaste's deep knowledge of film with a slack-jawed kid's sense of wonder at the medium, Jim Ridley wrote about movies in a way few others could. At the time of his unexpected death in 2016, Ridley was editor-in-chief of the alt-weekly Nashville Scene, the paper where he started his career in 1989, and where he gained a loyal audience with his incisive, wide-ranging reviews. He reveled in the joy and mischief, dwelled on the beauty and...

Farber was a unique figure among American movie critics, and long revered by his peers. This volume covers the spectrum from his early and previously uncollected weekly reviews to his brilliant later essays, and defines his enduring significance as writer and thinker.

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