Table of Contents

Entries include: Greed - 1924 - Jonathan Rosenbaum; Napoleon - 1927 - Nelly Kaplan; 42nd Street - 1933 - J. Hoberman; L'Atalante - 1934 - Marina Warner; Bride of Frankenstein - 1935 - Alberto Manguel; Pepe le Moko - 1937 - Ginette Vincendeau; Stagecoach - 1939 - Edward Buscombe; The Wizard of Oz - 1939 - Salman Rushdie; Citizen Kane - 1941 - Laura Mulvey; The Magnificent Ambersons - 1942 - V.F. Perkins; Double Indemnity - 1944 - Richard Schickel; Les Enfants du Paradis - 1945 - Jill Forbes; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - 1947 - Frieda Grafe; Singin' in the Rain - 1951 - Peter Wollen; High Noon - 1952 - Phillip Drummond; Lolita - 1961 - Richard Corliss; The Birds - 1963 - Camille Paglia; La Nuit americaine - 1973 - Roger Crittenden; Chinatown - 1974 - Michael Eaton; Taxi Driver - 1976 - Amy Taubin; Annie Hall - 1977 - Peter Cowie; and many more.

Reviews

"The stature of films and writers makes this work valuable... Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and higher." -- Choice
"Academic and research libraries that are not purchasing the series may want to consider this set for their circulating collections." -- Booklist/RBB
"A must-have resource on these films of undeniable historical significance. The essays are all of exceptionally high quality... The BFI series is a landmark in the history of film criticism, and an absolutely essential reference book..." -- Quarterly Review of Film and Video