From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. The first all-new publication from The Onion’s stable of mad satirists since 1999′s Our Dumb Century, this globe-spanning volume raises the bar for topical humor. Known for their savage, irreverent newspaper parody, The Onion staff delight in playing up stereotypes and skewering perceptions, and they have picked an enormous playground [...]

KEY BENEFIT: Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this “no-nonsense” book offers a generously illustrated, concise, and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on American cinema. Eclectic in methodology and written in a plain English style that audiences can relate to, it examines the [...]

Stills from The Red Balloon (Click for larger image) Newly restored and available for the first time on DVD, Albert Lamorisse s exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children s films of all time. In this deceptively simple, nearly wordless tale, a young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to [...]

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From Booklist For half a century, the Village Voice has set the gold standard for serious film coverage. The New York City alternative weekly has boasted three of America’s best critics–Jonas Mekas, Andrew Sarris, and J. Hoberman–and the backup reviewers have been nearly as good. In the pieces collected here, they turn their acumen to [...]

Substantially revised for the Seventh Edition, A History of Film is a comprehensive international survey of film from its beginnings to the present. This book highlights the contributions of major film-producing countries, significant filmmakers, and their films within social, artistic, economic, and technological contexts. This Seventh Edition incorporates major revisions designed to improve the book’s [...]

Whatever Works is the latest opportunity for Woody Allen to showcase his witty, cynical and supercilious beliefs about life, love and the utter meaninglessness of the universe. In this film, Larry David plays the Woody Allen character, who really hasn’t changed much in some half century. He is brilliant, arrogant and highly neurotic, subject to [...]

Review Most histories of the international cinema focus on the careers of prominent directors. But the authors of The Oxford History of World Cinema set cinematic genres, trends, and national themes at the fore, composing a history of the cinema that is equally a history of our multifarious world culture. Still, in deference to the [...]

French film star, Gerard Depardieus son Guillaume was laid to rest Friday in Bougival church in Yvelines, a suburb of Paris. Guillaume died Monday in a Paris area hospital from a bout of acute pne…