In an unprecedented television program, Woody Allen spoke to the camera for the first time about the entire range of his work, in an interview with Richard Schickel. But the presentation contained on
Woody Allen is a private person who talks about his work infrequently. So it was unprecedented when he recently spoke to the camera about the entire range of his work in an interview with Richard Sch
Now in paperback, and with a new afterword: the history and process of moviemaking in general, and of Martin Scorsese's brilliant and varied films in particular, through the words and wit of the maste
Few figures in film and theater history tower like Elia Kazan. Born in 1909 to Greek parents in Istanbul, Turkey, he arrived in America with incomparable vision and drive, and by the 1950s he was the
"Authoritative . . . highly nuanced . . . gives the reader a palpable sense of Mr. Eastwood's career."--The New York TimesFrom the moment The Man With No Name first fixed the screen
Celebrates some forty years of Steven Spielbergs boundless energy and his unwavering commitment to excellence in all areas of his work. Featuring many first-person observations drawn from the author's
From a legendary film critic and movie fan extraordinaire, the highlights reel of a life spent at the moviesRichard Schickel has seen, by his own estimate, more than twenty thousand films. He has been
From the late forties through the sixties, Elia Kazan was the most important and influential director in America, and the only one who managed simultaneously to dominate both theater and film. In that
He transformed a nickelodeon novelty into a new art form and a powerful, glamorous American industry. He codified the rules and techniques of screen story-telling, and pioneered the conventions that
In absorbing essays on books about film, the distinguished critic Richard Schickel offers more insights into moviemaking on every page than a reader will find in an entire shelf of film encyclopedias.
The most important criticism of the great comedian's work, including pieces by Andrew Sarris, David Thomson, Gilbert Seldes, Alistair Cooke, Robert E. Sherwood, Stark Young, Edmund Wilson, Stanley Kau
The most important criticism of the great comedian's work, including pieces by Andrew Sarris, David Thomson, Gilbert Seldes, Alistair Cooke, Robert E. Sherwood, Stark Young, Edmund Wilson, Stanley Kau
In explaining the power of celebrity in modern life, Richard Schickel ranges through every realm of our culture—film, theatre, television, literature, art, the media, pop music, politics—for examples
From a legendary film critic and movie fan extraordinaire, the highlights reel of a life spent at the moviesRichard Schickel has seen, by his own estimate, more than twenty thousand films. He has been
Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun, The Departed, The Aviator, Shutter Island: these are just a few of the critically acclaimed films, startling experimental
