NIGHT-TABLE READING

The Film Critics

MANOHLA DARGIS in mm T M [ NIW YORK TIMIS

WOMEN FILMMAKERS: REFOCUSING, BY J. LEVITIN (UBC)

"I'm currently reading Women Filmmakers: Refocusing, a collection of essays about women who make movies. I'm balancing that with a nice helping of yang by reading (and rereading) all of Philip Roth's novels chronologically, which is why I'm also midway through Goodbye, Columbus."

LEONARD MALTIN

fll.M CKITIC.ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT;4VTHOK.LEONARD MAITIN'S 2009 MOVIE GUIDEIFLIME)

JOSEPH P. KENNEDY PRESENTS: HIS HOLLYWOOD YEARS, BY CARI BEAUCHAMP (KNOPF)

"It's an exceptional work of film scholarship, packed with information no one has uncovered before, but it reads like a juicy novel."

TODD MCCARTHYCHIEF FILM CKITIC. VARIETY

LONDON PERCEIVED, BY V. S. PRITCHETT (GODINE)

"It's an astonishing revelation of the city, its history, its sights, and, above all, its character, written with maximal erudition and intoxicating refinement. The slim volume deepens your appreciation for London's wonders and follies no matter how well you know the city."