I’ve written another book! It’s called The Greatest Films of All Time, Part 1: 1915-1966.  More than 200 pages long, the book contains 208 films. The list of movies is derived from the movie lists on Make Lists, Not War.

The book, which is printed on premium paper stock and printed with high-quality inks at Red Spot Printing in Waltham, MA, is full of illustrations and informative (and sometimes humorous) essays by yours truly, along with quotes from many reputable film critics and scholars.

It’s the perfect holiday gift for that movie buff in your life, even if that movie buff is you!

The films are presented chronologically, beginning with the silents. You’ll find: Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton; German Expressionism; classics of the Hollywood studio system, including musicals, Westerns, and horror films; screwball comedy; film noir; Hitchcock’s thrillers; films by Bergman, Renoir, Fellini, and Antonioni; French New Wave; a James Bond film; and a Sergio Leone spaghetti Western.

My hope is that you will be able to revisit some old favorites and discover some new ones. The films in the book include: The Gold Rush. Citizen Kane. Battleship Potemkin. Duck Soup. Persona. Casablanca. La Dolce Vita. Bringing Up Baby. The Wizard of Oz. The Searchers. Gone with the Wind. Grand Illusion. A Hard Day’s Night. Fantasia. Psycho. Singin’ in the Rain.  

Because I wanted to make sure the book was on the best quality paper, using high-quality inks for the illustrations, it was expensive to print, so I am charging $50 per book, which will cover the printing costs.  As a bonus, I am offering FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the U.S.  (I will need to add a shipping fee for international purchases.)