Title: An interesting journey through the highways and byways of contemporary movies
Product review: Kenneth Turan, chief film critic for the Los Angeles Times, has always been revered for writing intelligent, trenchant reviews. In this collection, he includes reviews of 150 films that are often not available on general release. The book is divided into several sections - English Language films, foreign language films, documentaries, classics, and retrospectives. Although the films surveyed are perhaps more well-known now than they were on their first release, it's interesting to find out what Turan thinks of them. I personally enjoyed the retrospective section the most: Turan writes sensitively about great directors, including Frank Borzage, Anthony Mann, Max Ophuls and Edgar G. Ulmer. Highly recommended as a book to dip into, as well as to read from cover to cover.
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