The Times on Cinema

'It is up to the Great Film Critic in the Sky to deal with Life of Brian.' Penelope Mortimer LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In 1958, The Times referred to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo as 'not an important film or even major Hitchcock'. In 2012, they reported that it had been declared the best film of all time. Cinematic history is filled with hindsight; filled with tales of the 'underdog' being talked down only to rise triumphantly - nobody thought The Wizard of Oz or Titanic would be remotely successful. But they were. In The Times on Cinema, celebrated film author and journalist Brian Pendreigh throws open the archives on one of Britain's favourite pastimes. From the Fatty Arbuckle scandal in the 1920s to the infamous Oscars mix up of 2017, from Harry Potter to James Bond, cinema's most revered and sharp-tongued critics line up to review and retell some of the world's most famous films and infamous events.

Auteur

Brian Pendreigh was film correspondent and cinema editor of The Scotsman newspaper for ten years before becoming a freelance film journalist in 1997, writing regularly for many major newspapers. He has also published several books on cinema, including On Location: The Film Fan's Guide to Britain and Ireland (Mainstream, 1995), Mel Gibson and His Movies (Bloomsbury 1996) and Ewan McGregor (Orion, 1998, 1999). The Times on Cinema is his first book for The History Press.

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The Times on Cinema opens The Times' and the Sunday Times' vast archives of reviews and coverage of Hollywood's most treasured films. Featuring many of cinema's most revered critics, including Philip French, Dilys Powell, Tom Shone and Kate Muir, whose award-winning journalism has often determined the success or failure of a film, the book spans seven decades of film criticism. Editor and critic Brian Pendreigh also complies a selection of the most infamously scathing reviews ever to grace the pages of The Times, as well as a collection of legendary interviews with iconic actors, actresses, directors and producers, who lay bare the secrets to their successes. Featuring a range of rare film stills from The Times' collection, The Times on Cinema is the first book of its kind to make use of such an extensive archive, and is the perfect gift for all cinephiles.