More Rapture! The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies and What They Did To Us by David Thomson Richard Martin September 2013 Book Reviews When I was halfway through reading David Thomson’s new book, I saw Vincente Minnelli’s musical The Band Wagon (1953) in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. It felt like a perfect David Thomson moment. The Band Wagon immer...
The Imp of Mischief: “Have You Seen…?” A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films by David Thomson Tony McKibbin April 2009 Book Reviews If Pauline Kael is often pugnacious, Jonathan Rosenbaum belligerent, Anthony Lane frivolous, then what word should we bestow upon David Thomson? Perhaps impertinence fits best, as Thomson so often takes a small...
