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For nearly half a century Philip French’s writing on cinema has been essential reading for filmgoers, cinephiles and anyone who enjoys witty, intelligent engagement with the big screen. His vast knowledge of the medium is matched by his love for it. I Found It at the Movies collects some of the best of Philip French’s film writing from 1964 to 2009. Its subjects are as various, entertaining and challenging as cinema itself: Kurosawa and the Addams family; Satyajit Ray and Doris Day; from Hollywood and the Holocaust to British cinema and postage stamps. I Found It at the Movies is an illuminating companion to the world of the cinema.

I Found It at the Movies is the first of three collections of Philip French’s writings on film and culture.

Cover design: StephenRaw.com.

He wears his learning lightly, and isn’t afraid to bring politics and history relevantly in. It is a pleasure to read an expert film book which doesn’t seem to have been written by a man who thinks the world stops when the house lights go on again - Gavin Millar, The Listener

Philip French was born in Liverpool in 1933, and after service as an officer with the Parachute Regiment in the Middle East he read law and edited The Isis at Oxford before going on to study journalism at Indiana University. For over 30 years he was a producer for BBC Radio, ... read more

Philip French's I Found It at the Movies is an apparently random but charming collection from the Observer critic's nearly 50 years of writing on film. These pieces are elegant and learned, and they hark back to the era when French's predecessor CA Lejeune could usefully dismiss the mawkish home-front drama Millions Like Us with three words: 'And millions don't.' - Nick Curtis, Evening Standard, Film Books of the Year 2011.

Now 78, British critic Philip French has spent most of his life writing about cinema for the BBC, The Times and The Observer . This book, its title a riposte to Pauline Kael, collates some of his chewiest think-places subjects ranging from Doris Day ('a professional virgin') to bombs in the movies.� read more

At a party more than a decade ago, the late literary essayist Lorna Sage once remarked to me of Philip French, film critic of The Observer newspaper since 1978, that his great gift - and curse - is that he cannot forget. read more

A movie critic whose 'words are worth a thousand pictures' .Who'd be so dim? read more

These essays from 1964 to 2009 explain why Philip French is the doyen of British film critics. read more

Murder In The Dark When the Observer critic Philip French started writing on the cinema in the early 1960s, he once explained in an interview, books about film were a rarity. read more

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I Found it at the Movies Reflections of a Cinephile Philip French RRP: GBP£ 19.95 Discount: 10% You Save: GBP£ 2.00 Price: GBP£ 17.95 Available Paperback ISBN: 978 1 847771 29 2 Categories: 20th Century, 21st Century, Film Imprint: Carcanet Film Published: March 2011 216 x 135 mm 220 pages Publisher: Carcanet Press Also available in: eBook (Kindle), eBook (EPUB) Description Excerpt Author Contents Reviews For nearly half a century Philip French’s writing on cinema has been essential reading for filmgoers, cinephiles and anyone who enjoys witty, intelligent engagement with the big screen. His vast knowledge of the medium is matched by his love for it. I Found It at the Movies collects some of the best of Philip French’s film writing from 1964 to 2009. Its subjects are as various, entertaining and challenging as cinema itself: Kurosawa and the Addams family; Satyajit Ray and Doris Day; from Hollywood and the Holocaust to British cinema and postage stamps. I Found It at the Movies is an illuminating companion to the world of the cinema. I Found It at the Movies is the first of three collections of Philip French’s writings on film and culture. Cover design: StephenRaw.com. He wears his learning lightly, and isn’t afraid to bring politics and history relevantly in. It is a pleasure to read an expert film book which doesn’t seem to have been written by a man who thinks the world stops when the house lights go on again - Gavin Millar, The Listener Philip French was born in Liverpool in 1933, and after service as an officer with the Parachute Regiment in the Middle East he read law and edited The Isis at Oxford before going on to study journalism at Indiana University. For over 30 years he was a producer for BBC Radio, ... read more Philip French's I Found It at the Movies is an apparently random but charming collection from the Observer critic's nearly 50 years of writing on film. These pieces are elegant and learned, and they hark back to the era when French's predecessor CA Lejeune could usefully dismiss the mawkish home-front drama Millions Like Us with three words: 'And millions don't.' - *Nick Curtis, Evening Standard, Film Books of the Year 2011.* Now 78, British critic Philip French has spent most of his life writing about cinema for the BBC, The Times and The Observer . This book, its title a riposte to Pauline Kael, collates some of his chewiest think-places subjects ranging from Doris Day ('a professional virgin') to bombs in the movies.� read more At a party more than a decade ago, the late literary essayist Lorna Sage once remarked to me of Philip French, film critic of The Observer newspaper since 1978, that his great gift - and curse - is that he cannot forget. read more A movie critic whose 'words are worth a thousand pictures' .Who'd be so dim? read more These essays from 1964 to 2009 explain why Philip French is the doyen of British film critics. read more Murder In The Dark When the Observer critic Philip French started writing on the cinema in the early 1960s, he once explained in an interview, books about film were a rarity. read more You might also be interested in: Westerns Philip French	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Let's Gimbal! read more Carcanet New Poetry Showcase: The Audience Writes Back read more John Gallas: A Little Andaluciad read more Carcanet Poetry Showcase: 30th April read more The Manchester Writing Competition 2013 read more Six Sixty-Six: Infinity by Gabriel Josipovici read more
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I Found it at the Movies

Reflections of a Cinephile

Philip French