{"product_id":"rainer-on-film-thirty-years-of-film-writing-in-a-turbulent-and-transformative-era-paperback","title":"Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Rainer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAmerican Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e (overrated) to \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e (masterpiece), this collection of Peter Rainer's film criticism spans the course of his illustrious thirty-year career, which dates back to the early 1980s. It is drawn from a wide range of publications, including the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, New Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and is arranged thematically with chapters such as Overrated, Underseen, Some Masterpieces, Documentaries, Issues (Mostly Hot Button), Comedies (Intentional and Unintentional), and Literary and Theatrical Adaptations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRainer covers films both well-known and obscure and writes in depth about many film auteurs--Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, the Coen brothers, Mike Leigh--and New Generation icons, such as Sofia Coppola and Paul Thomas Anderson. The careers of actors ranging from Marlon Brando to Jessica Lange to Robert De Niro are also given an extensive examination. No film buff's collection is complete without this comprehensive compilation that showcases the best work from a master contemporary film critic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Rainer\u003c\/b\u003e is the film critic for the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, a columnist for Bloomberg News, the president of the National Society of Film Critics, and a regular reviewer for \u003ci\u003eFilmWeek\u003c\/i\u003e on NPR. Previously, he was the film critic at the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003e New York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and \u003ci\u003eNew Times Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was a finalist in 1998 for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism. In 2010 he won the National Entertainment Journalism Award for Best Online Entertainment Critic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 9.06 x 5.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770939408672,"sku":"9781595800770","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9fb8edb5d775cd96667da5553db2d291.webp?v=1780381094","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rainer-on-film-thirty-years-of-film-writing-in-a-turbulent-and-transformative-era-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}