Also, in French: Nul mieux que Godard, an anthology published by Cahiers du cinéma on Godard and edited by Bergala.

The one film book I crammed into my suitcase to keep me company when I went to live abroad for a couple of years; every dip into its pages offered something to think about, wonder at or silently dispute.

It includes every film-making school from across the globe, behind-the-scenes shots, profiles of 100 influential directors, and lists more than 100 of the greatest movies ever made! Profiling more than 100 of the most significant films ever made, and the world's most influential directors, The Film Book will take you on a journey through the changing landscape of cinema. You'll be scratching your head from start to finish as you try to figure out what exactly is going on in the film.

So only someone with a vision like Barry Jenkins, who wrote and directed this adaptation, could bring it to the big screen. Films and Feelings makes it because its extended chapter on the history of Franco-Anglo-American film criticism, ‘Auteurs and Dream Factories’, has yet to be bettered. I don’t think this has been equalled as a record of a life in show business desperate to get into art. The BFI Film and TV Classics ranges introduce, interpret and celebrate landmarks of world cinema and television.O’Brien’s prose textures alone bear testimony to the power of film to galvanise the creative impulse. This guide to the horror (1983 edition), science fiction (1984) and Western (1984) genres is addictive, exhaustive and unsurpassed. This is a fascinating look at the many variables in making movies, and how so much depends on everything falling into place. The Oscar-nominated film received numerous awards, including a best supporting actress win for Regina King's performance. The Bible of the dedicated cinephile when it was first published in 1968, and still an invaluable route map of what needs to be seen.