The essentials : 52 must-see movies and why they matter
Jeremy Arnold (Author), Turner Classic Movies (Firm)
"Since its inception on Turner Classic Movies in 2001, The Essentials has become the ultimate series for movie lovers to expand their knowledge of must-see cinema and discover or revisit landmark films that have had a lasting impact on audiences everywhere. Based on the TCM series, The Essentials book showcases fifty-two must-see movies from the silent era through the early 1980s. Readers can enjoy one film per week, for a year of stellar viewing, or indulge in their own classic movie festival. Some long-championed classics appear within these pages; other selections may surprise you. Each film is profiled with insightful notes on why it's an Essential, a guide to must-see moments, and running commentary from TCM's Robert Osborne and Essentials guest hosts past and present, including Sally Field, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, Rose McGowan, Carrie Fisher, Molly Haskell, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, and Rob Reiner. Featuring full-color and black-and-white photography of the greatest stars in movie history, The Essentials is your curated guide to fifty-two films that define the meaning of the word 'classic.'"--Cover flap
Motion picture reviews
288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
9780762459469, 9780762459476, 0762459468, 0762459476
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Metropolis (1927)
All quiet on the Western front (1930)
City lights (1931)
Grand Hotel (1932)
King King (1933)
Duck soup (1933)
It happened one night (1934)
The thin man (1934)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Swing time (1936)
Mr. Smith goes to Washington (1939)
Gone with the wind (1939)
The lady Eve (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Now, voyager (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Double indemnity (1944)
Meet me in St. Louis (1944)
Leave her to heaven (1945)
The best years of our lives (1946)
Out of the past (1947)
The red shoes (1948)
The bicycle thief (1948)
The third man (1949)
White heat (1949)
Adam's rib (1949)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Gun crazy (1950)
All about Eve (1950)
Singin' in the rain (1952)
Roman holiday (1953)
Seven samurai (1954)
On the waterfront (1954)
Rear window (1954)
Invasion of the body snatchers (1956)
The searchers (1956)
Some like it hot (1959)
North by northwest (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Breathless (1960)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
To kill a mockingbird (1962)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
In the heat of the night (1967)
The graduate (1967)
Once upon a time in the West (1968)
Jaws (1975)
Rocky (1976)
Annie Hall (1977)
This is Spinal Tap (1964)
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