Media Center: ‘New Biographical Dictionary of Film’ by David Thomson

Media Center: ‘New Biographical Dictionary of Film’ by David Thomson

WHO: David Thomson

WHAT: THE NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FILM:
Sixth Edition

WHEN: Published by Knopf May 8, 2014

WHERE: The author lives in San Francisco.

WHY: “This book is a marvel.
A reference book of extraordinary literary merit, this eccentric, audacious, sparkling work returns — revised, updated, and bulging with new entries… Probably the greatest living film writer and historian, Thomson…writes the most fun and enthralling prose about the movies since Pauline Kael.”
—Benjamin Schwarz, THE ATLANTIC

“Thomson proves again that he is irreplaceable.
He has demonstrated wit and originality beyond a reasonable doubt. In the latest edition of his deservedly treasured reference work…Thomson adds another honest wrinkle to one of the most probing accounts ever written of a human being’s engagement with the movies.” —Sarah Kerr, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

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Who is new to this edition:

Amy Adams * J. J. Adams * Casey Affleck * Carroll Ballard * Clio Barnard * Ethel Barrymore * Susanne Bier * Nuri Bilge Ceylan * J. C. Chandor * Jessica Chastain * Lisa Cholodenko * Derek Cianfrance * Sacha Baron Cohen * Bill Condon * Bradley Cooper * Miriam Cooper * Steve Coogan * Daniel Craig * Bryan Cranston * James Cromwell * Benedict Cumberbatch * Alan Cumming * Claire Danes * Jean-Pierre Dardenne * Viola Davis * Dane DeHaan * Lena Dunham * Megan Ellison * Mireille Enos * Asghar Farhadi * Michael Fassbender * Tina Fey * Marc Forster * Ben Foster * Michael J. Fox * James Franco * Cary Joji Fukunaga * James Gandolfini * Andrew Garfield * Ricky Gervais * Jonathan Glazer * John Goodman * Ryan Gosling * Paul Greengrass * Rebecca Hall * Jon Hamm * Michael Haneke * Tom Hardy * Mary Harron * Rutger Hauer * Ethan Hawke * John Hawkes * Brigitte Helm * Nicole Holofcener * Toby Jones * Catherine Keener * Diane Kruger * Jennifer Lawrence * Heath Ledger * Melissa Leo * Lindsay Lohan * Kevin Macdonald * James Mangold * Rooney Mara * Eddie Marsan * James Marsh * Steve McQueen * Matthew McConaughey * Mads Mikkelsen * Elisabeth Moss * Oren Moverman * Peter Mullan * Carey Mulligan * Cristian Mungiu * Andrew Niccol * Jeff Nichols * Guy Pearce * Joaquin Phoenix * Parker Posey * Pete Postlethwate * Sandy Powell * Lynne Ramsay * Nicolas Winding Refn * John C. Reilly * Jeremy Renner * Saoirse Ronan * Scott Rudin * Greta Scacchi * Lone Scherfig * Liev Schreiber * Chloe Sevigny * Amanda Seyfried * Michael Shannon * Aaron Sorkin * Timothy Spall * Kristen Stewart * Ben Stiller * Dean Tavoularis * Joachim Trier * Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck * Christoph Waltz * Mia Wasikowska * Emma Watson * Michelle Williams * Owen Wilson * Joe Wright * Robin Wright

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