Phillip Lopate

Professor of Professional Practice Phillip Lopate

A dual history of American movies and movie reviews evaluates how the nation's films have both fostered new ways of seeing the world and spawned an extraordinary body of critical writing, in a collection of essays that includes contributions by such figures as James Agee, Ralph Ellison, and Roger Ebert.

An Anthology from the Silents Until Now

American Movie Critics

Essays by writers representing various cultures and eras, from ancient Greece to the present, include works by Seneca, Thoreau, Dillard, Vidal, and Orwell

An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present

The Art of the Personal Essay

Essays written over a period of thirty years evaluate the contributions of great filmmakers and noted critics, and address the question of whether movies can think

Professor of Professional Practice Phillip Lopate

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