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  • A Sudden Flicker of Light

    A Revisionist History of Movies

    by David Thomson ...
    From one of cinema’s wisest and most penetrating observers, an arresting new perspective on the sweep of film history.David Thomson has been called “the greatest living writer on the movies.” Here is a career capstone of sorts—a one-volume history of film and screens as illuminating and provocative as his classic Biographical Dictionary of Film. In tracing the progress, from the Lumiere Brothers ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Murder and the Movies

    by David Thomson ...
    How many acts of murder have each of us followed on a screen? What does that say about us? Do we remain law-abiding citizens who wouldn't hurt a fly?Film historian David Thomson, known for wit and subversiveness, leads us into this very delicate subject. While unpacking classics such as Seven, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Strangers on a Train, The Conformist, The Godfather, and The Shining, he offers ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Television

    by David Thomson ...
    “The invention, or the quaint piece of furniture, wandered into our lives in the 1940s, as a primitive plaything, a clever if awkward addition to the household. It was expensive, unreliable and a bit of an invalid.” —Television, A BiographyIn just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Fatal Alliance

    A Century of War on Film

    by David Thomson ...
    “A marvelous bombshell of a book, by one of our most formidably knowledgeable and insightful writers on film, it is filled with surprises and witty asides. Though Thomson is quick to pounce on the hypocrisies and historical omissions of some of these war movies, there is nothing compromised about his own daredevil judgments. We are in the hands of a master critic/essayist.”—Phillip LopateFrom one ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • "Have You Seen . . . ?"

    by David Thomson ...
    In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales.Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian.Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, ... Read more

    Was $26.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

    Sixth Edition

    by David Thomson ...
    For almost thirty years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone).This new edition updates the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Big Screen

    The Story of the Movies

    by David Thomson ...
    "An engaging primer on film history" examining the rise of movies, their influence, and the technology that conveys them ( New York Times Book Review).The Big Screen tells the enthralling story of the movies and their signal role in modern life: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence over us, and the technology that made the screen—smaller now, but ever more ubiquitous—as important as ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Moment of Psycho

    How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder

    by David Thomson ...
    It was made like a television movie, and completed in less than three months. It killed off its star in forty minutes. There was no happy ending. And it offered the most violent scene to date in American film, punctuated by shrieking strings that seared the national consciousness. Nothing like Psycho had existed before; the movie industry -- even America itself -- would never be the same.In The ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The People of the Sea

    Celtic Tales of the Seal-Folk

    by David Thomson ...
    Series Book 8 - Canons
    "Readers will be carried away on successive waves of pleasure [and] irresistible holistic beauty" in this journey to uncover myths of Selchies (Seamus Heaney, from the introduction).When author David Thomson travelled across the coasts of Scotland and Ireland to seek out the legend of the selchies—mythological creatures who transform from seals into humans—a magical world emerged before him. ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sleeping with Strangers

    How the Movies Shaped Desire

    by David Thomson ...
    In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many ways in which sexuality has shaped the movies—and the ways in which the movies have shaped sexuality. Exploring the tangled notions of masculinity, femininity, beauty, and sex that characterize our cinematic imagination—and drawing on examples that range from ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Warner Bros

    The Making of an American Movie Studio

    by David Thomson ...
    Series series Jewish Lives
    Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasyWarner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through its ascent to the pinnacle of Hollywood influence and popularity. The Warner Brothers—Harry, Albert, Sam, and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Blueprint to a Billion

    7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth

    by David G. Thomson ...
    Praise for BLUEPRINT TO A BILLION"A wonderful, well thought out analysis of entrepreneurship and leadership of a growth company."—Howard Lester, Chairman, Williams-Sonoma, Inc."If you dream about growing your business to a billion, this is a fascinating down-to-earth study that you must read. Apply the seven essential principles to your business and you are off and running. Learn about strategy, ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD