The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000

The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 724
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ISBN-10 : 0415936969
ISBN-13 : 9780415936965
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000 by : New York Times Theater Reviews

From the Oscar-winning blockbustersAmerican BeautyandShakespeare in Loveto Sundance oddities likeAmerican MovieandThe Tao of Steve, to foreign films such asAll About My Mother, the latest volume in this popular series features a chronological collection of facsimiles of every film review and awards article published inThe New York Timesbetween January 1999 and December 2000. Includes a full index of personal names, titles, and corporate names. This collection is an invaluable resource for all libraries.

The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs
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Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1250048095
ISBN-13 : 9781250048097
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Silence of the Lambs by : Thomas Harris

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling classic, now with a note by author Thomas Harris revealing his inspiration for Hannibal Lecter. An ingenious, masterfully written novel, The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname—Buffalo Bill—is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues—about Buffalo Bill and about her—launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.

Fight Club: A Novel

Fight Club: A Novel
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9780393066395
ISBN-13 : 0393066398
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Fight Club: A Novel by : Chuck Palahniuk

The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation’s most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club’s estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basements of bars. There, two men fight "as long as they have to." This is a gloriously original work that exposes the darkness at the core of our modern world.

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made
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Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Total Pages : 1028
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ISBN-10 : 0812930010
ISBN-13 : 9780812930016
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made by : Vincent Canby

Gathers New York Times reviews for the best American and foreign films that were released from 1929 to 1998.

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
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Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages : 64
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ISBN-10 : 9781559366458
ISBN-13 : 1559366451
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Driving Miss Daisy by : Alfred Uhry

Racial tensions are delicately explored when a warm friendship evolves between an elderly Jewish woman and her black chauffeur. Winner of a 1988 Pulitzer Prize, and Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

A Widow's Story

A Widow's Story
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 479
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ISBN-10 : 9780062082633
ISBN-13 : 0062082639
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis A Widow's Story by : Joyce Carol Oates

Unlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, A Widow’s Story is the universally acclaimed author’s poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Oates, whose novels (Blonde, The Gravedigger’s Daughter, Little Bird of Heaven, etc.) rank among the very finest in contemporary American fiction, offers an achingly personal story of love and loss. A Widow’s Story is a literary memoir on a par with The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Calvin Trillin’s About Alice.

Simpatico

Simpatico
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Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages : 108
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ISBN-10 : 0822207265
ISBN-13 : 9780822207269
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Simpatico by : Sam Shepard

"Final draft (working rehearsal script)" Pages 190-194 are labelled "Re-Write- 12/7/93"

Ordinary People

Ordinary People
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0140065172
ISBN-13 : 9780140065176
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Ordinary People by : Judith Guest

One of the great bestseller of our time: the novel that inspired Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning film starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore In Ordinary People, Judith Guest’s remarkable first novel, the Jarrets are a typical American family. Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. In this memorable, moving novel, Judith Guest takes the reader into their lives to share their misunderstandings, pain, and ultimate healing. Ordinary People is an extraordinary novel about an "ordinary" family divided by pain, yet bound by their struggle to heal. "Admirable...touching...full of the anxiety, despair, and joy that is common to every human experience of suffering and growth." -The New York Times "Rejoice! A novel for all ages and all seasons." -The Washington Post Book World

Redemption Song

Redemption Song
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 967
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ISBN-10 : 9781466821620
ISBN-13 : 1466821620
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Redemption Song by : Chris Salewicz

With exclusive access to Strummer's friends, relatives, and fellow musicians, music journalist Chris Salewicz penetrates the soul of an rock 'n roll icon. The Clash was--and still is--one of the most important groups of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Indebted to rockabilly, reggae, Memphis soul, cowboy justice, and '60s protest, the overtly political band railed against war, racism, and a dead-end economy, and in the process imparted a conscience to punk. Their eponymous first record and London Calling still rank in Rolling Stone's top-ten best albums of all time, and in 2003 they were officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Joe Strummer was the Clash's front man, a rock-and-roll hero seen by many as the personification of outlaw integrity and street cool. The political heart of the Clash, Strummer synthesized gritty toughness and poetic sensitivity in a manner that still resonates with listeners, and his untimely death in December 2002 shook the world, further solidifying his iconic status. Salewicz was a friend to Strummer for close to three decades and has covered the Clash's career and the entire punk movement from its inception. He uses his vantage point to write Redemption Song, the definitive biography of Strummer, charting his enormous worldwide success, his bleak years in the wilderness after the Clash's bitter breakup, and his triumphant return to stardom at the end of his life. Salewicz argues for Strummer's place in a long line of protest singers that includes Woody Guthrie, John Lennon, and Bob Marley, and examines by turns Strummer's and punk's ongoing cultural influence.