Halliwells The Movies that Matter by David Gritten

Halliwells The Movies that Matter by David Gritten

A major reworking of Halliwell's, the definitive brand in movie publishing, featuring the Editor's personal selection of 3,000 essential films from the 1930s classics to the modern-day blockbusters. Includes over 350 new releases in the UK in the last year, plus stand-alone feature articles on new talent, film genres and movie news for 2008.

'I just wish I could be as concise, accurate, well balanced and full of love for the movies as Halliwell’s manages to be year after year' Simon Bates, Classic FM, Christmas 2005

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DAVID GRITTEN has been writing about and reviewing films for the Daily Telegraph for 15 years. He has interviewed many of the film's world's leading names: Scorsese, Spielberg, Streep, Almodovar, Clooney and Hanks. He is a long-time London correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and in 2004 became the first film critic in the history of Saga magazine. He is also a contributing editor at Conde Nast Traveller magazine. He spent the 1980s in Los Angeles, working first as arts editor and then as TV critic for a daily newspaper, the Herald Examiner. In 2002, Penguin published his book Fame: Stripping Celebrity Bare, which dealt with the corrosive effects of celebrity culture. He has completed a spell as chairman of the London Film Critics' Circle.

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ISBN 13	9780007271061
ISBN 10	0007271069
Title	Halliwells The Movies that Matter
Author	David Gritten
Series	Halliwell's Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2008-10-20
Number of pages	720
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.