The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture

An engaging look at four pioneering film critics—"besides being a pleasure to read, [it] makes a sophisticated contribution to the study of film criticism" (Cineaste).

In the 1960s, Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Roger Ebert were three of America's most popular and influential film critics. But their remarkable contributions to the cinema landscape were deeply influenced by the work of four earlier critics who are too often overlooked: Otis Ferguson, James Agee, Manny Farber, and Parker T...