The Films That Made Me...

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'Like a pizza delivery driver who travels everywhere by moped, or a volcanologist who keeps turning the central heating up, Im a film critic who loves going to the cinema.' Peter Bradshaw is the film reviewer for intelligent, curious cinemagoers; he has worked at the Guardian for twenty years. The Films That Made Me collates his finest reviews from the last two decades, which carry with them his deep experience, knowledge and understanding of film. Introducing each section with a brief introductory article in his light, humorous tone, and ranging from The Cat in the Hat and the Twilight Saga to Synecdoche: New York, Bradshaw shares the films that he loved, the films that he hated, the films that made him laugh, cry, swoon and scared. Bradshaws reviews range from the insightful and introspective to the savage and funny. The Films That Made Me is a must read for all film fanatics.

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I can state without a shadow of a doubt - and there is not a jot of self interest here - that Peter Bradshaw is the greatest film critic of this or any other age... But seriously - agree or disagree - in this book there is wit, passion, articulacy, intelligence and above all utter belief in the overwhelming power of film. And it makes you laugh. I loved it -- Sam Mendes
The Films That Made Me, as Bradshaw's many readers would expect, is knowledgeable, impassioned - and also very, very funny; as he would never write, we laughed out loud. * Esquire *
Peter Bradshaw is the film reviewer for intelligent, curious cinemagoers The Films That Made Me... collates his finest reviews from the last two decades, which carry with them his deep experience, knowledge and understanding of film a must-read for all film fanatics. * Sight & Sound *

Author Bio

Peter Bradshaw is the chief film critic for The Guardian, joining the paper in 1999, and is a contributing editor of Esquire. He has written three novels, Lucky Baby Jesus, Dr Sweet and his Daughter and Night of Triumph. Bradshaw wrote and performed the BBC radio programme titled For One Horrible Moment, and co-wrote and acted in the sitcom Baddiel's Syndrome, which first aired on Sky One.