Denby, David, <br/><br/>
Do the movies have a future? / 
David Denby. 
 - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 
 - New York :  Simon & Schuster,  2012. 
 - xiii, 347 p. ; 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Introduction: the way we live now -- Trends. Conglomerate aesthetics; Pirates on the ipod: the soul of a new screen; Spectacle: the passion of the Christ, Avatar, Endless summer- digital all the time -- Independent glories. Sideways, Capote, Capturing the Friedmans, The squid and the whale, The diving bell and  the butterfly, There will be blood, The hurt locker, Winter's bone -- Stars.  Joan Crawford; Fallen idols: movie stars today -- Genres. High school movies; Chick flicks; Romantic comedy gets knocked up -- Directors. Otto Preminger; Victor Fleming; Pedro Almodóvar; Clint Eastwood; The Coen Brothers; Quentin Tarantino: Pulp fiction, Kill Bill: vol. 1, Inglourious basterds; David Fincher/The social network -- Two critics. James Agee; Pauline Kael -- An opening to the future? Mumblecore; Terrence Malick's insufferable masterpiece -- Rise of the planet of the apes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416599470 (hardcover) 9781416599487 (pbk.) 9781439110096 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--United States<br/>Motion pictures--United States<br/>Motion picture industry<br/>Film criticism--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.430973 DEN-D