What to Read After I lost it at the movies
Readers who loved I lost it at the movies by Pauline Kael keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where I lost it at the movies is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after I lost it at the movies
Zeroville
A short guide to writing about film
From reverence to rape
Cassavetes on Cassavetes
Agee on film
The big screen
The Haunted Screen
Reel to real
The Great Movies II
From Caligari to Hitler
A history of narrative film
Hitchcock
David Boring
Consider the Lobster
Another bullshit night in Suck City
A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again
Pastoralia
slouching towards bethlehem
Autobiography of a Face
Black Hole
On Photography
Love Is a Mix Tape
Invisible Cities
Silence