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Anthony Lane is the critic's critic, and to review possibly the world's best reviewer is a daunting task. Lane left London in 1993 for the headiest of heights: the position of staff writer and film reviewer for the New Yorker, stepping into the position left by eminent critic Pauline Kael. He made the role entirely his own, producing some of the funniest, most insightful and certainly most quotable reviews ever written. This mammoth book is a compilation of eight years of his critiques of films, writers, books, heroes and institutions from Lego to the Oscars. Almost every page yields up at least one laugh-out-loud moment and many quotable lines - after reading this book, you'll have a vastly expanded store of bon-mots to whip out at your next high-brow dinner party. Although Lane is somewhat derisory about his roots in the 'squalling pit' of British journalism, his distinct Britishness, his self-effacement and unabashed honesty provide a great deal of his appeal as a writer. It is an immense pleasure to dip into this book, t
Anthony Lane is the critic's critic, and to review possibly the world's best reviewer is a daunting task. Lane left London in 1993 for the headiest of heights: the position of staff writer and film reviewer for the New Yorker, stepping into the position left by eminent critic Pauline Kael. He made the role entirely his own, producing some of the funniest, most insightful and certainly most quotable reviews ever written. This mammoth book is a compilation of eight years of his critiques of films, writers, books, heroes and institutions from Lego to the Oscars. Almost every page yields up at least one laugh-out-loud moment and many quotable lines - after reading this book, you'll have a vastly expanded store of bon-mots to whip out at your next high-brow dinner party. Although Lane is somewhat derisory about his roots in the 'squalling pit' of British journalism, his distinct Britishness, his self-effacement and unabashed honesty provide a great deal of his appeal as a writer. It is an immense pleasure to dip into this book, t