Forward Observer

Stanley Kauffmann wrote film criticism for The New Republic for over 50 years, a tenure unsurpassed by any other major film critic. This collection of film criticism brings together reviews from the last 15 years of Stanley Kauffmann's life, from 1998 to 2013. Surveying the modern cinema at the end of one century and the start of another, Kauffmann brings clarity, unique insight and nuanced prose to bear on a wide variety of independent, foreign, and commercial cinema amidst great and ongoing technological, economic, and political shifts in the art form. A vital collection from an indispensable writer, whose critical prowess did not dim but was instead elevated by age, Forward Observer is an essential volume for any lover of film and criticism.