A Cinema of Loneliness
"An excellent work of film criticism, and as such, demands response and debate....Kolker's analyses of each director's work...are stimulating, provocative, insightful and passionate, models of film analysis."--San Francisco Review of Books"Brings the films into clearer focus for film-goers.  The filmmakers themselves will find Kolker's analysis of their works extremely accurate."--Martin Scorsese"The best book on contemporary American film ."--The Washington Post Book World