5001 Nights at the Movies

The intelligent person's guide to the movies, with more than 2,800 reviews

Look up a movie in 5001 Nights at the Movies, and chances are you'll find yourself reading on about the next movie and the next. Pauline Kael's reviews aren't just provocative—they're addictive.

These brief, informative reviews, written for the "Goings On About Town" section of The New Yorker, provide an immense range of listings—a masterly critical history of American and foreign film. This is probably the only movie guide you'll want to read for the sheer pleasure of it.