Series Editors: Edward Buscombe (Stagecoach) Editor of The BFI Companion to the Western (2nd edn, 1993) and author of The Searchers (2000), also in the BFI Film Classics series. Rob White.

"The stature of films and writers makes this work valuable... Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and higher." -- Choice"Academic and research libraries that are not purchasing the series may want to consider this set for their circulating collections." -- Booklist/RBB"A must-have resource on these films of undeniable historical significance. The essays are all of exceptionally high quality... The BFI series is a landmark in the history of film criticism, and an absolutely essential reference book..." -- Quarterly Review of Film and Video

• Volume 1: Introduction to the BFI Film Classics Series, DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, GREED, NAPOLÉON, SUNRISE – A SONG OF TWO HUMANS, BLACKMAIL, L’ÂGE D’OR, M, BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (Boudu sauvé des eaux), 42nd STREET, QUEEN CHRISTINA, IT’S A GIFT, L’ATALANTE, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN , THINGS TO COME, PÉPÉ LE MOKO, OLYMPIA, STAGECOACH, THE WIZARD OF OZ, CITIZEN KANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE PALM BEACH STORY, WENT THE DAY WELL? CAT PEOPLE, “FIRES WERE STARTED –”;, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP.Volume 2: Introduction to the BFI Film Classics Series, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS, THE BIG SLEEP, THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, ODD MAN OUT, GUN CRAZY, IN A LONELY PLACE, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, HIGH NOON, SHANE, THE BIG HEAT, THE SEVENTH SEAL (Det sjunde inseglet), WILD STRAWBERRIES (Smultronstället), L’AVVENTURA, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Rocco e i suoi fratelli), LOLITA, AN ACTOR’S REVENGE (Yukinojo henge), THE BIRDS, PERFORMANCE, LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE (Day for Night), CHINATOWN, TAXI DRIVER, ANNIE HALL.