The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema : The Essential Companion to 101 Modern Movies

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Celebrate the centurys' finest movies in The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema , a lavishly illustrated homage to the world's best movies of this new era of cinema.

The best 101 films- a run down of the finest films of the millenium from Hollywood blockbusters to indie gems.

The hottest stars- features on the up and coming actors and actresses who have made a mark.

The winning genres- best-in-class features on drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, animation, documentary, superhero movies and all the genre-mash ups in between.

The unsung heroes- the finest talent behind the camera, including directors, cinematographers, set designers and special effects specialists.

The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema is the essential companion to movies of the moment.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. vi)
• 127 Hours (p. 2)
• 3:10 to Yuma (p. 5)
• Adaptation (p. 8)
• World Hotspots #1: Europe (p. 10)
• Amélie (p. 11)
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (p. 13)
• Animal Kingdom (p. 15)
• Antichrist (p. 17)
• The Artist (p. 20)
• Shattered Glasses: What happened to Hollywood's 3D dream? (p. 22)
• Avatar (p. 23)
• The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -New Orleans (p. 26)
• Black Swan (p. 28)
• Blue Valentine (p. 31)
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (p. 34)
• Long Live the New Flesh #1: Actors (p. 36)
• The Bourne Supremacy (p. 37)
• Bowling for Columbine (p. 39)
• Brokeback Mountain (p. 41)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (p. 43)
• Capturing the Friedmans (p. 45)
• True Stories: Ten of the best documentaries (p. 47)
• Carnage (p. 48)
• Casino Royale (p. 50)
• City of God (Cidade de Deus) (p. 52)
• Cloverfield (p. 54)
• Collateral (p. 56)
• The Dark Knight (p. 58)
• Tights! Camera! Action! The unstoppable rise of the comic-book movie (p. 61)
• Dark Water (p. 62)
• The Day After Tomorrow (p. 64)
• The Departed (p. 67)
• Oops! Flops, Farragos and Fandangos: Movies everyone would rather forget (p. 69)
• District 9 (p. 70)
• Donnie Darko (p. 73)
• Downfall (p. 75)
• Drive (p. 77)
• Long Live the New Flesh #2: Actresses (p. 80)
• Eden Lake (p. 81)
• Elephant (p. 84)
• Enter the Void (p. 86)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (p. 88)
• Far From Heaven (p. 90)
• Deja View: Best and worst remakes (p. 92)
• Femme Fatale (p. 93)
• The Fighter (p. 95)
• Fish Tank (p. 98)
• Cruel Intentions: The new cinema of suffering (p. 101)
• Funny Games U.S (p. 102)
• Gomorrah (p. 104)
• Gone Baby Gone (p. 106)
• Good Bye Lenin! (p. 109)
• Down to Earth: Demise of the Hollywood star (p. 111)
• Gran Torino (p. 112)
• Grizzly Man (p. 114)
• Hanna (p. 117)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (p. 119)
• World Hotspots #2: Asia (p. 122)
• Hero (p. 123)
• Hidden (Caché) (p. 125)
• A History of Violence (p. 127)
• Hostel (p. 129)
• The Hunger Games (p. 131)
• Breaking the Celluloid Ceiling: Women directors (p. 133)
• The Hurt Locker (p. 134)
• Ichi the Killer (p. 136)
• The Illusionist (p. 138)
• Inception (p. 141)
• Inglourious Basterds (p. 143)
• Grand Theft Movie! Is piracy destroying the film industry? (p. 145)
• Iron Man (p. 146)
• Juno (p. 149)
• The King's Speech (p. 151)
• Knocked Up (p. 154)
• Let The Right One In (p. 157)
• Little Miss Sunshine (p. 159)
• The Lives of Others (p. 161)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (p. 163)
• Virtual Unreality: Performance capture (p. 166)
• Lost in Translation (p. 167)
• Midnight in Paris (p. 169)
• Milk (p. 172)
• Moneyball (p. 174)
• Moon (p. 177)
• Long Live the New Flesh #3: Directors (p. 179)
• Mulholland Drive (p. 180)
• No Country for Old Men (p. 183)
• Oldboy (p. 185)
• Pan's Labyrinth (p. 187)
• World Hotspots #3: The Americas (p. 190)
• Persepolis (p. 191)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (p. 193)
• A Prophet (p. 195)
• Punch-Drunk Love (p. 197)
• The Road (p. 199)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (p. 202)
• Shaun of the Dead (p. 205)
• Shutter Island (p. 207)
• The Little Movies that Could: American indies (p. 210)
• A Single Man (p. 211)
• The Skin I Live In (p. 213)
• The Social Network (p. 215)
• Spirited Away (p. 218)
• The Station Agent (p. 220)
• Sunshine (p. 223)
• Super 8 (p. 226)
• Synecdoche, New York (p. 228)
• Team America: World Police (p. 230)
• War! What movies is it good for? (p. 232)
• There Will Be Blood (p. 233)
• Toy Story 3 (p. 236)
• Transformers (p. 238)
• The Tree of Life (p. 240)
• Twilight (p. 242)
• United 93 (p. 244)
• Up in the Air (p. 247)
• WALL-E (p. 249)
• Family-Friendly Film: Movies for the matinee crowd (p. 251)
• We Need to Talk About Kevin (p. 253)
• The Wrestler (p. 255)
• Index (p. 258)
• Picture credits (p. 264)