From the silents onwards, only American critics, not only American movies; contributors include Carl Sandburg, H.D., Cecilia Ager, Otis Ferguson, Manny Farber, Jonas Mekas, Renata Adler, Molly Haskell, Kael and Sarris, J.Hoberman, Geoffrey O'Brien, and Stuart Klawans on 'Gladiator' and John Ashbery on 'The Seventh Victim', recommended to him by Edward Gorey; 700+pp.