For his second such collection, Cardullo (theater and drama, U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor) reprints 12 essays from the Hudson Review and other cultural and literary journals. He pairs films for in-depth analysis, such as The Comfort of Strangers and Le Belle Noiseuse , The Piano and Ruby in Paradise , The White Balloon and Mina Tannenbaum , and Prisoner of the Mountains and La Promesse . He also includes an interview with Stanley Kauffman. The text is double spaced. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
