
Film critic, author of two monumental books ('John Ford. The Man and his Films' and 'The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini: His Life And Films'), has written about Costa, Dreyer, Ferrara, Fuller, Hawks, Hitchcock, Mankiewicz, McCarey, Mizoguchi, Max Ophüls, Preminger, Renoir, Sirk, von Sternberg, Straub, Ulmer, Vidor, Walsh, and has made DVD editions commenting several movies of these filmmakers.