An updated and expanded version of Robert Kolker's classic study of contemporary U.S. film, the new edition of A Cinema of Loneliness reassesses the landscape of American cinema over the past decade. It incorporates discussions of the diverse cadre of directors redefining the nation's cinematic landscape-David Fincher, Judd Apatow, and Ramin Bahrani, among others-while offering appraisals of the recent, and in some cases final, work from the epochal auteurs-Penn, Scorsese, Stone, Altman, Kubrick, and Spielberg-at the book's core. It also provides an overview and analysis of contemporary "independent" filmmaking and includes an updated filmography and notes. The fourth edition of A Cinema of Loneliness captures the contemporary film landscape with clarity and flair, offering essential reading for film buffs everywhere. Book jacket.