Elena Oumano, Ph.D., book author, music journalist, lecturer

Reading Cinema Today is like attending a fascinating panel discussion chaired by a host smart enough to step back and allow this distinguished and varied group of 39 contemporary international filmmakers their say on subjects that include cinematography, the filmmaking process, rhythm and structure, cinema and business, the viewer, and cinema and society. The participants include such cinema legends as Constantin Costa-Gravas and Olivier Assayas, critically-adored radicals like Andrew Bujalski and Brillante Mendoza, and many other gifted film artists whose collective work represents the finest examples of contemporary international filmmaking, all of whom were interviewed by the author specifically for this book.