With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright, and completely updated,  here from David Thomson—“The greatest living writer on the movies” (John Banville, New Statesman); “Our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen” (Michael Ondaatje)—is the latest edition of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, which topped Sight & Sound’s poll of international critics and writers as THE BEST FILM BOOK EVER WRITTEN.

从艾米·亚当斯（Amy Adams）、本尼迪克特·坎伯巴奇（Benedict Cumberbatch）和卡里·若吉·福纳加（Cary Joji Fukunaga）到华金·菲尼克斯（Joaquin Phoenix）、米娅·瓦西科夫斯卡（Mia Wasikowska）和罗宾·赖特（Robin Wright），共有100多个新作品，并在大卫·汤姆森（David Thomson）的作品我们最具争议性和最值得信赖的电影史学家”（Michael Ondaatje）是最新版本的电影传记词典，它在Sight&Sound对国际影评人和作家的调查中名列榜首，成为有史以来最好的电影书籍。