David Thomson, the great film critic, discusses his increasing disquiet with film — and how movies have helped deliver us to authoritarianism. He describes film’s adulation of power, which has been almost religiously illuminated on the screen.
David Thomson, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies Simon & Schuster, 2026
Book Launch with David Thomson at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley on July 12, 2026