A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies by David Thomson has an overall rating of Positive based on 10 book reviews.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Date
July 7, 2026
From one of cinema’s critics, an arresting new perspective on the sweep of film history.
A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of the Movies – big screen questions
Author David Thomson on How Screen Antiheroes Led to Trump, Why His ‘Dictionary’ Won’t Be Updated and His Next Book Subject: Mickey Mouse
The Film Historian Who’s Sick of Movies
Are Movies to Blame?
An ill-fated romance: Dark is the Morning, by Rupert Thomson, reviewed
Opinião - João Pereira Coutinho: Hollywood tanto fabricou mitos nacionais quanto os expôs, indagou e destruiu
The Story of Documentary Film (The 1980s) review – Mark Cousins educates and intrigues once more
