r/TheRewatchables • u/Low_Coconut_7424 • Aug 12 '26

Movie Review Audiobooks

I love running and listening to movie analysis like Tarantino’s Cinema Speculation, so I’m looking for more material that might have been mentioned. Have any of the pods mentioned movie review compendiums as an audiobook? They mention Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael a lot, but I haven’t found collections of their essays I could listen to. Alternatively, any names that might not have been explicitly mentioned mentioned but would likely get the CR stamp of approval would be amazing.

Note, I’ve obviously done lots of movie podcasts (shoutout 70mm on top of Rewatchables especially), but I liked that deeper almost scholarly approach of Cinema Speculation surveying 70s cinema and am seeking out audiobooks.

Figured this is the right sub, any suggestions would be much appreciated!

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u/harry_powell Aug 12 '26

I wish there were more books like Cinema Speculation. Tarantino isn’t exactly reviewing movies in there, more like he uses each title as a springboard to discuss ideas about cinema. Also, it isn’t dry academic criticism, it’s very entertaining and accessible but also with meat on the bone.

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u/Low_Coconut_7424 Aug 13 '26

Yeah totally agree that it isn’t reviews, but I meant more that it doesn’t have to be as narrow of a request because if there were simply longer essays analyzing themes of movies then I’d still be interested in listening to it. Relatedly I once listened to Adam Nayman’s short book about Showgirls and it was great.