[RightWingAtheist]

BTW, if you could place a film book on the list, which one would it be? Mine would be Agee on Film, vols 1 and 2.

[Borges]

That would be the canonical choice. I supposed the next choice should be a compendium of Pauline Kael's reviews though I frequently disagreed with her. And maybe a collection of John Simon's work to show how someone with a clear distaste the medium overcame it by just being really freaking erudite.