The silent era / David Bordwell -- America : the studio years / David Thomson -- America : years of change / Philip French -- America : the modern era / Amy Taubin and Kent Jones -- Europe : the golden age / Gilbert Adair -- Europe : new waves / Jonathan Rosenbaum -- Europe : a new fin de siècle / Jonathan Romney -- British cinema / Peter Wollen -- International cinema / Tony Rayns -- The art of the impossible / Paul Wells.