William Rothman is Professor of Cinematic Arts at the University of Miami. His many books include The Holiday in His Eye: Stanley Cavell's Vision of Film and Philosophy and Tuitions and Intuitions: Essays at the Intersection of Film Criticism and Philosophy, both published by SUNY Press.

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the Second EditionWilliam RothmanIntroductionWilliam Rothman1. What Becomes of Things on Film? (1978)2. On Makavejev on Bergman (1979)3. North by Northwest (1981)4. The Fact of Television (1982)5. The Thought of Movies (1983)6. What (Good) Is a Film Museum? What Is a Film Culture? (1983)7. What Photography Calls Thinking (1985)8. A Capra Moment (1985)9. The Fantastic of Philosophy (1986)10. Two Cheers for Romance (1988)11. The Advent of Videos (1988)12. Prénom: Marie (1993)13. Nothing Goes without Saying: Reading the Marx Brothers (1994)14. Seasons of Love: Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night and The Winter's Tale (1994)15. Words of Welcome (1996)16. Groundhog Day (1996)17. Something Out of the Ordinary (1996)18. The World as Things: Collecting Thoughts on Collecting (1998)19. Concluding Remarks Presented at Paris Colloquium on La Projection du monde (1999)20. On Eric Rohmer's A Tale of Winter (1999)21. The Image of the Psychoanalyst in Film (2000)22. Opera in (and As) Film (2000)23. Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow (2000)24. The Good of Film (2000)25. Moral Reasoning: Teaching from the Core (2001)26. Crossing Paths (2002)27. After Half a Century (2001)28. Introducing The Lady Eve (1999)29. Slapstick without Sticks (2001)30. Fred Astaire Asserts the Right to Praise (2005)31. Doug Liman's Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)32. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2006)33. Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale (2008)Index

"Cavell on Film, now in its expanded, second edition carries Cavell's work ardently into the twenty-first century. In gathering together some of his most beloved essays on film into a single volume, Cavell on Film provides an inviting entry point into Cavell's distinctive understanding of American cinema as a partner in philosophical reflection rather than its object of study … Rothman gestures with the hope that Cavell's vision of film and philosophy as humanistic endeavors will guide future scholars. This edition does not try to secure Cavell's legacy; it simply places his writings in the hands of those ready to hear them." — Australasian Journal of American Studies"A perfect stand-alone intro to Cavell's overarching project, namely to transmit his continuously amazed perception that film exists as an instantiation of philosophy itself." — Film Comment