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“40 Years, 40 Films is an artfully conceived combination of autobiography and film criticism by Nick Digilio. It makes for delicious and nostalgic reading, as we get to savor and remember the films, and to imagine them if we have not. All this is punctuated with anecdotes from his life. It’s a wonderfully original book and happy reading for all film buffs, whether or not you agree with Nick’s assessments.”
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Suzanne Vega, singer/songwriter, author of The Passionate Eye
“Nick Digilio’s 40 Years, 40 Films is more than an entertaining book about the films we loved or hated. It is more than a chronicle of Nick’s journey as a lover and writer about film. It is magic. 0 Years, 40 Films takes the reader on a wild and unpredictable ride through OUR OWN LIVES. Funny. Powerful. Inciteful. Or – as we would say in Texas – It’s just a thing ‘a beauty.”​
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Stephen Tobolowsky, actor/writer, author of The Dangerous Animals Club
​40 Years, 40 Films
By Nick Digilio​​
For four decades, award-winning film critic and beloved Chicago broadcaster Nick Digilio has passionately reviewed movies, championed under-appreciated gems, and entertained audiences across radio, podcasts, theaters, and live events.
Now, in this unique and deeply personal collection, he reflects on 40 years of moviegoing, movie reviewing, and movie-loving, one film at a time.
​From Albert Brooks’ Lost in America (1985) to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024), each chapter is a heartfelt, hilarious, and razor-sharp essay on Digilio’s favorite film of the year, revealing not just his critical insights, but also the moments in his life that shaped (and were shaped by) these cinematic milestones.
Alongside these 40 essays, the book includes full Top 10 lists from every year since 1985, as well as Nick’s personal picks from before his critic days, dating back to his childhood in Wrigleyville.​
But this is more than a film book. It’s a candid biography, tracing Nick’s journey from movie-obsessed kid to respected voice in entertainment, through triumphs, turmoil, sobriety, and reinvention.
Packed with behind-the-scenes stories, showbiz secrets, and genuine love for the art of cinema, 40 Years, 40 Films is a celebration of life at 24 frames per second.​​
40 Years, 40 Films also features an insightful and hilarious introduction by the legendary Tony Fitzpatrick, artist, writer, actor, former film critic, and colleague of Nick’s, and a perceptive foreword by legendary filmmaker Don Coscarelli, the creator of the Phantasm franchise, director of the film Bubba Ho-Tep, and the author of book True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking.