A task as daunting as riding a monster wave, and Stephen Lee Naish pulls it off with grace and aplomb: a minute-by-minute analysis-a rigorous celebration-of Kathryn Bigelow's enduring masterpiece Point Break. I read this book avidly, marveling anew at the film and relishing Naish's consistent, thrilling insights.

David Greven, Professor of English, University of South Carolina, USA, and author of Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush (2009)

Stephen Lee Naish writes so vividly and with such precision that we are not so much reading about Point Break as we are re-experiencing the film in our mind's eye, guided along the way by thoughtful insights into the film's characters, themes, and socio-political context. It is a book as exciting to read as Kathryn Bigelow's film is to watch.

Daniel Simpson, Video Essayist, Eyebrow Cinema

A lovely, beat-by-beat recounting of how a famous film portrays the immersive ocean rhythms that every surfer knows.

Aaron James, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, USA, and author of Assholes: A Theory (2014) and Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning (2017)

In Point Break: Movies Minute by Minute, Stephen Lee Naish provides readers with a fresh and compelling model of how to experience movies-all movies-more deeply and with a richer, more nuanced engagement of intellect and emotion. The book is an elegantly written call to see popular cinema as an informative window into the complex, precarious, and confusing world we all share.

Clarke Mackey, Emeritus Professor in Film and Media, Queen's University, Canada