History & Criticism

Studies The Careers And Individual Films Of The Five Frenchmen Who Turned From Criticism To Moviemaking In The Late 1950s And Changed The Direction And Cont...

the Matrix Conveys The Horror Of A False World Made Of Nothing But Perceptions. Based On The Premise That Reality Is A Dream Controlled By Malevolent Forc...

Wildflower Is A Portrait Of Drew's Life In Stories As She Looks Back On The Adventures, Challenges, And Incredible Experiences Of Her Earlier Years. It Incl...

Empire of Dreams is the first definitive look at all of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror films directed by Steven Spielberg, one of the most popul...

All revolutionary regimes seek to legitimize themselves through foundation narratives that, told and retold, become constituent parts of the social fabric,...

Pierre–Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) stands out among the great artists for his willingness to paint pictures that are straightforwardly pretty and charmi...

Bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, cultural critic Peter Biskind turns his eye toward the new golden age of tele...

The Official Oral History Book Of The Office, Featuring Exclusive Interviews With Every Major Player And Never-before-seen Photos, Pulling Back The Curtain ...

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts, defining over 500 critical terms. The authors address key aspects ...

Spanning a century of screen wizardry-from the early innovations of the pioneering French fantasist Georges Méliès to the first synthetic TRON images to ...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

Praise for Italian Cinema: "Extremely interesting and stimulating."—Bernardo Bertolucci "A very good book and a very accurate one."—Federico Fellini "The l...

paperback book of The Wimpy Kid Movie DiaryCategories: Humor & Entertainment MoviesHistory & Criticism

"Just when you think there aren't anymore books to write about filmmaking, here comes D.B. Gilles' The Portable Film School: a wonderful on-paper process ...

Full-page Newspaper Ads Announced The Date. Reserved Seats Went On Sale At Premium Prices. Audience Members Dressed Up And Arrived Early To Peruse The Progr...

Introduction By Clint Eastwood ; Preface By Jean Picker Firstenberg. 'a Stonesong Press Book'--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In...

Loving and appreciative, researched to a fare-thee-well, and pitched to both fans and first-time viewers of Singin' in the Rain, this delightful book deli...

"You played it for her, Sam. Now, play it for me." Everybody loves a good movie, and Casablanca is just one of the classics described in this, the ultimate ...

Until Recently, It Was Assumed That The Nazis Agitated Against Chaplin From 1931 To 1933, And Then Again From 1938, When His Plan To Make The Great Dictator...

This study provides a detailed account of the 1960s film L'avventura. The book argues that in order to appreciate the film's greatness, it is necessary to...

In The Blink Of An Eye Is Editor Walter Murch's Essay Of Film Editing. Starting With What Might Seem To Be The Most Basic Editing Question - Why Do Cuts Wor...

In Their Thoughtful Study Of One Of Stanley Cavell's Greatest Yet Most Neglected Books, William Rothman And Marian Keane Address This Eminent Philosopher's ...

If You’ve Ever Wondered How A Movie Gets Made, You’re Not Alone. Author And Illustrator Jeff Kinney Didn’t Know Either, But When His Bestsell...