Film - History & Criticism
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Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness
$29.99 Add to cartA BLAZINGLY ORIGINAL HISTORY CELEBRATING THE PERSISTENCE OF QUEERNESS ONSCREEN, BEHIND THE CAMERA, AND BETWEEN THE LINES DURING THE DARK DAYS OF THE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION CODE.
From the 1930s to the 1- Author: Koresky, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1639732543
- Language: English
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I Am McLovin: How Superbad Became the Biggest Comedy Hit of Its Generation
$29.95 Read moreWhen Superbad was released on August 17th in 2007, it proved itself to be a massive success right out of the gate, especially for those in the film’s target millennial demographic.
The film wound up d… [more below]- Author: Buss, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493079824
- Language: English
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Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema
$55.00 Add to cartFrom early cinema to the digital era, Color in Motion explores the vibrant history of color on screen
The art of producing color in movies is a fascinating process with a long history. Many people don’
- Author: Niebel, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1636811302
- Language: English
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Art! Trash! Terror!: Adventures in Strange Cinema
$31.95 Add to cartFrom filmmaker, former Fangoria editor-in-chief, and Corman/Poe author Chris Alexander comes ART! TRASH! TERROR! Adventures in Strange Cinema, a treasure trove of in-depth essays and edifying intervie… [more below]
- Author: Alexander, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: March 15 2025
- ISBN10: 191531643X
- Language: English
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3 Women
$17.95 Read moreReleased after the large-scale frescos of Nashville (1975) and Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976), 3 Women (1977) was seen as an intimate drama from director Robert
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Wyatt, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: November 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1839026022
- Language: English
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Hollywood on the Tiber
$43.00 Add to cartHollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became un
- Author: Kaufman, Hank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1942782861
- Language: English
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Hollywood on the Tiber
$32.00 Add to cartHollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became un
- Author: Kaufman, Hank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1942782853
- Language: English
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Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema
$45.00 Add to cartA visual exploration of cyberpunk and its global impact and lasting influence on cinema culture
Cyberpunk, a subgenre of science fiction, first appeared in the early 1980s and uniquely captured the anx
- Author: Berger, Doris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1636811310
- Language: English
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Movies with Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed and Illustrated
$29.99 Read moreFeaturing original illustrations of fantasy memorabilia, ticket stubs, and playmaps, Movies with Balls will make you want to rewatch the movies you already love, and discover gems you’ve never seen. P… [more below]
- Author: Bandujo, Kyle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1683693752
- Language: English
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Bring It on: The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie That Changed, Like, Everything (No, Seriously)
$29.99 Read moreFeaturing dozens of interviews with the cast and crew, fans of the franchise, film scholars, former and current cheerleaders, fellow filmmakers, and more.
Gabrielle Union, Kirsten Dunst, and Eliza Du- Author: Wickman, Kase
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1641607084
- Language: English
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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
$17.00 Add to cartOne of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time
“Pictures at a Revolution is probably one of the best books I’ve ever read in my life.” —Quentin Tarantino The New York Times bests- Author: Harris, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143115030
- Language: English
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The Devil Finds Work: An Essay
$15.00 Add to cartFrom “the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 13 2011
- ISBN10: 0307275957
- Language: English
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A City Full of Hawks: On the Waterfront Seventy Years Later–Still the Great American Contender
$32.95 Read more“Journalist Rebello delivers a meticulous account of On the Waterfront’s bumpy path to the silver screen…. Rebello gamely traces how real-life political drama combined with rank Hollywood gamesmansh
- Author: Rebello, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077805
- Language: English
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The Art of the B Movie Poster
$49.95 Add to cartExploding off the page with over 1,000 of the best examples of exploitation, grindhouse, and pulp film poster design comes The Art of the B-Movie Poster, a collection of incredible posters from low-bu… [more below]
- Author: Newell, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1584238038
- Language: English
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You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!: Life Lessons from the Movie A Christmas Story
$21.18 Add to cartFor the first time, author Quentin Schultze, who taught storytelling with screenwriter Jean Shepherd, reveals the “secret” parables that Shepherd included in his screenplay for A Christmas Story. Now
- Author: Schultze, Quentin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: June 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1937532011
- Language: English
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Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums
$45.00 Add to cart“Grammy Award-winning producer Shepard throws open the door to the recording booth in his exuberant and fine-grained debut memoir…. Broadway aficionados will find plenty to enjoy.” – Publishers Week
- Author: Shepard, Thomas Z.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 149308125X
- Language: English
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Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein: The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks
$29.95 Read moreAn in-depth look at the 1974 releases of Mel Brooks’s Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein that will leave cinephiles enthralled.
1974 was a busy year for Mel Brooks. Although still recovering after
- Author: Hallenbeck, Bruce G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1493078003
- Language: English
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Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean
$29.95 Read moreA fresh and long-overdue reassessment of James Dean, examining his life and legacy as a queer man.
Although he died at a heartbreakingly young age and appeared in only a handful of movies, James Dean r
- Author: Colavito, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493085654
- Language: English
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Rome Open City
$15.95 Read moreThis study examines Rome Open City and its place in Roberto Rossellini’s career. The film is based on events that took place in Nazi occupied Italy 1944, one year before the film was made. The author … [more below]
- Series: BFI Film Classics #55
- Author: Forgacs, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 27 2000
- ISBN10: 0851708048
- Language: English
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Campy Cult Classic
$19.99 Read moreThe Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ is the in-depth story of not only the legendary stage show and movie but of a unique period in theatrical history – in the movie’s UK homeland as well as overseas. Ro… [more below]
- Series: FAQ
- Author: Thompson, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1495007472
- Language: English
