History & Criticism
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There’s a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of Arsenic and Old Lace
$29.93 Add to cartThere’s a Body in the Window Seat! is a detailed history of one of the most beloved American murder-mysteries and comedies, Arsenic and Old Lace.
- Author: Dennis, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493067850
- Language: English
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Honor Among Thieves: The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville
$20.00 Add to cartThe crosscurrents between the classic Hollywood cinema and France’s postwar cinema are rich in producing iconic imagery with philosophical resonance, and no filmmaker has immersed himself in this proj
- Author: Dickos, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: June 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1940625475
- Language: English
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1920s Fashion Sourcebook
$24.95 Add to cart‘There isn’t a more comprehensive source to Twenties fashion that I can think of … An absolute must for anyone interested in Twenties fashion or art deco’ Style High Club
‘A source of all the styles,
- Series: Fashion Sourcebooks
- Author: Fiell, Charlotte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1787398870
- Language: English
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A New Philosophy of Opera
$29.99 Add to cartKnown as opera’s “disrupter-in-residence,” director Yuval Sharon has never adhered to the art form’s conventions. In his many productions in both the United States and Europe, he constantly challenges
- Author: Sharon, Yuval
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1631496867
- Language: English
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American Standard: Cheap Trick from the Bars to the Budokan and Beyond
$41.93 Read moreThey’ve sold more than 20 million albums, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and they’re one of Homer Simpson’s favorite bands–but even today, fifty years after they first formed
- Author: Warner, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1493078062
- Language: English
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Depeche Mode’s 101
$14.95 Read moreDepeche Mode’s 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its “Concert for the Masses,” 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Valle, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1501390325
- Language: English
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Pressure Drop: Reggae in the Seventies
$40.00 Add to cartPressure Drop chronicles reggae’s most tumultuous and influential decade. Beginning in 1970 and unfolding both in Britain and Jamaica, reggae flourished against a backdrop of political upheaval, gang
- Author: Masouri, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1913172848
- Language: English
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The SNL Companion: An Unofficial Guide to the Seasons, Sketches, and Stars of Saturday Night Live
$55.43 Add to cart“This is a comprehensive ticket to learning more about every aspect of the late-night comedy staple and its storied history.” – Library Journal
Television history was made on October 11, 1975, when a- Author: Tropiano, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1493072609
- Language: English
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One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg
$35.00 Read moreOne Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg offers a sweeping portrait of the revered performer’s life and career. Deemed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, Diana Rigg … [more below]
- Series: Hollywood Legends
- Author: Pilato, Herbie J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1496837975
- Language: English
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Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered
$24.95 Add to cart- Author: Norman, Donald A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0262548305
- Language: English
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Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
$25.00 Read moreThe story of how the movies assumed a gritty facade in the name of authenticity, with working actors transforming into artists, poets, painters, troubadours, and filmmakers–both on- and off-screen.
- Author: Stanfield, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: July 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148626
- Language: English
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Time’s Echo: Music, Memory, and the Second World War
$19.00 Add to cartA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR – WINNER OF THREE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS – Finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction – A stirring account of how music bears witness … [more below]
- Author: Eichler, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 052556344X
- Language: English
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Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence
$38.65 Add to cartTorture porn, shock-for-shock’s sake, violence that doesn’t serve the plot, and characters you hate – what was going on in the 2000s in horror cinema? And why were audiences hungry for it? Millennial
- Author: Powers-Schaub, Ariel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1960721585
- Language: English
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When Rock Met Reggae: How the Cultural Crossover of Bob Marley, the Clash, the Specials and More Changed the Face of Rock Music
$41.93 Read moreIn When Rock Met Reggae, Steven Blush takes a spirited, cross-genre perspective in this “illuminating chronicle” (Booklist) of the crossover of Jamaican, British, and American sounds that changed the
- Author: Blush, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074474
- Language: English
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The Making of Some Like It Hot: My Memories of Marilyn Monroe and the Classic American Movie
$15.99 Add to cartA Special Memoir for a Special Moment in Hollywood History . . .
Some Like It Hot occupies a unique place in American culture. This beloved classic showcases five comic geniuses: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemm
- Author: Curtis, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1684425921
- Language: English
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Live Cinema and Its Techniques
$16.95 Add to cartCelebrated as an “exhilarating account” of a revolutionary new medium (Booklist), Francis Ford Coppola’s indispensable guide to live cinema is a boon for moviegoers, film students, and teachers alike…. [more below]
- Author: Coppola, Francis Ford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494546
- Language: English
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The Battle of Brazil: Terry Gilliam v. Universal Pictures in the Fight to the Final Cut
$34.48 Add to cartThe totally restored, revamped and researched blow-by-blow recounting of the most spectacular title bout in the blood-soaked history of Hollywood. “This book documents in rare detail the back-room hag… [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Mathews, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557833478
- Language: English
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Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams
$21.99 Add to cartRobert Englund, legendary star of A Nightmare on Elm Street, peels back the Freddy Krueger mask and reveals the stuff of every horror buff’s dreams.
ONE…TWO…FREDDY’S COMING FOR YOU… You’ve seen- Author: Englund, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 23 2013
- ISBN10: 1439150494
- Language: English
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Tainted Love: From Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar
$20.95 Add to cartThe first book-length inquiry into the twisted romantic ballad, giving a sense of both its history and contemporary currency.
Titled after Soft Cell’s version of the original 1965 Gloria Jones track,- Author: Coles, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 3956796586
- Language: English
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Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of A B Movie Actor
$17.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling raucous and sardonic memoir from Bruce Campbell, a follow-up to the New York Times bestselling If Chins Could Kill, now with all new material
With an introduction by Ne- Author: Campbell, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1250178193
- Language: English
