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Jim Henson and Philosophy: Imagination and the Magic of Mayhem
$29.93 Add to cartJim Henson’s creations have inspired generations with characters that are among the world’s most recognizable cultural icons. Henson’s legacy endures because he never shied away from exploring deep qu… [more below]
- Author: Dale, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1442246642
- Language: English
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The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together
$50.00 Add to cartIn The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, “some Grand Unifie… [more below]
- Author: Nayman, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1419727400
- Language: English
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Who Is Steven Spielberg?
$6.99 Add to cartWhile other kids played sports, Steven Spielberg was writing scripts and figuring out camera angles. He went from entertaining his Boy Scout troop with home movies to amazing audiences around the worl… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Spinner, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0448479354
- Language: English
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Quentin Tarantino: A Graphic Biography
$19.99 Read moreUnofficial and unauthorized.
‘An essential volume for fans of the filmmaker, as well as anyone interested in modern American cinema.’ – Library Journal From the set of 1993’s Pulp Fiction, to a bar- Series: Graphic Icons
- Author: Botton, Michele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 05, 2024
- ISBN10: 0711290768
- Language: English
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Mike Nichols: A Life
$24.00 Add to cartOne of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time – A National Book Critics Circle finalist – One of People‘s top 10 books of 2021 – An instant New York Times bestseller – Named a be… [more below]
- Author: Harris, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0399562265
- Language: English
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David Fincher: Mind Games
$45.00 Add to cartAdam Nayman’sDavid Fincher: Mind Games is the definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated works of the celebrated director.
Foreword by Bong Joon-ho From f- Author: Nayman, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 141975341X
- Language: English
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Starring Steven Spielberg: The Making of a Young Filmmaker
$17.99 Read more★ “Inspiring text and illustrations evoke the journey of an iconic filmmaker. Recommended for all collections.” —School Library Journal, starred review
Steven Spielberg is the legendary direct- Author: Barretta, Gene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 11, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316338982
- Language: English
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The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark
$18.99 Add to cartThe movie that inspired filmmakers to direct is like the atomic bomb that went off before their eyes. The Film That Changed My Life captures that epiphany. It explores 30 directors’ love of a film the… [more below]
- Author: Elder, Robert K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1556528256
- Language: English
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Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below
$35.00 Add to cartWhether in front of the camera or behind it, Candice Vadala understood herself as both an artist and an entrepreneur. As Candida Royalle (1950-2015)–underground actress, porn star, producer of adult
- Author: Kamensky, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1324002085
- Language: English
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Quentin by Tarantino
$24.99 Add to cartTake a dive into the brain of master auteur, Quentin Tarantino, writer and director of multiple award-winning films such as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.
In this sensational graphic novel, Part of the C- Author: Améziane, Amazing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1787740641
- Language: English
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Todos Los DÃas Son Nuestros
$13.95 Add to cartAfter 10 years together, Mar a and Emiliano are separating. What was it that drove them apart? A lack of desire? The mundane day-to-day? Mar a, a bundle of nerves after the rupture, speaks of her pain… [more below]
- Author: Aguilar Mastretta, Catalina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 6075274545
- Language: Spanish
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Something Like an Autobiography
$18.00 Add to cartTranslated by Audie E. Bock.
“A first rate book and a joy to read…. It’s doubtful that a complete understanding of the director’s artistry can be obtained without reading this book…. Also indispen- Author: Kurosawa, Akira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: May 12 1983
- ISBN10: 0394714393
- Language: English
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The Warner Brothers
$56.93 Read more- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Yogerst, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0813198011
- Language: English
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Easy Riders Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock ‘n Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
$22.00 Add to cartWhen the low-budget biker movie Easy Rider shocked Hollywood with its success in 1969, a new Hollywood era was born. This was an age when talented young filmmakers such as Scorsese, Coppola, and Spiel… [more below]
- Author: Biskind, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 4, 1999
- ISBN10: 0684857081
- Language: English
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Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
$21.99 Add to cartNamed a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR
In this genre-defying “new kind of history” (The New Yorker), the chief film critic of Slate places comedy legend and acclaimed- Author: Stevens, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 1501134205
- Language: English
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The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham
$18.00 Read moreLA TIMES BESTSELLER – From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful prim… [more below]
- Author: Shelton, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0593313968
- Language: English
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John Waters: Pope of Trash
$59.95 Add to cartIrreverent, heartfelt, shocking and laugh-out-loud funny–a colorful celebration of the work of subversive auteur John Waters
Known for pushing the boundaries of good taste, John Waters (born 1946) has
- Author: Waters, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1636810853
- Language: English
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Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
$16.95 Add to cartA kaleidoscopic study of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Melodrama, biography, cold war thriller, drug memoir, essay in fragments, and mystery, Thousands of Mirrors is cult critic Ian Penman’s long-awaited- Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
- Author: Penman, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 163590188X
- Language: English
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The Friedkin Connection
$19.99 Add to cart“Friedkin’s book does the unthinkable: It relates the behind-the-scenes stories of his triumphs like The French Connection and The Exorcist, but also sees Friedkin take responsibility (brutally so) fo
- Author: Friedkin, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: 1-Apr-14
- ISBN10: 0061775142
- Language: English
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Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me about Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
$37.50 Add to cartAcademy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair … [more below]
- Author: Witherspoon, Reese
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1501166271
- Language: English
