General Film
MARILYN MONROE: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A PUBLIC ICON
Written by Casillo, Charles
Based on new interviews and research, this ground-breaking biography by Charles Casillo explores the secret selves behind Marilyn Monroe's public facades.
SUNNY DAYS: THE CHILDREN'S TELEVISION REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED AMERICA
Written by Kamp, David
From bestselling writer David Kamp, the engrossing, behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes who created the beloved children's TV programs Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Free to Be...You and Me, and Schoolhouse Rock!--which collectively transformed American childhood for the better, teaching kids about diversity
STEVE MCQUEEN
Explore the work of Turner Prize-winning artist and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen Steve McQueen (b. 1969) is one of the most important artists, filmmakers, and screenwriters working today. Over the last 25 years he has been hugely influential in expanding the way artists work with film.
SOPRANOS SESSIONS
Written by Sepinwall, Alan
On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones.
HOLLYWOOD DOUBLE AGENT: THE TRUE TALE OF BORIS MORROS, FILM PRODUCER TURNED COLD WAR SPY
Written by Gill, Jonathan
The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the remarkable career of Boris Morros, film producer and Russian double agent Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and '40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J.
10,000 WAYS TO DIE: A DIRECTOR'S TAKE ON THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN
Written by Cox, Alex
"40 years ago as a graduate student I wrote a book about Spaghetti Westerns, called 10,000 Ways to Die. It's an embarrassing tome when I look at it now: full of half-assed semiotics and other attenuated academic nonsense. In the intervening period I have had the interesting experience of being a film director.
BIOGRAPHIC AUDREY
Written by Collins, Sophie
Most people know that Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) was a Hollywood movie star and world famous fashion icon.
'BROADSWORD CALLING DANNY BOY': WATCHING 'WHERE EAGLES DARE'
Written by Dyer, Geoff
Geoff Dyer's earlier book on film, Zona, was about Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, so it was perhaps inevitable that he should next devote his unique critical and stylistic energies to Brian G. Hutton's Where Eagles Dare.
PICTURING PETER BOGDANOVICH: MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEW HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR
Written by Tonguette, Peter
In 1971, Newsweek heralded The Last Picture Show as the "the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane." Indeed, few filmmakers rivaled Peter Bogdanovich's popularity over the next decade.
CINEMA '62: THE GREATEST YEAR AT THE MOVIES
Written by McClellan, Michael
Lawrence of Arabia, The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Gypsy, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Longest Day, The Music Man, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, and more.
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