General Film
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Written by Ackroyd, Peter
A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Alfred Hitchock, the master of suspense.
WAYNE AND FORD: THE FILMS, THE FRIENDSHIP, AND THE FORGING OF AN AMERICAN HERO
Written by Schoenberger, Nancy
John Ford and John Wayne were two titans of classic film and made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined--the Western--still matters today. For over twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team, turning out many of the finest Western films ever made.
START TO FINISH: WOODY ALLEN AND THE ART OF MOVIEMAKING
Written by Lax, Eric
A cinephile's dream: the chance to follow legendary director Woody Allen throughout the creation of a film--from inception to premiere--and to enjoy his reflections on some of the finest artists in the history of cinema. Eric Lax has been with Woody Allen almost every step of the way.
MARLENE DIETRICH: THE LIFE
Written by Riva, Maria
Dietrich would quickly rise to stardom on the Berlin stage in the 1920's with her sharp wit and bisexual sexuality--while wearing the top hat and tails that revolutionized our concept of beauty and femininity.
TUNNEL AT THE END OF THE LIGHT: ESSAYS ON MOVIES AND POLITICS
Written by Shepard, Jim
Given that most Americans proudly consider themselves non-political, where do our notions of collective responsibility come from? Which self-deceptions, when considering ourselves as actors on the world stage, do we cling to most tenaciously? Why do we so stubbornly believe, for example, that our country always means well when intervening abroad?
CARNIVAL OF SOULS
Written by Cooper, Jackson
An unapologetic mixture of camp and arthouse cinema, Herk Harvey's Carnival of Souls (1962) has emerged as a cult sleeper film that still influences filmmakers today. Though its production values are B-movie status, it has gained notoriety and respect for its atmosphere of dread and surrealist imagery, even being imitated by filmmakers such as James Wan, George Romero, and M.
DON'T LOOK NOW
Written by Gildersleeve, Jessica
Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) has been called "a ghost story for adults." Certainly, in contrast to the more explicitly violent and bloodthirsty horror films of the 1970s, Don't Look Now seems of an entirely different order.
SEARCH FOR BELONGING: THE MEXICAN CINEMA OF LUIS BUNUEL
Written by Ripley, Mark
As one of the foremost Spanish directors of all time, Luis Bunuel's filmography has been the subject of innumerable studies. Despite the fact that the twenty films he made in Mexico between 1946 and 1965 represent the most prolific stage of his career as a filmmaker, these have remained relatively neglected in writing on Bunuel and his work.
ERIC ROHMER: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Herpe, Noel
The director of twenty-five films, including My Night at Maud's (1969), which was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, and the editor in chief of Cahiers du cinema from 1957 to 1963, Eric Rohmer set the terms by which people watched, made, and thought about cinema for decades.
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