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Mrs Brown is now a major feature film from Miramax, in association with Ecosse Films and the BBC, starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer and Antony Sher It is...

When a film is not a document, it is a dream...At the editing table, when I run the strip of film through, frame by frame, I still feel that dizzy...

This biography draws on a series of unpublished interviews and offers a startling and intitmate portrait of one of the most glamourous icons of the 20th century. This biography draws...

Using the media's coverage of the death of Princess Diana as a departing point, Wheeler Dixon presents a sharply critical assessment of the current state of movies--from the cult of...

He spent his earliest years in post-World War Two refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland - stealing cars, rolling drinks, battling priests, nearly going to...

Embark on a voyage through a chronological history of anime that explores both the marquee cinematic touchstones and enduring series that have shaped the medium. The Anime Archives celebrates it...

A hip and entertaining book on famous and forgotten celluloid heroes: Patti Smith on Jeanne Moreau Malu Halasa on Robert Carlyle Ginny Dougary on Liz Taylor Greil Marcus on J.T....

Dalton Trumbo was the central figure of the infamous ' Hollywood Ten ,' the screenwriters who, during the McCarthy era, were charged by the House Committee on Un-American Acitivities for...

In this guide to screenwriting, Raymond Frensham draws on his experience to take the reader through the processes involved in transforming creative ideas into a format that will work on...

The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world-"an essential work in anime scholarship." (Angelica Frey, Hyperallergic) A thirtieth-century toxic jungle,...

A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...

This volume charts Variety's growth from a modest publication covering New York vaudeville to the powerhouse it is today. It's filled with personal essays and exclusive commentary from the brightest...

John Buchan's name is known across the world for The Thirty-Nine Steps . In the past hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired...

A guide to over 1000 film comedies on video for movie fans, film scholars and pop culture enthusiasts.

The immediacy of the visual image, plus film and television's ostensible ability to take viewers back into the past, confers a sense of veracity on powerful historical films. This collection...

The book titled Caught in the Act by the author Richard Todd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Gathers unusual and little-known facts about motion picture history, actors, actresses, filmmaking, censorship, animation, documentaries, and awards.

From Blackboard Jungle to Quadrophenia, from 8 Mile to ABBA: The Movie, no one has seriously looked at the strange phenomenon that is the rock 'n' roll movie. Garry Mulholland...

Pop music 'stars' in many of the most successful of British films, such as 'Trainspotting' and 'Human Traffic'. Even pop artists themselves have been known to appear in British movies,...

The book titled Underfoot in Show Business by the author Helene Hanff. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Primarily a jazz critic, Gary Giddins is also keenly interested in cinema and modern American literature, and this book brings together over thirty of his most perceptive pieces. There are...

From New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix and film historian Chris Poggiali comes a revised and updated edition of their definitive look at how kung fu movie mania came...

Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her...

"One of the great novels to have been written in our language" MARIO VARGAS LLOSA "Beautifully written and gripping" Guardian He thought that memories were invisible like light, and just...

Explore an A-Z of everything you need to know about the masterful movies of Quentin Tarantino, from AK-47 to "Zed's dead, baby" and everything in between. With hundreds of entries...

Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s - why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making forever. For...

My Name Escapes Me, the January 1995 to June 1996 diary of Alec Guinness, received wide critical acclaim and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year....

The book titled Backcloth by the author Dirk Bogarde. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Hollywood: The Oral History covers the history of Hollywood from the Silent era up to the 21st century. What makes this book unique from any other survey of Hollywood's history...

"Remembering Charlie" is the life story of Charlie Chaplin, told by one of his friends and illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs from the private collections of the author and...

A classic collection of Alan Bennett screenplays. Often imitated but never equalled, Alan Bennett's work for the screen gives as much enjoyment in the reading as it did in the...

Fritz Lang, director of films such as "Metropolis", "M" and "The Big Heat", established his reputation in Germany during the silent era. When Hitler rose to power, Lang emigrated to...

Is there a shark movie that is scarier than Jaws? What is the sneaky secret hidden in the Loch Ness monster's name? How did the Gill-man in Creature from the...

In A Brief Guide to James Bond , author Nigel Cawthorne uncovers Bond's allure, the Bond Girls, Q, M, and the women who first inspired them, the cars, and the...

The book titled Writers in Hollywood, 1915-51 by the author Ian Hamilton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From film-maker Bertrand Tavernier's first feature Watchmaker of Saint-Paul to his acclaimed It All Starts Today, released in Britain in 1999, his work, for all its unique variety, has maintained...

Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of...

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there has been a proliferation of German historical films. These productions have earned prestigious awards and succeeded at box offices both at home...

This practical guide addresses how to write effective and perceptive essays about film - a fundamental requirement of any course involving film history or criticism. It first explains why writing...

Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it "Sharply observant."-Farran Smith...

Great Moments in Aviation is set in the 1950s and tells the story of five very different people whose lives collide for seven days. Bound for England, by boat from...

Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner: read all about these two teen heartthrobs and how they have learned to stay grounded throughout their meteoric rise to fame, while the entire world...

This is a jointly-authored film treatment, found in one of Huxley's old trunks. The story is set in the 1920s and involves a ranch worker who has the power to...

Celebrate legendary horror studio Blumhouse's legacy with this lavishly illustrated visual compendium that takes you behind the scenes of the films that have reshaped the horror genre, from The Exorcist...

The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the two World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who...

'A commanding portrait.' Total Film 'Indispensable . . . rich, engaging, thorough.' Sight & Sound 'Bergman's films stand alone as beacons in film history.' Wim Wenders A chronicle of the...

The book titled The Movie Book by the author Don Shiach. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.