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Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

By Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa

The Magic Box: Viewing Britain through the Rectangular Window

By Rob Young

Questions of Third Cinema

By Jim Pines, Paul Willemen

Jump Cut: Hollywood, Politics and Counter Cinema

By Peter Steven

Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics

By Mark Kermode

The Movie Doctors

By Simon Mayo, Mark Kermode

Gilliam on Gilliam

By Terry Gilliam, Ian Christie

Hardboiled Hollywood: The Origins of the Great Crime Films

By Max Decharne

The Films of Peter Greenaway

By Amy Lawrence (Dartmouth College, Vermont)

Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu

By Simon Callow

How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise

By Chris Taylor

Antonin Artaud: Man of Vision

By Bettina L. Knapp

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

By Lindsay Hallam

The Spectator: Talk About Movies and Plays With Those Who Made Them

By Studs Terkel

Hollywood Hex: An Illustrated History of Cursed Movies

By Mikita Brottman

Alex Cox's Introduction to Film: A Director's Perspective

By Alex Cox

Merchant of Dreams

By Charles Higham, Louis B Mayer

Audrey Hepburn, an Elegant Spirit: Audrey Hepburn, an Elegant Spirit

By Sean Hepburn Ferrer

The Geography of Cinema: A Cinematic World

By Chris Lukinbeal, Stefan Zimmermann

Complicit: The compulsive, timely thriller you won't be able to stop thinking about

By Winnie M Li

Love and Let Die: Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche

By John Higgs

Improve Your I. Q.

By Glenn F. Wilson

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation

By Susannah Gora

The Illusion of Life

By Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas

A History of Danish Cinema

By C. Claire Thomson, Isak Thorsen, Pei-Sze Chow

Framed Horizons: Student Writing on Nordic Cinema

By C. Claire Thomson, Marita Fraser, Melissa Powell

Raising Kane and Other Essays

By PAULINE KAEL

Valuing Films: Shifting Perceptions of Worth

By L. Hubner

Presidents in the Movies: American History and Politics on Screen

By I. Morgan

Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror

By David Greven