Book review: Thank Heaven, by Leslie Caron
Thank Heaven: A Memoir, by Leslie Caron. New York: Viking, 2009. Paperback $25.95, 288pp. ISBN: 0-67002-134-2. When Leslie Caron came to Los Angeles in 2009 on a book tour for her[…]
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Book review: The Moment of Psycho, by David Thomson
The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder, by David Thomson. New York: Basic Books, 2009. Hardcover. $22.95. 183pp. ISBN 978-0-465-00339-6. Feeling a little psycho these[…]
Book review: Femme Fatale, by Dominique Manon and James Ursini
Femme Fatale: Cinema’s Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies, by Dominique Manon and James Ursini. New York: Viking, 2009. Paperback $24.95, 400pp. ISBN: 0-87910-369-8. Hammer Glamour, by Marcus Hearn. London: Titan Books, 2009. Hardcover, $29.95,[…]
Book review: In My Father’s Shadow, by Chris Welles Feder
In My Father’s Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles, by Chris Welles Feder. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books, 2009. Hardcover. $24.95. 304pp. ISBN 978-1565125995. Orson Welles, as Walter Kerr wrote[…]
Book review: Farber on Film, Ed. by Robert Polito
Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber, Edited by Robert Polito. USA: The Library of America, 2009. Hardcover, $40.00. 1,000pp. ISBN: 978-1598530506. Farber on Film The dizzying creativity[…]
Book review: America’s Film Vault, by Phillip W. Stewart
America’s Film Vault: A Reference Guide to the Motion Pictures Held by the U.S. National Archives, by Phillip W. Stewart. Crestview FL: PMS Press, 2009. Trade paperback, $39.95. 308pp. ISBN: 0-979-32430-0.[…]
Book review: Performing Illusions, by Dan North
Performing Illusions: Cinema, Special Effects and the Virtual Actor,by Dan North. London: Wallflower, 2008. Paperback $28.00, 224pp. ISBN: 978-1-905674-43-4. “Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect[…]
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On the Escarpment, Off the Escarpment: It Helps When the Love Is Strong
Especially when the lovers aren’t
Book review: A Great Big Girl Like Me, by Victoria Sturtevant
A Great Big Girl Like Me: The Films of Marie Dressler, by Victoria Sturtevant. Carbondale, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Trade paperback, $24.00. 208pp. ISBN: 0-252-07622-2. When Canadian writer Betty[…]
Book review: World’s Coolest Movie Star, by Charles Zigman
World’s Coolest Movie Star: The Complete 95 Films (and Legend) of Jean Gabin, Volumes 1 and 2, by Charles Zigman. Los Angeles: Allenwood Press, 2008. Hardcover $20.00 each. 1,112pp combined. ISBN:[…]
Book review: Michael Winterbottom, by Brian McFarlane and Deane Williams
Michael Winterbottom, by Brian McFarlane and Deane Williams. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. Hardcover $84.95. 152pp., ISBN: 978-0-7190-7422-6. One of the most versatile and politically conscientious directors of his[…]
Two More for the Movie Bookshelf
Having already submitted a list of ten to Movieman’s Movie Bookshelf meme, a “gathering of all the movie books that influenced, enlightened, and excited me, you, and everyone else,” I[…]
10 (or More) Film Books That Made Me What I Am Today
Speaking of books – having been invited by Movieman to contribute to his Reading the Movies meme, I submit a list of the 10-plus film-related books that had the greatest[…]
Book review: Charlie Kaufman and Hollywood’s Merry Band of Pranksters. . ., by Derek Hill
Charlie Kaufman and Hollywood’s Merry Band of Pranksters, Fabulists and Dreamers: An Excursion into the American New Wave, by Derek Hill. London: Kamera Books, 2008. Paperback $16.95/£9.99. 192pp. ISBN: 978-1-84243-253-2. “There[…]
Book review: Douglas Fairbanks, by Jeffrey Vance
Douglas Fairbanks, by Jeffrey Vance, with Tony Maietta. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press and Los Angeles, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2008. Cloth, $45.00, 368 p. ISBN: 978-0-520-25667-5.[…]
Books: Fred Astaire, by Joseph Epstein
Fred Astaire, by Joseph Epstein. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2008. Cloth $22, 198pp. ISBN 978-0-300-11695-3. Does it count as a labor of love if you don’t work very[…]
Book review: Everything Is Cinema, by Richard Brody
Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard, by Richard Brody. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2008. Hardcover $40.00. 720pp. ISBN: 0-805-06886-4. It is 634 pages long, with nearly 100[…]
Book review: You’ll Like this Film Because You’re in It, by Michel Gondry
You’ll Like this Film Because You’re in It: The Be Kind Rewind Protocol, by Michel Gondry. New York: Picturebox, 2008. Paperback $16.95. 80pp. ISBN: 0-979-41538-1. If film is a religion,[…]
Book review: Frankly, My Dear, by Molly Haskell
Frankly, My Dear: Gone with the Wind Revisited, by Molly Haskell. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009. Hardcover $24.00. 272pp. ISBN: 0-30011-752-3. In a pique of literary inspiration, Yale[…]
Book review: Jack Hill, by Calum Waddell
Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxpoitation Master, Film by Film, by Calum Waddell. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009. Paperback $35.00. 224pp. ISBN: 0-78643-609-3. Exploitation filmmaker Jack Hill only directed a small number[…]
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