Film

Songs My Mother Taught Me

In this memoir, Marlon Brando talks of his struggle to become an actor, of his stage and film career, and of his relationships with actors, producers and directors. He talks candidly of a dislocated childhood and of his driving ambition and relent...

A Short Guide to Writing about Film

This best-selling text is a succinct guide to thinking critically and writing precisely about film.   Both an introduction to film study and a practical writing guide, this brief text introduces you to major film theories as well as film term...

Star Wars - The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force

This ancient training manual, crafted by early Jedi Masters, has educated and enlightened generations of Jedi. It explains the history and hierarchy of the Jedi Order, and what Jedi must know to take their place as defenders of the peace in the ga...

Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out - Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and Television

An insider's guide to the creative process of filmmaking, ranging from idea origination to audience response. It draws on the expertise of 15 top active film professionals, including director Anthony Minghella, production designer Jeannine Oppenwa...

Art Of The 'Fellowship Of The Ring' - the art of the fellowship of the ring

With complete access to artwork created over a five-year period, this book illustrates the creative development of the movie The Fellowship of the Ring. The book contains over 500 images: from the earliest pencil sketches and conceptual drawings t...

Sharon Tate - The Biography

Deconstructing Disney

Demonising Disney is nothing new. Disney films have long been synonymous with a certain conservative, patriarchal, heterosexual ideology, occupying a centre-stage position at the heart of the evil empire. Deconstructing Disney takes issue with kne...

Jesus at the Movies - A Guide to the First Hundred Years

The most complete viewer's guide ever to the films about Jesus, presenting a film-by-film look at those movies in all dimensions: as film, as literature, as history, and as theology.

Pryor Convictions - And Other Life Sentences

Richard Pryor's life story is one of the most controversial and shocking of any performer in American history. Raised in the bars and whorehouses of Peoria, where he gained first-hand knowledge of racism and hypocrisy, he toiled for years as ...

The Ultimate Marilyn - All the Facts, Fantasies and Scandals about the World's Best-Known Model

Collects facts about Marilyn Monroe with information about her family and friends, details about her movies, and a section on conspiracies surrounding her death, with quotations and trivia quizzes.

AI Weiwei: Fairytale - Fairytale (Documentary)

Movies of the 40s

A trendsetting decade in world cinema The 40s were the decade of the movies. With the world at war, directors served up propaganda and escapist entertainment to the massed moviegoers of the pre-television age. Yet in many countries, there was also...

Ingmar Bergman's The Silence - Pictures in the Typewriter, Writings on the Screen

Ingmar Bergman's 1963 film "The Silence" was made at a point in Bergman's career when his stature as one of the great art-film directors allowed him to push beyond the boundaries of what was acceptable to censorship boards in Sweden and ...

Bronson's Loose! - The Making of the Death Wish Films

The Making of the 'Death Wish" Films tells the compelling, untold story behind the most explosive action series in film history.

Alan Rickman - The Unauthorised Biography

This biography aims to cut through the public persona of Alan Rickman and uncover the private person, exploring his professional, political and emotional past, in an attempt to reveal his secrets.

Screening Violence

Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy. From passionate defences to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this feature of modern film: is it art or exploitation, dangerous or liberating? This volume provides an examination ...

The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide - A Business and Legal Sourcebook

In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent film-from the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring direc...

Selling Your Story In 60 Seconds - The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read

From the author of "Screenplays That Sell" comes his newest book that reveals a one-minute technique for getting one's screenplay or novel read by the major powers of Hollywood.

De Niro - A Biography

The life of Hollywood's number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews. The author discusses De Niro's film roles as well as his often controversial private life.

How to Read a Film - The World of Movies, Media, Multimedia: Language, History, Theory

Few books on film have met with such critical acclaim as How to Read a Film. Since its original publication in 1977, this hugely popular book has become the definitive source on film and media. Looking at film from many vantage points, Monaco disc...