School is just like a film set: there's The Crew that make things happen, The Extras who fill the empty desks, and The Movie Stars, whom everyone wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But Jude doesn't fit in. He's not...
Motion pictures
-
Author:Reid, RazielSummary: -
Author:Wouk, HermanSummary:Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writer-director has rejected her rabbinical father's strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts. When an Australian multi-billionaire promises to finance a movie about Moses if the...
-
Author:Summary:This volume brings together key works in the field on the structure, form, status, and reception of cult cinema traditions. Including work from key established scholars in the field such as Umberto Eco, Janet Staiger, Jeffrey Sconce,...
-
Author:Crouse, RichardSummary:Richard Crouse, film critic and host of television’s award-winning Reel to Real takes you on a journey through 70 years of cinema history, choosing his favorite overlooked films.
From the sublime – Monsoon Wedding...
-
Author:White, JerrySummary:This is a collection of writings by the giant of experimental cinema, Stan Brakhage, that shows him in a completely new light, as part of world cinema. For the duration of the 1980s, Brakhage contributed to the Boulder literary magazine...
-
Author:Crouse, RichardSummary:Fans of offbeat cinema, discriminating renters and collectors, and movie buffs will drool over this checklist of the best overlooked and underappreciated films of the last 100 years. In Son of the 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen...
- Author:Kesey, KenSummary:
-
Author:Ebert, RogerSummary:Roger Ebert’s criticism shows a nearly unequaled grasp of film history and technique, and formidable intellectual range...” —New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 600 full-length critical movie...
-
Author:Ebert, RogerSummary:The only film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, Roger Ebert collects his reviews from the last 30 months in Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012. Forbes Magazine described Ebert as the "most powerful pundit in America." In January 2011, he...
- Author:Latham, AaronSummary:
Aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Chick Goodnight--descendant of the legendary cowboy Jimmy Goodnight--strives to make his mark in a world that seems completely alien to his down-home sensibilities.
-
Author:Summary:This authoritative anthology presents key selections from the best contemporary work in philosophy of film and motion pictures. Designed for classroom use, the essays that comprise this volume have been specially chosen for their...
-
Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:Detective Zach Jordan investigates a series of brutal, public crimes that coincide with the arrival of dozens of glamorous celebrities in town for parties and premieres. NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the...
- Author:De los Santos, MarisaSummary:
Thirty-one-year-old Cornelia Brown adores classic romantic films. Anything starring Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant will do nicely, especially The Philadelphia Story. Unapologetically idealistic about love, Cornelia appears to catch the...
- Author:Rosebrook, Jeb Stuart, Rosebrook, JebSummary:
A memoir from screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook about the making of a classic film of the American west. Released in 1972, Junior Bonner is a modern-day western about a young, drifting rodeo star who decides to raise money for his father'...
- Author:McMurtry, LarrySummary:
McMurtry presents the final installment in his memoir trilogy. Tinged with his wry humor and Texas swagger, Hollywood is McMurtry's anecdote-filled take on Tinseltown from the year his Horseman, Pass By was adapted into Hud (1963)...
- Author:Ross, Steven JosephSummary:
The little-known story of the rise of Nazism in Los Angeles, and the Jewish leaders and spies they recruited who stopped it.
-
Author:Sharmat, Marjorie WeinmanSummary:Fred Shedd and his parents accompany their dog, Duz, to Hollywood, where his new career as a movie star is almost ended before it begins when Duz is kidnapped. Originally published as: Genghis Khan: a dog star is born. Sequel to: The...
-
Author:Leach, JimSummary: -
Author:Eisenstein, SergeiSummary:Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein's film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Edited, translated, and with an Introduction by Jay Leyda;...
-
Author:Wong, Cindy H.Summary:
Pages
