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Schlock Value: Hollywood at It's Worst

by Richard Roeper

Check back soon to read more details about Schlock Value by Richard Roeper.


Has Hollywood Lost Its Mind?: A Parent's Guide to Movie Ratings

by Chris Hicks

30-year movie reviewer Chris Hicks explores the history of the movie rating system, the inconsistency in the ratings, and shares advice on how to make better choices in your family's movie entertainment.


Great Movie Lines

by Dale Thomajan

"You must remember this . . ."

A kiss is just a kiss, but famous movie lines last forever, and many have become permanently part of American culture. For silver-screen fanatics and current blockbuster buffs,...


Il decimo clandestino: Lina Wertmüller’s Tribute to Giovannino Guareschi

by Alan R. Perry

This study examines Lina Wertmüller’s 1989 film adaptation of Giovannino Guareschi’s short story "Il decimo clandestino" through the lens of her documented collaboration with the author’s children, Alberto...


Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week

by Peter Bogdanovich

A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS

Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with...


Good Day Today: David Lynch Destabilises The Spectator

by Daniel Neofetou

This book argues that the films of David Lynch pose a radical challenge to conservative and absolutist ideologies.


Phil's Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime (2013 Edition)

by Phil Berardelli

Phil Berardelli has been in love with movies ever since his first encounter as a little boy thrilled him and then scared the daylights out of him. In the intervening years, including a six-year stint as a TV...


Reel Terror

by David Konow

From the author of the definitive heavy metal history, Bang Your Head, a behind-the-scenes look a century of horror films

 

Reel Terror is a love letter to the wildly popular yet still misunderstood genre...


Considering Doris Day

by Tom Santopietro

The biggest female box office attraction in Hollywood history, Doris Day remains unequalled as the only entertainer who has ever triumphed in movies, radio, recordings, and a multi-year weekly television series....


The 50 Movie Starter Kit: What You Need to Know if You Want to Know What You're Talking About

by Ty Burr

In this ebook exclusive, Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr introduces the fifty films every movie lover must know.

This carefully curated list of great movies spans over a century of filmmaking, from the silent...


Cabaret: Music on Film Series

by Stephen Tropiano

(Limelight). In 1973, Cabaret walked away with eight Academy Awards, including gold statues for director Bob Fosse and for its stars, Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Based on the long-running Broadway musical,...


Playing to the Camera: Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema

by Thomas Cohen

Playing to the Camera is the first full-length study devoted to the musical performance documentary. Its scope ranges from music education films to punk rock concert films to experimental video art featuring...


Into the Looking Glass: Exploring the Worlds of Fringe

by Sarah Clarke Clarke Stuart

A holistic approach to television criticism, this analytical companion to the popular show Fringe examines the drama’s mythology and unveils its mysteries while exposing significant cultural issues addressed...


Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem

by Stephen Hunter

Violent Screen is a confident walk on the rough side of movie-making with one of today's rarities: a gun enthusiast, bestselling novelist, and the son of a murder victim who, for the past thirteen years, has...


James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007

by Glenn Yeffeth & Leah Wilson

The staying power of the world’s most dashing secret agent and the evolution of the James Bond franchise are explored in this smart yet nostalgic collection of essays. Leading writers, including Raymond Benson,...


Under Foreign Eyes

by James King

This book is about the perception of Japan in the sixty films set there by gaijin (foreigners) —outsiders who almost always do not speak or read Japanese. My area of attention is directed to films depicting...


Low Budget Hell Making Underground Movies with John Waters

by Robert G. Maier

Low Budget Hell is an unauthorized insider's story of outrageous 70s and 80s low budget filmmaking where every rule was broken in a crazy world of sex, drugs, and rock & roll. In his journey through the underground,...


Steve McQueen: A Biography

by Marc Eliot

Steve McQueen is one of America’s legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film career in classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and The...


King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema

by Anupama Chopra

Here is the astonishing true story of Bollywood, a sweeping portrait about a country finding its identity, a movie industry that changed the face of India, and one man's struggle to become a star. Shah Rukh...


Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, ConqueredHollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

by Jason Zinoman

Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time that Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorcese were producing their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors...