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The Dark Knight Trilogy: The Complete Screenplays with Storyboards

by Christopher Nolan

(Book). At nearly six hundred pages, The Dark Knight Trilogy , a behemoth of script and storyboards, captures on the page the dark mythic expanse of the cinematic Batman. These definitive, vibrant film blueprints...


Horror Movie Freak

by Don Sumner

You'll scream with delight while reading this fun and engaging book that discusses fright flicks all horror fans need to see to ascend to the level of a true Horror Freak — from classics (Dracula and Psycho...


Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema

by Terri Ginsberg

The Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema covers the production and exhibition of cinema in the Middle East and in other communities whose heritage is from the region and whose films commonly reflect...


Filmology

by Chris Barsanti

Sure, you love the movies. But how much do you really know about the ones that really made a difference? Whether it's Birth of a Nation, the brilliant silent film that fanned the flames of racism; Easy Rider...


Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Movie Set

by Tony Bill

When is "groucho" not a comedian? A "seagull" not a bird? A "banana" not a fruit, and a "taco cart" not a food stand? What's the "Castle rock rule" and when should you call for a "buff & puff"? And why expect...


My Year of Flops: The A.V. Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep into the Heart of Cinematic Failure

by Nathan Rabin & A.V. Club

In 2007, Nathan Rabin set out to provide a revisionist look at the history of cinematic failure on a weekly basis. What began as a solitary ramble through the nooks and crannies of pop culture evolved into a...


The Movie Business Book, Third Edition

by Jason E. Squire

Drawing from a variety of experts in an industry that has seen major technological advances since the second edition, The Movie Business Book, Third Edition, offers the most comprehensive, authoritative overview...


Movies and TV: The New York Public Library Book of Answers

by Melinda Corey, Diane Corey & George Ochoa

If you're a movie or television fan - how many of these questions can you answer?

  • What was the last picture show in The Last Picture Show?
  • Where was the stagecoach headed in Stagecoach?
  • What was the name of...

  • The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and Financial Secrets of Getting Your Movie Made

    by Kelly Crabb

    Making a movie may be part art and part science, but it's 100 percent business.

    In this comprehensive and accessible guide, Kelly Charles Crabb shares the information necessary to understand the legal and...


    America, 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T and the Making of a Modern Nation

    by Jim Rasenberger

    The 2005 Ashes series was the most eagerly anticipated for decades. Not since 1989 had the famous urn left the hands of the all-conquering Australians, and with England in the ascendant after a string of Test...


    Extreme DV at Used-Car Prices: How to Write, Direct, Shoot, Edit, and Produce a Digital Video Feature for LessThan $3,000

    by Rick Schmidt

    For years, award-winning independent filmmaker Rick Schmidt has been teaching aspiring directors how to make "no-budget" films, both in workshops and in his classic guide Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices....


    You Gotta See This: More Than 100 of Hollywood's Best Reveal and Discuss Their Favorite Films

    by Cindy Pearlman

    In time for Oscar season, Hollywood's top stars talk about the movies that move them

    Everyone has a favorite movie-even movie stars themselves. In You Gotta See This, veteran entertainment reporter Cindy Pearlman...


    Short Films 101: How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career00

    by Frederick Levy

    Where does a young filmmaker begin? With the right short-film concept and this book! The right short can be a filmmaker's ""business card"" in Hollywood. Here's the authoritative handbook by one of Hollywood's...


    The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age

    by Steven Ascher

    2008 Edition The authoritative guide to funding, preparing, shooting, lighting, editing, finishing and distributing your film or video

    Widely acknowledged as the "bible" of film and video production and used...


    Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen

    by Leonard Maltin

    What 151 movies have you never seen—but should?

    What French film could teach Hollywood how to make a smart, sexy romantic comedy? (page 233)

    Where will you find a female-centric Western with a gender-bending...


    The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia

    by Thomas S. Hischak

    Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film composers. The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia consists of entries on people, theatre and film musicals,...


    Harpo Speaks!

    by Harpo Marx & Rowland Barber

    (Limelight). "This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer...


    The Screenwriter's Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Marketing Guide for Screen and Television Writers

    by Michael Haddad

    Written for both new and experienced writers, this comprehensive marketing guide offers advice and tips needed by writers to succeed in the film and television industries. Focusing on the business of writing,...


    Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas

    by K. Moti Gokulsing & Wimal Dissanayake

    India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach. After years of marginalisation by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the...


    Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers

    by Yvonne Tasker

    Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers examines the work of some of today's most popular, original and influential cinematic voices. Each entry offers both an overview and critique of its subject's career and works,...