Individual film directors, film-makers books

Some 30 years after Anthony McCall conceived his first 'solid light' film, 'Line Describing a Cone', this book reflects...  Read More >>

Murray Pomerance presents a series of meditations on six films directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock. The book...  Read More >>

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This collection of interviews with the renowned filmmaker, animator, artist, and member of the Monty Python comedy...  Read More >>

John Ford's classic film """"The Searchers"""" was a product of post-World War II American culture, examining white...  Read More >>

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The book provides a detailed introduction to the essential themes, style, and aesthetics of Pedro Almodovar's films,...  Read More >>

A tell-all autobiography from Robert Evans, the legendary Hollywood producer (""The Godfather"", ""Rosemary's Baby"",...  Read More >>

In Fassbinder, Christian Thomsen, a close friend of the director, illuminates Fassbinder's body of work while revealing...  Read More >>

The Cinema of Nanni Moretti provides an analysis and interpretation of the work of the Italian film-maker, who won...  Read More >>

This is a study of one of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed directors. Films discussed include 'Blue...  Read More >>

The Cinema of Nanni Moretti provides an analysis and interpretation of the work of the most important Italian film-maker...  Read More >>

The essays here offer a full account of the cultural and technological contexts within which Lynch's work has developed...  Read More >>

Trier is a rare item in contemporary cinema and a restless innovator and polemicist, as his participation in the...  Read More >>

In full command of both Hollywood stylistics and camp aesthetics, Spain's Pedro Almodóvar has become a master of...  Read More >>

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In applying critical theory to Lang's Hollywood-made film noirs, melodramas, Westerns, and spy films, Humphries...  Read More >>

Films like In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and most of all Rebel Without a Cause were to ensure...  Read More >>

Films like In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and most of all Rebel Without a Cause were to ensure...  Read More >>

This text ranges widely over key films and moments from stages of Luis Bunuel's career. It locates and re-appraises...  Read More >>

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Discussing canonical films such as Notorious and The Birds alongside Juno and the Paycock and Frenzy, this new collection...  Read More >>

Discussing canonical films such as Notorious and The Birds alongside Juno and the Paycock and Frenzy, this new collection...  Read More >>

Satyajit Ray's films include the ""Apu"" trilogy, ""The Music Room"", ""Charulata"", ""Days and Nights in the Forest"",...  Read More >>