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Chronicle of a Camera: The Arriflex 35 in North America, 1945–1972 – December 21, 2017 by Norris Pope (Author) This volume provides a history of the most consequential 35mm motion picture camera introduced in North America in the quarter century...

Conversations with Darius Khondji Hardcover – October 22, 2018 French Edition by Jordan Mintzer (Author)Seven years after the release of the highly acclaimed Conversations with James Gray, the second work in the Conversations collection, dedicated to the immense cinematographer Darius...

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need Paperback – May 25, 2005by Blake Snyder (Author)Here’s what started the phenomenon: the best seller, for over 15 years, that’s been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder...

Sculpting in Time: Tarkovsky The Great Russian Filmaker Discusses His Art by Andrey Tarkovsky (Author), Kitty Hunter-Blair (Translator) – April 1, 1989Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema—hailed by Ingmar Bergman as "the most important director of our time"—died an...

Sound Design and Science Fiction by William Whittington (Author) Sound is half the picture, and since the 1960s, film sound not only has rivaled the innovative imagery of contemporary Hollywood cinema, but in some ways has surpassed it in status...

Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpieceby Michael Benson (Author) – April 23, 2019Fifty years ago a strikingly original film had its premiere. Still acclaimed as one of the most remarkable and important motion pictures...

Feel like you've seen these movies before? Spoiler Alert celebrates Hollywood film-making in all its formulaic and predictable glory!Spoiler Alert! takes 38 mainstream movie genres, from 'Teen Sex Comedy' and 'Buddy Action Comedy' to 'Film Noir Detective Thriller' and 'Alien...

The Star Wars Archives. 1999–2005. 40th Ed. Hardcover – January 17, 2023by Paul Duncan (Author) From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the half-man/half-machine hybrid Darth...

Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. After watching depressing and cynical movies throughout the early 1970s, audiences enthusiastically embraced the positive energy of the Star Wars galaxy as...

Steven Spielberg All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short Hardcover – November 7, 2023 by Arnaud Devillard (Author), Olivier Bousquet (Author), Nicolas Schaller (Author)A first-of-its-kind deep dive into Steven Spielberg's decades-long career, covering everything from early...

Studio Ghibli: The Complete Works Hardcover – December 6, 2022 by Studio Ghibli (Author) A beautiful, full-color dive into the history and future of Studio Ghibli, Japan's preeminent animation house. In-depth looks at every one of their 26 feature films...

The American Cinemaby Andrew Sarris (Author) – August 22, 1996The auteur theory, of which film critic Andrew Sarris was the leading American proponent, holds that artistry in cinema can be largely attributed to film directors, who, while often working against the...

The Empire of Effects: Industrial Light and Magic and the Rendering of Realismby Julie A. Turnock (Author) – August 28, 2023How one company created the dominant aesthetic of digital realism.Just about every major film now comes to us with an assist...

The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film Hardcoverby J.W. Rinzler (Author), Peter Jackson (Foreword) – April 24, 2007A must-have for Star Wars fans—the definitive behind-the-scenes history of the classic film that started it allAfter the 1973...

We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie Hardcover – Illustrated, February 14, 2017 by Noah Isenberg (Author)A Los Angeles Times BestsellerFor the 75th anniversary of its premiere―the incredible story of how Casablanca was...