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Ferris Bueller...You're My Hero (2026)
The Story of the World's Most Famous Day Off
by Jason Klamm
Publisher: 1984 Publishing
Subject: One Film > Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Boisterous Beasts & Deadly Dragons (2026)
The Art of Nico Marlet
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: Others persons > Nicolas Marlet
Johnny Guitar (2026)
Publisher: University of New Mexico (UNM) Press
Subject: One Film > Johnny Guitar
Games Directors Play (2026)
Tricks and Stratagems of Cinematic Storytelling
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Last Orgy by the Cemetery (2026)
A 'Video Nasties' Synopsis, Film By Shocking Film!
by David Kerekes and David Slater
Publisher: Headpress
Disney (2026)
The Philosophy of Stitch: Wit and Wisdom for Leading a Mischievous and Meaningful Life
Publisher: Running Press
Subject: One Film > Stitch! The Movie
Fernando Di Leo (2026)
Master of Italian Film Noir
by Roberto Curti and Domenico Monetti
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Fernando Di Leo
1971 (2024)
100 Films from Cinema's Greatest Year
Publisher: The History Press
Subject: On Films > Per period
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Screenplay Theory (2026)
Dir. Andrew Kenneth Gay
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Film Analysis
Trends in Iranian Cinema (2024)
Local and Global Perspectives
Dir. Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari and Mohammad Rahmati
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Star Wars The Mandalorian Visual Guide (2026)
Publisher: DK Publishing
Subject: One Film > The Mandalorian (TV Series)
Cinema before the World (2026)
The Global Routes of the Lumière Brothers
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Subject: Director > Lumière Brothers
James Bond Cars (2025)
Plus boats, motorcycles, trains, helicopters & more
Publisher: Assouline
Subject: One Film > James Bond
Cinematic Homecomings (2014)
Exile and Return in Transnational Cinema
Dir. Rebecca Prime
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Sociology
Alexander Korda's The Thief of Bagdad (2004)
An Arabian Fantasy
by Philip Leibfried and Malcolm Willits
Publisher: Hypostyle Hall Publishers
Subject: One Film > The Thief of Bagdad
Alexander Korda (1975)
The man who could work miracles
by Karol Kulik
Publisher: W. H. Allen
Subject: Director > Alexander Korda
The Korda Collection (1992)
Alexander Korda's Film Classics
Publisher: Boxtree
Subject: Director > Alexander Korda
Roddy McDowall (2026)
An Actor's Life - From How Green Was My Valley to Lassie to Planet of the Apes
Publisher: Citadel
Subject: Actor > Roddy McDowall
Gandolfini (2025)
Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend
by Jason Bailey
Publisher: Abrams Books
Subject: Actor > James Gandolfini
Marilyn (2026)
The Lost Photographs, The Last Interview
by Richard Meryman and Allan Grant
Publisher: Weldon Owen
Subject: Actress > Marilyn Monroe
Intimate Audrey (2026)
An Authorized Biography
by Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Wendy Holden
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Subject: Actress > Audrey Hepburn
Biennale de l'image en mouvement 2024 / A Cosmic Movie Camera (2026)
Collective
Publisher: Lenz press
Subject: Theory
The Cinema of Jonathan Demme (2026)
Champion of the Soul
by Louis Black and Steven Fore
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Subject: Director > Jonathan Demme
The Situationist International and the Social Space of Film (2026)
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Assayas and Political Seriousness (2026)
by Brian Price
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Subject: Director > Olivier Assayas
The Million Dollar Mermaid (1999)
An Autobiography
by Esther Williams and Digby Diehl
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Subject: Actor > Esther Williams
Hattie McDaniel (2005)
Black Ambition, White Hollywood
by Jill Watts
Publisher: Amistad
Subject: Actress > Hattie McDaniel
Screenwriter (1980)
The Life and Times of Nunnally Johnson
by Tom Stempel
Publisher: A. S. Barnes
Subject: Others persons > Nunnally Johnson
Ava Gardner (2006)
"Love Is Nothing"
by Lee Server
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Actress > Ava Gardner
The Girl Who Fell Down (2003)
A Biography of Joan McCracken
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Subject: Actress > Joan McCracken
Life Is a Banquet (1977)
by Rosalind Russell and Chris Chase
Publisher: Random House
Subject: Actor > Rosalind Russell
Movie Stars of the '40s (1985)
A complete reference guide for the film historian or trivia buff
by David Ragan
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Subject: On Films > Per period
Conversations With Joan Crawford (1980)
by Roy Newquist
Publisher: Citadel Press
Subject: Actress > Joan Crawford
Paulette (1985)
The Adventurous Life of Paulette Goddard
by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Actress > Paulette Goddard
Inherited Risk (2002)
Errol and Sean Flynn in Hollywood and Vietnam
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Subject: Actor > Errol Flynn
Forties Film Talk (1992)
Oral Histories of Hollywood, with 120 Lobby Posters
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Per period
Laughing with Lucy (2005)
My Life with America's Leading Lady of Comedy
by Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll Jr.
Publisher: Emmis Books
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Lucy at the Movies (2007)
The Complete Films of Lucille Ball
Publisher: Running Press
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Lucy and Desi (1991)
The Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous Couple
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Lucy in the Afternoon (1990)
An Intimate Memoir of Lucille Ball
by Jim Brochu
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Desilu (1993)
The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
by Coyne Steven Sanders and Tom Gilbert
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
I Loved Lucy (2001)
My Friendship with Lucille Ball
by Lee Tannen
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Loving Lucy (1980)
An Illustrated Tribute To Lucille Ball
by Bart Andrews and Thomas J. Watson
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Forever Lucy (1986)
The Life of Lucille Ball
by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein
Publisher: Lyle Stuart
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
The Real Story Of Lucille Ball (1954)
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Young
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Lana (2008)
The Memories, the Myths, the Movies
by Cheryl Crane and Cindy De La Hoz
Publisher: Running Press
Subject: Actress > Lana Turner
Lucille Ball Treasures (2023)
Featuring Memorabilia and Photos
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Ball of Fire (2003)
The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball
Ladies' Man (1984)
An Autobiography
by Paul Henreid and Julius Fast
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Actor > Paul Henreid
Robert Mitchum (1984)
A Biography
by George Eells
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Subject: Actor > Robert Mitchum
Hedda and Louella (1972)
A dual biography of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons
by George Eells
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Ginger, Loretta, and Irene who? (1976)
by George Eells
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Subject: Actress > Loretta Young, Ginger Rogers, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Ruth Etting, Irene Bentley
The Two of Us (1976)
by Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse and Dick Kleiner
Publisher: Mason/Charter
Subject: Actress > Cyd Charisse, Tony Martin
Buñuel (2002)
100 Years: It's Dangerous to Look Inside
Dir. Enrique Camacho
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Subject: Director > Luis Buñuel
100 Years Studio Babelsberg (2012)
The Art of Filmmaking
by Michael Wedel, Chris Wahl and Ralf Schenk
Publisher: teNeues
(in English and German)
Subject: Studio > Babelsberg
The Films of Tyrone Power (1979)
by Dennis Belafonte and Alvin H. Marill
Publisher: Citadel Press
Subject: Actor > Tyrone Power
The Secret Life of Tyrone Power (1979)
by Hector Arce
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Subject: Actor > Tyrone Power
The Full Monty (2026)
A play by Simon Beaufoy
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Subject: One Film > The Full Monty
The Films of Aleksandr Rou (2025)
Father of Soviet Fairy-Tale Cinema
Publisher: Intellect Books
Subject: Director > Aleksandr Rou
Style Icons (2026)
Marilyn Monroe: A Dress-Up Paper Doll Book
by Elizabeth Weitzman and Kelly Smith
Publisher: Smith Street Books
Subject: Actress > Marilyn Monroe
Experimental Cinema (2026)
Structures, Systems and Strategies
by Simon Payne
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Subject: Genre > Experimental
Beyond the High School Film (2026)
Reaching Adulthood in Everyday Japanese Cinema
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Taiwanese-Language Cinema (2024)
Rediscovered and Reconsidered
by Chris Berry, Wafa Ghermani, Corrado Neri and Ming-yeh Rawnsley
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Visual Culture in Twentieth-Century Germany (2006)
Text as Spectacle
Dir. Gail Finney
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week (1999)
52 Classic Films for One Full Year
Publisher: Random House
Subject: On Films > Film selections
The Killing of the Unicorn (1984)
Dorothy Stratten, 1960-1980
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Subject: Actress > Dorothy Stratten
Picture Shows (1975)
Peter Bogdanovich on the movies
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Subject: Director > Peter Bogdanovich
The Moviemakers (1973)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Director > Edwin S. Porter, David W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille, Robert Flaherty, Ernst Lubitsch, Frank Capra, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick
Wilde in the Dream Factory (2024)
Decadence and the American Movies
by Kate Hext
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Technique > Adaptation