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The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky (2025)
Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
Subject: Director > Andrei Tarkovsky
Marvelous Names in Literature and Cinema (2025)
Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Walerian Borowczyk (2025)
Cinema of Erotic Dreams
Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
Subject: Director > Walerian Borowczyk
The Gothic in times of crisis (2025)
Dir. John Whatley
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Subject: Sociology
Paul Verhoeven's Cinema of Violence (2025)
by Steven Rybin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Paul Verhoeven
Back to the Future and Philosophy (2025)
Essays on Traveling Through the Space-Time Continuum
Dir. Joshua Heter and Richard Greene
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: One Film > Back to the Future
Cinema of Sincerity (2025)
Soviet Films and Culture During the Thaw
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Precarious Secrets (2025)
A History of the Latin American Political Thriller
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction (2025)
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Sociology
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects (2025)
Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures
Dir. Jeffrey A. Okun, Susan Zwerman and Susan Thurmond O'Neal
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Technique > Special effects
Film's Feisty Femmes (2025)
Today's Polish Women
by Helena Goscilo and Vincent Albarano
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Newsies, Newsies - Read All About It! (2026)
Essays on the Film and Broadway Productions
Dir. Emily Hamilton-Honey
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The Legacy of Leatherface (2026)
Essays on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Series
Dir. Shane H. Weathers
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: One Film > The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Horror House Film (2026)
Possession, Obsession, Domination, Masculinity
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
The Strickland Continuum (2026)
Uncanny Intertexts in the Film and Media of Peter Strickland
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Subject: Director > Peter Strickland
Anita Ekberg (2025)
International Blonde
Dir. Richard Dyer, Tytti Soila and Ann-Kristin Wallengren
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Actor > Anita Ekberg
Three Years Lost in Space (2016)
by Mark Goddard
Publisher: iUniverse
Subject: One Film > Lost in Space (TV Series)
John Boles (2016)
The Matinee Idol : The Golden Years
Publisher: Independant
Subject: Actor > John Boles
It Gets Worse (2016)
A Collection of Essays
by Shane Dawson
Publisher: Atria Books
Subject: Actor > Shane Dawson
W.C. Fields by Himself (2016)
His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles
by W.C. Fields
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Subject: Actor > W.C. Fields
Van Johnson's Hollywood (2017)
A Family Album
Publisher: Shannongrove Press
Subject: Actor > Van Johnson
Navel Gazing (2016)
True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom's, which I know sounds weird)
Publisher: Gallery Books
Subject: Actor > Michael Ian Black
The Voice of Betty Boop, Mae Questel (2016)
Mae Questel's Legacy in Animation and Pop Culture
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Subject: Actress > Mae Questel
The First King of Hollywood (2015)
The Life of Douglas Fairbanks
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Subject: Actor > Douglas Fairbanks
Elizabeth Taylor (2016)
A Private Life for Public Consumption
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Actress > Elizabeth Taylor
Leonard (2016)
My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
by William Shatner and David Fisher
Publisher: Thomas Dunne
Subject: Actor > Leonard Nimoy
Eddie Green (2016)
The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Director > Eddie Green
Elizabeth and Michael (2016)
The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop―A Love Story
by Donald Bogle
Publisher: Atria Books
Subject: Actress > Elizabeth Taylor
The James Bond Archives (2026)
The Complete Films
by Paul Duncan
Publisher: Taschen
Subject: One Film > James Bond
The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin (2008)
Artistry in Motion
by Dan Kamin
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
I Loved Her in the Movies (2016)
Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
by Robert J. Wagner and Scott Eyman
Publisher: Viking
The Tao of Bill Murray (2016)
Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
by Gavin Edwards and R. Sikoryak
Publisher: Random House
Subject: Actor > Bill Murray
Marilyn Forever (2016)
Musings on an American Icon by the Stars of Yesterday and Today
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Subject: Actress > Marilyn Monroe
Between Heaven and Hollywood (2016)
Chasing Your God-Given Dream
Publisher: Zondervan
Subject: Actor > David A.R. White
The Last Night (2016)
A Caregiver's Journey Through Transition and Beyond
Publisher: Jaed Publications
Subject: Actress > BernNadette Stanis
Fields for President (2016)
by W.C. Fields
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Subject: Actor > W.C. Fields
Last Girl Before Freeway (2016)
The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Subject: Actress > Joan Rivers
Born a Crime (2016)
Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
Publisher: One World
Subject: Actor > Trevor Noah
Sorry Not Sorry (2016)
Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up
by Naya Rivera
Publisher: Tarcher
Subject: Actress > Naya Rivera
Lucy & Desi (2025)
The Love Letters
by Lucie Arnaz and Elisabeth Edwards
Publisher: Running Press
Subject: Actress > Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
Create or Die (2016)
Essays on the Artistry of Dennis Hopper
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Subject: Director > Dennis Hopper
Around the Way Girl (2016)
A Memoir
by Taraji P. Henson and Denene Millner
Publisher: 37 Ink
Subject: Actress > Taraji P. Henson
Above the Line (2016)
My Wild Oats Adventure
Publisher: Atria Books
Subject: Actress > Shirley MacLaine
Bronson's Loose! (2006)
The Making of the Death Wish Films
by Paul Talbot
Publisher: iUniverse
Subject: Actor > Charles Bronson
Bronson's Loose Again! (2015)
On the Set with Charles Bronson
by Paul Talbot
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: One Film > Death Wish
Sounding Funny (2016)
Sound and Comedy Cinema
Dir. Mark Evans and Philip Hayward
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
The Cambridge Companion to Film Music (2017)
Dir. Mervyn Cooke and Fiona Ford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Her Majestic Voice (2016)
South Indian Female Playback Singers and Stardom, 1945-1955
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Hearing the Movies (2015)
Music and Sound in Film History
by James Buhler and David Neumeyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
It's the Disney Version! (2016)
Popular Cinema and Literary Classics
Dir. Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Debating Disney (2016)
Pedagogical Perspectives on Commercial Cinema
Dir. Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
The Marvel Studios Phenomenon (2016)
Inside a Transmedia Universe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Studio > Marvel Studios
Disney, Culture, and Curriculum (2016)
Dir. Jennifer A. Sandlin and Julie C. Garlen
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
The Disney Way (2016)
Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company, Third Edition
by Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Disney A to Z (2016)
The Official Encyclopedia
by Dave Smith
Publisher: Disney
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Paramount Studios (2016)
1940-2000
by Marc Wanamaker, Michael Christaldi and E. J. Stephens
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
The Political Economy of Disney (2016)
The Cultural Capitalism of Hollywood
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
From the Headlines to Hollywood (2016)
The Birth and Boom of Warner Bros.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: Studio > Warner Bros
William Fox and the Fox Film Corporation (2016)
A Biography and a Chronicle
Publisher: Alhambra Publishers
Teaching with Disney (2016)
Dir. Julie C. Garlen and Jennifer A. Sandlin
Publisher: Peter Lang
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
The Hammer Vault (2016)
Treasures From the Archive of Hammer Films
by Marcus Hearn
Publisher: Titan Books
Lasting Screen Stars (2016)
Images that Fade and Personas that Endure
Dir. Lucy Bolton and Julie Lobalzo Wright
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Sociology
Travelogue (2017)
Forty Years Filming the World
by Doug Jones
Publisher: International Travel Films Publishing
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Eames et Hollywood (2016)
Dir. Alexandra Midal
Publisher: CFC Editions
(in English, French and Dutch)
Subject: Director > Charles Eames
WKW (2016)
The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai
by Wong Kar-wai and John Powers
Publisher: Rizzoli
Subject: Director > Wong Kar-wai
George Lucas (2016)
A Biography
by John Baxter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Subject: Director > George Lucas
The Problematic Tyler Perry (2016)
Dir. Brian C. Johnson
Publisher: Peter Lang
Subject: Director > Tyler Perry
Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg (2016)
Dir. Adrian Schober and Debbie Olson
Publisher: Lexington Books
Subject: Director > Steven Spielberg
To Pixar and Beyond (2016)
My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Guillermo del Toro (2016)
At Home with Monsters : inside his films, notebooks and collections
Publisher: Titan Books
Subject: Director > Guillermo del Toro
Cinema Alchemist (2016)
Designing Star Wars and Alien
Publisher: Titan Books
Subject: Director > Roger Christian
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