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The Encyclopedia of Epic Films (2014)
by Constantine Santas, James M. Wilson, Maria Colavito and Djoymi Baker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: Genre > Historical films
The Art of the Documentary (2014)
Fifteen Conversations With Leading Directors, Cinematographers, Editors, and Producers
Publisher: New Riders
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Africa's Last Romantic (2014)
The Films, Books and Expeditions of John L. Brom
by Olga Brom Spencer and Glenn Reynolds
Publisher: Peter Lang
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Humor in Latin American Cinema (2015)
Dir. Juan Poblete and Juana Suárez
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Countries > Latin America
Fear and the Muse Kept Watch (2015)
The Russian Masters from Akhmatova and Pasternak to Shostakovich and Eisenstein Under Stalin
by Andy McSmith
Publisher: The New Press
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
The Little Prince (2016)
The Art of the Movie
by Ramin Zahed
Publisher: Titan Books
Subject: One Film > The Little Prince
Orson Welles's Last Movie (2015)
The Making of The Other Side of the Wind
by Josh Karp
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: One Film > The Other Side of the Wind
But Enough About Me (2015)
A Memoir
by Burt Reynolds and Jon Winokur
Publisher: Putnam
Subject: Actor > Burt Reynolds
Inside Art Direction (2019)
Interviews and Case Studies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Subject: Jobs and Trainings
Documentary Case Studies (2014)
Top Filmmakers and the War Stories Behind Their Greatest Films
by Jeff Swimmer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Sharon Tate (2016)
A Life
by Ed Sanders
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Subject: Actress > Sharon Tate
Marc Karlin (2015)
Look Again
Dir. Holly Aylett
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
Ten Arab Filmmakers (2015)
Political Dissent and Social Critique
Dir. Josef Gugler
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: Countries > Middle East
We Don't Need Roads (2015)
The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy
Publisher: Penguin Books
Subject: One Film > Back to the Future
Poitier Revisited (2014)
Reconsidering a Black Icon in the Obama Age
Dir. Ian Gregory Strachan and Mia Mask
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Actor > Sidney Poitier
In the Blink of an Eye (2001)
A Perspective on Film Editing
by Walter Murch
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Subject: Others persons > Walter Murch
Rebel without a Crew (1996)
Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Publisher: Plume
Subject: Director > Robert Rodriguez
Independent Ed (2015)
Inside a Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life
by Edward Burns and Todd Gold
Publisher: Avery
Subject: Director > Edward Burns
Alfred Hitchcock (2015)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
by Michael Wood
Publisher: New Harvest
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
Adaptation, Authorship, and Contemporary Women Filmmakers (2014)
by Shelley Cobb
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Technique > Adaptation
Stanley Kubrick (2015)
New Perspectives
Dir. Tatjana Ljujic, Peter Kramer and Richard Daniels
Publisher: Black Dog Press
Subject: Director > Stanley Kubrick
Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2015)
Essays and Interviews
Dir. Robert Cardullo
Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin
Subject: Director > Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Rhetoric, Inc. (2020)
Ford's Filmmaking and the Rise of Corporatism
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Subject: Sociology
Revolt of the Filmmakers (2000)
The Struggle for Artistic Autonomy and the Fall of the Soviet Film Industry
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Imagining the Kibbutz (2015)
Visions of Utopia in Literature and Film
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Subject: Sociology
Sinister Urge (2015)
The Life and Times of Rob Zombie
by Joel McIver
Publisher: Backbeat
Subject: Director > Rob Zombie
Gaze Regimes (2015)
Film and feminisms in Africa
Dir. Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann
Publisher: Wits University Press
For My Eyes Only (2015)
Directing the James Bond Films: The Autobiography of John Glen
by John Glen and Marcus Hearn
Publisher: Signum
Referentiality and the Films of Woody Allen (2015)
Dir. Klara Stephanie Szlezák and D. E. Wynter
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Director > Woody Allen
The Persona of Ingmar Bergman (2015)
Conquering Demons through Film
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: Director > Ingmar Bergman
John Hughes (2015)
A Life in Film: The Genius Behind Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone, and more
Publisher: Race Point Publishing
Subject: Director > John Hughes
William Cameron Menzies (2015)
The Shape of Films to Come
by James Curtis
Publisher: Pantheon
Subject: Director > William Cameron Menzies
Auditioning for Film and Television (2015)
Secrets from a Casting Director
by Nancy Bishop
Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Where Madness Lies (2025)
The Double Life of Vivien Leigh
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Subject: Actress > Vivien Leigh
The Stranger from Omaha (2025)
Travel Narratives in the Cinema of Alexander Payne
by Jason Sperb
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Subject: Director > Alexander Payne
Neglected Scorsese (2025)
Overlooked Films, Television Shows, and Commercials
Dir. Phillip Sipiora and Gary D. Rhodes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Martin Scorsese
Dreaming Down the Track (2025)
Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
The Giant Orson Welles (2025)
the Artist and the Shadow
Publisher: 23rd St.
Subject: Director > Orson Welles
Steve McQueen (2025)
Interviews
Dir. Geoffrey Lokke
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: Director > Steve McQueen (UK director)
The Many Worlds of Takahata Isao (2025)
Dir. Lindsay Coleman
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Subject: Director > Isao Takahata
King Creole (2026)
The Disputed Territories of 1950s American Youth Culture
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: One Film > King Creole
The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2025)
Volume 2: Into the Multiverse
Dir. Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas (2025)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Tricksters of Gotham (2025)
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: One Film > Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises
Producing Film and Television (2025)
First In, Last Out
by Steve Pinhay and Alexandra Bentley
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Economics
Directing the Story (2025)
Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding for Animation, Comics and Live Action
Publisher: CRC Press
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Taking Back Desire (2025)
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Queerness and Neoliberalism on Screen
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
The Representation of Vikings in Cinema and Television (2025)
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Genre > Historical films
Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria (2025)
Cultural Imperialism and Censorship
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training (2025)
Dir. Evi Stamatiou and Sharon Marie Carnicke
Publisher: Routledge
Frightful Harvest (2026)
Food, Agriculture and Landscape in Folk Horror Films
by Keene Short
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Daughter of Daring (2025)
The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's First Stuntwoman
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Subject: Actress > Helen Gibson
Thoughtful Cinema (2025)
Illustrating Philosophy Through Film
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Theory
Cinema of Crushing Motherhood (2025)
A New Feminist Cinema
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Subject: Sociology
Have Yourself a Merry Legal Christmas (2025)
Laws and Justice in Holiday Movies and Television Shows
by David Krell
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television (2026)
Dir. Carole M. Cusack and Venetia Laura Delano Robertson
Publisher: Brill
Subject: Sociology
Elemental World Cinema (2025)
Cinematic Entanglements of Earth, Fire, Water and Air
Dir. Tiago de Luca and Matilda Mroz
Publisher: Brill
Subject: Sociology
Streaming The Sandman (2025)
Essays on the Netflix Series
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: One Film > The Sandman (TV Series)
Frank Lloyd Wright in the Movies (2025)
Iconic California Sites on Film
Publisher: The History Press
Subject: Technique > Set Design
100 Cult Films (2026)
The Sequel
by Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Mainstreaming Palestine (2025)
Cinematic Activism and Solidarity Politics in the United States
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Ecological And Environmental Turns (2025)
(Re)mapping China's Sociocultural Landscape through Ecocinema
by Shuqin Cui
Publisher: Cambria Press
How are Movies Made? (2024)
Technology Book for Kids
Publisher: Baby Professor
Subject: Technique > All techniques
The Fictional Female Presidency in Film, Television, and Literature (2025)
Representations from 1932 to 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: On Films > Characters
Archipelagic Cinemas (2025)
Screening Southeast Asian Modernity
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Countries > Southeast Asia
International Relations and the Development of Korea's Film Industry (2025)
by Jimmyn Parc and Stephen Ranger
Publisher: Routledge
Levelling Up the Screen Industries? (2025)
by Mark McKenna
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
South Asia in Alternative Cinema(s) (2025)
Dir. Vivek Sachdeva, Hariprasad Athanickal and Chandrakant A. Langare
Publisher: Routledge India
Subject: Countries > South Asia
Egyptian Male Film Stars in the Nasser Era (2026)
Envisioning a National Identity
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Subject: Countries > Middle East
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