Sunnyside (Knopf, 576 pages, $26.95) By Glen David Gold The same brand of white-hot prose and ever-so-clever historical fudging that made Glen David Gold’s magical Carter Beats the Devil, a critical and popular smash, is […]
Hollywood has all the earmarks of a bona-fide, tangible city: its sun kissed sloping hillsides and stretching curves of blue coast; its whimsical architecture that blends neoclassicism, deco and Moorish sensibilities with carefree abandon; the […]
The Big Screen: The Story of Movies and What They Did To Us (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 608 pages, $35) By David Thomson Oh, to be David Thomson! Love him or hate him, you gotta […]
Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors (BearManor Media, 350 pages, $24.95) By Nat Segaloff In a business where you’re only as good as your last film, it is surprising to learn that […]
Roman Polanski: A Retrospective By James Greenberg ISBN: 978-1419707216 Abrams August 2013 288 pages James Greenberg’s new book Roman Polanski: A Retrospective is a beautifully illustrated coffee table book chronicling the Polish enfant terrible’s long career. Coming into […]
Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard (Expanded Second Edition, 2012) By Matt Taylor ISBN: 9781781163023 Titan Books September 2012 312 pages The introductory statement “Matt Taylor’s coffee table book Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard (Expanded Second Edition, 2012)” perfectly […]
The title really does say it all. But what works best about Robert K. Elder’s new release The Best Film You’ve Never Seen is that this is not a book about guilty pleasures. It’s about […]
My Lunches with Orson is a classic film fan’s dream come true…partially. The book contains the transcripts of Henry Jaglom’s lunchtime conversations with Orson Welles that took place during the last three years of his […]
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