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Reference		100 All-Time Favourite Movies Anne Gerlinger Taschen, 2008 $130.00 hb boxed set It was a tough, soul-searching process, but after much debate and deliberation TASCHEN settled on what they believe to be the 100 finest examples of 20th century filmmaking. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, epic to musical, western to new wave, all genres are represented in this wide-ranging and devilishly fun compendium. Metropolis? Check. Modern Times? Yep. Citizen Kane, The Seven Samurai? Of course. La dolce vita, Psycho, A Clockwork Orange? You bet. Plus The Godfather, Annie Hall, Blue Velvet, Pulp Fiction... and so many more cinematic gems. Think of this collection as a celebration of contrasts, an homage to the seventh art, a gathering of greats, and a nostalgic romp through celluloid history. Chronological entries each include a synopsis, cast/crew listings, technical information, actor/director bios, trivia, and list of awards, as well as film stills, production photos, and the original poster for each film. A terrific gift for the film buff in your life.
Reference		100 American Independent Films Jason Wood BFI, 2^nd edition, 2009 $39.95pb An increasingly pervasive influence on contemporary European cinema and mainstream Hollywood, American independent films have frequently provided the most experimental and distinctive voices in US cinema. A whole generation of innovative and idiosyncratic American film-makers, including Steven Soderbergh, Todd Haynes, Hal Hartley and Spike Lee, emerged during the critical and commercial renaissance of the late 1980s and 90s. In this revised and updated new edition, Jason Wood provides a guide to one hundred of the most interesting and influential American independent films, featuring indie classics such as well as twenty-five brand new entries.
Reference		1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Steven Jay Schneider (ed) ABC Books, revised ed., 2009 $49.99pb Whether you are a student of cinema, a discerning film buff, a casual filmgoer, or a film enthusiast keen to relive key screen moments, this is a fascinating book to dip into and an indispensable reference. Featuring more than a century of memorable movies, it highlights the movies you should never have missed the first time around, the classics that are worth seeing time and time again and the masterpieces you did not previously know about.
Reference		501 Movie Directors Steven Jay Schneider (ed) ABC Books, 2007 $45.00 hb Actors may be the face of film, but it is the director who is the guiding creative force behind all the great movies of our time. 501 Movie Directors pays homage to these masters of the big screen, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the most important filmmakers from around the world. Every notable name ever to have graced the director's chair is here, from Woody Allen to Fred Zinnemann, from Ingmar Bergman to Takashe Miike... and 497 more! The A-Z approach allows you to locate any filmmaker with maximum ease, making it an ideal movie-lovers reference. Each director has at least one full page devoted to their work, with a complete filmography and intriguing fact boxes on innovations, awards, cameos and their actor-muses.The most influential directors in cinema history are given an extended treatment, so the reader can fully appreciate the impact of their work.
Reference		501 Movie Stars Steven Jay Schneider (ed) ABC Books, 2007 $45.00 hb Humphrey Bogart. . . Marilyn Monroe. . . Meryl Streep. . . James Dean. . . Paul Newman. . .Not just run-of-the-mill film actors but larger-than-life movie stars who have captured the collective imagination, inspired millions of fans across the world, and gained immortality through their performances on and off the screen. 501 Movie Stars pays homage to these legends, trend-setters, and pop culture idols, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the biggest movie stars from around the world. Every notable name to have worked their magic in front of the camera is here, from Gloria Swanson to Julia Roberts, from Frank Sinatra to Arnold Schwarzenegger... and 497 more! The A-Z approach of 501 Movie Stars allows you to locate any actor with maximum ease, making it an ideal movie-lover's reference. Each star has at least one full page devoted to their work, with a complete filmography and feature boxes on awards, cameos, favourite directors and stylistic trademarks.
Reference		Art Cinema Paul Young Taschen, 2010 $70.00hb Debate over film's credibility as an art form is as old as the medium itself, and largely defined in terms of formalist and realist approaches. This book explores how artists have used the medium to explode cinematic conventions and convey a truly expressive cinema one that uses rhythm, color, structure, and content to express a staggering array of ideas and feelings. Broken down into ten subgenres, including collage, appropriation, lyricism, structuralism, parody, and installation, Art Cinema gives a detailed overview of various approaches and how they fit into an art-historical context. Over five hundred films and filmmakers are included, from past masters such as Hans Richter, Man Ray, and Stan Brakhage, to contemporary greats such as David Lynch, Michel Gondry, and Lars von Trier; from art house legends Jean-Luc Godard, Ken Russell, and Luis Bunuel to underground icons and contemporary artists such as Kenneth Anger, Matthew Barney, Bruce Conner, Michael Snow, Chris Marker, and Stan Douglas.
Reference		California Video: Artists & Histories Glenn Phillips Getty Trust, 2008 $79.95hb California Video presents the first comprehensive survey of the history of video art in California. Since the late 1960s, California artists have been at the forefront of an international movement that has expanded video into the realm of fine art. With interviews, abstracts and essays, the entries provide background material on each artist and their work. From video sculptures to electronic psychedelia, these artists have utilised video technology to express revolutionary ideas.
Reference		The Encyclopedia of Early Cinema Richard Abel Routledge, 2010 $79.95 pb This major A-Z work, now in a new paperback edition, explores the first 25 years of cinema's development, from the early 1890s to the middle 1910s. The Encyclopedia presents a wealth of information on early cinema history, with coverage of the techniques and equipment of film production, profiles of the pioneering directors and producers, analysis of individual films and the rapid growth of distinct film genres, and the emergence of something the world had never seen before - the movie star. In addition, the work also focuses on how the nature of film exhibition changed as the industry grew, and how the public's reception to films also changed. The pre-cinema period is closely examined to show those mass-cultural forms and practices such as music hall and vaudeville from within which cinema was to emerge. The Encyclopedia reveals that early cinema was inextricably bound up with other forms and practices of mass culture, that it emerged as a combination of existing and innovative elements, and that it was an unusually hybrid medium that only gradually coalesced into something more or less distinct.
Reference		The Film Encyclopedia: the complete guide to film and the film industry Ephraim Katz Harper Collins, 6^th edition, 2008 $53.99 pb Ephraim Katz’s The Film Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive one-volume encyclopedia on film and is considered the undisputed Bible of the movie industry. With up-to-date additions, this sixth edition features more than 7,500 A-Z entries on the artistic, technical, and commercial aspects of moviemaking, including - Directors, producers, stars, screenwriters, and cinematographers - Styles, genres, and schools of filmmaking - Motion picture studios and film centres - Film-related organizations and events - Industry jargon and technical terms - Inventions, inventors, and equipment - Plus, an index of Academy Award winning films and artists, top grossing films, and much more.
Reference		Film: A World History Daniel Borden Hardie Grant, 2009 $35.00pb A detailed guide to film that is overflowing with information and over 500 colour and black & white photographs. Film: A World History takes the movie lover through all of the notable eras of filmmaking exploring the films that made them great. From Silent to Sound, WWII to the Fifties, from New Wave to Hollywood blockbusters and World Cinema, the book reveals the changing face of film. This guide is also packed with information that will give movie-goers an insight into film actors and makers, techniques, movements and genres, awards, how film has changed and all the other key information they could want.
Reference		Have You Seen? David Thomson Penguin, 2010 $35.00 pb This is veteran film writer David Thomson's personal, irreverent, hilarious and utterly original take on the 1,000 films he has most loved – and hated – from esteemed classics to forgotten curiosities, guilty pleasures to noir treats, horror gems to kitsch disasters. The result is probably the most enjoyable film book you will ever read (and you'll never think about The Sound of Music in the same way again). Available June.
Reference		Leonard Maltin’s 151 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen Leonard Maltin Harper Collins, 2010 $29.99 pb Maltin is famous for his voluminous annual, Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide, the go-to reference book since its initial publication in 1969. But that book has 17,000 entries, so it isn’t a place to go for the selectivity that hardcore film buffs crave. So now Maltin has written the perfect book for everyone who has ever walked into a video store and been so overwhelmed that they rented a movie they had already seen twice. In this book, Maltin unearths 151 movies that he thinks have been unfairly under-rated, and explains why. Reading this book will inspire you to see all of the movies described here...and you won’t be disappointed in any of them.
Reference		Leonard Maltin’s 2010 Movie Guide Leonard Maltin Plume Books, 2009 $24.95 pb First published in 1969 Leonard Maltin’s annual Movie Guide is now the best selling pocket reference with more than 17,000 capsule-size film reviews. This is an annual reference and the 2011 edition will be available in late October/ early November.
Reference		Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide: from the silent era through 1965 Leonard Maltin 2^nd edition, Plume, 2010 $29.95 pb From the author of the bestselling annual Movie Guide comes this ultimate guide for fans of classic films both familiar and obscure. The Classic Movie Guide covers thousands of films, from the silent era to the 1960s, including The Birth of a Nation, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Grand Illusion, and The Maltese Falcon (all three versions: 1931, 1936, and 1941), Singin' in the Rain, and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! With entries spanning across the decades, this comprehensive guide has expanded star and director indexes, and capsule reviews of obscure and forgotten-the sort that turn up on Turner Classic Movies in the wee hours of the morning. This is the perfect companion for anyone who loves the thrill of discovering vintage movies on DVD or cable. This second edition will be available in June.
Reference		Movie Makers: 50 Iconic Directors from Chapliln to the Coen Brothers Ian Freer Quercus, 2009 $39.956 pb From D.W. Griffith - 'the founding father of American cinema' - to the iconic films of Quentin Tarantino, the range is wide, featuring not only the Hollywood Greats - Ford, Hitchcock and Spielberg - but also a full complement of European directors - Godard, Almodovar and Fellini - as well as Asian directors Kurosawa and Ray. Author Ian Freer writes with infectious enthusiasm for his subject and outlines the life of every director, the passage of each career, seminal influences, and major films, peppering his accounts with fascinating anecdotes of what went on behind the scenes. Both an absorbing overview of the fine art of moviemaking and a lively cultural history, this is the perfect introduction for anyone keen to learn more about cinema, by a writer with a tremendous passion for his subject.
Reference		Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbook 2010 Roger Ebert Andrews McMeel, 2009 $44.95 pb Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010 is the ultimate source for movies, movie reviews, and much more. For nearly 25 years, Roger Ebert's annual collection has been recognized as the preeminent source for full-length critical movie reviews, and his 2010 yearbook does not disappoint. The yearbook includes every review Ebert has written from January 2007 to July 2009. It also includes interviews, essays, tributes, and all-new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns. Fans get a bonus feature, too, with new entries to Ebert's Little Movie Glossary.
Reference		A Short History of Film Wheeler Dixon & Gwendolyne Foster I.B. Tauris, 2009 $45.00 pb The history of international cinema is now available in a concise, conveniently sized, and affordable volume. Succinct yet comprehensive, A Short History of Film provides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880s to the present. Beginning with precursors of what we call moving pictures, Dixon & Foster lead a fast-paced tour through the invention of the kinetoscope, the introduction of sound and colour between the two world wars, and ultimately the computer-generated imagery of the present day. They detail significant periods in world cinema, including the early major industries in Europe, the dominance of the Hollywood studio system in the 1930s and 1940s, and the French New Wave of the 1960s. Special attention is also given to small independent efforts in developing nations and the corresponding more personal independent film movement that briefly flourished in the United States, the significant filmmakers of all nations, censorship and regulation and how they have affected production everywhere, and a wide range of studios and genres.
Reference		Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies: my year long quest to find and watch the worst film ever made Michael Adams Murdoch Books, 2010 $39.95pb Film critic Michael Adams found himself making an unusual New Year's resolution: in the next 12 months, he would find the answer to the question: 'What is the worst movie ever made?' He would do so by watching at least one terrible film per day, for a year. That's 365 bad movies in 365 days. No fast-forwarding. No pressing the stop button. This is comic-quest memoir mixed with 'extreme' movie criticism and laced with film trivia and celebrity interviews.
Reference		Time Out Film Guide 2010 Ebury Press, 2009 $59.95pb The eighteenth edition of the Time Out Film Guide weighs in with more than 18,500 reviews, all written by knowledgeable critics who love film. Every review lists credits for cast and other key creative personnel. The guide covers every area of world cinema (it has stronger international coverage than any other film guide): classic silent films and 1930s comedies, documentaries and the avant-garde, Europe and Asia, the Hollywood mainstream and B-movie horrors. This is an annual reference generally published in December.
Reference		Warning Shadows Home Alone With Classic Cinema Gary Giddins W.W. Norton, 2010 $27.95 pb Although best known as the Village Voice’s longtime jazz critic, Gary Giddins commands pop-culture expertise beyond music. Recently he’s been writing reviews of DVD releases of classic films for the New York Sun. In this volume Giddins offers well-considered views of classics both vintage (The General, King Kong) and modern (Blade Runner) and of celebrated directors like Ford, Hawks, and Lubitsch. He tackles some relative obscurities as well, from a collection of German Expressionist silent films to foreign masterworks by Lech Majewski and Peter Watkins.