Book Reviews

The Original King of Comedy

Book Review: MACK SENNETT’S FUN FACTORY by Brent E. Walker (McFarland)

book review — 3 Significant New Film Books

GEORGE LUCAS’S BLOCKBUSTING(George Lucas Books/It Books) Edited by Alex Ben Block and Lucy Autrey Wilson, with a Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola

book review - Inside the Brat Pack

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried by Susannah Gora

A New Look At Old Movies

Dennis Hopper On Display

Even as Hollywood survivor Dennis Hopper battles prostate cancer, he is being celebrated in a multimedia show that’s touring the world. I caught a glimpse of it on my recent trip to Australia, where the exhibition called Dennis Hopper and The New Hollywood is on display through April 25 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne. The touring show of photographs and artwork by Hopper is accompanied by a coffee-table book of the same name, published by Flammarion in conjunction with the ACMI and La Cinematheque Francaise. The book was on sale in the Centre’s lovely gift shop, but I didn’t want to lug it ho...

book review: Hidden Talent: The Emergence of Hollywood Agents

by Tom Kemper

Boris Karloff Tales Of Mystery, Volume One:

DARK HORSE ARCHIVES; Introduction by Sara Karloff In 1960, Boris Karloff was recruited to host a weekly anthology show called Thriller. It was an obvious attempt to emulate the success of a not dissimilar show hosted by another movie figure with a “brand name,” Alfred Hitchco...

Year End Film Book Survey - 2009

I love reading film books but I simply can't keep up with all the new titles that come over the transom...so, with holiday gift-giving in mind, I have compiled this annotated listing based on my first impressions of these recent releases, including a few that haven't gotten the attention ...

Year End Film Book Survey - 2009 Part 2