Books on Film
The Complete Guide to Writing, Producing and Directing a Low-Budget Short Film
As having the privilege to having gone to film school, I know what it takes to make a short film. I’ve had the opportunity to shoot on 16mm film and shoot on digital formats and know the ups and downs of what it takes to try and attempt at telling a story in this format. [...]
Son of Harpo Speaks!
I’ll start with a confession so it’s out in the open: I adore the Marx Brothers. And my adoration is not limited to the Marx Brothers of the silver screen. No, I am equally, if not more, infatuated with the Marx Brothers as people, the Marx Brothers that so many have written fondly about in [...]
The Story of Buddha: A Graphic Biography
The Story of Buddha: A Graphic Biography outlines the life of Buddhism’s founder, the young prince Siddhartha. The story covers Siddhartha’s life from the age of nineteen to his death at the age of eighty. The Story of Buddha: A Graphic Biography is first non-fiction biography of this great religious and historic figure told in [...]
If You Like The Sopranos…
The Sopranos attracted a lot of attention when it premiered. At first it was treated as television, but, as academic eyes gravitated towards it, it very quickly became synonymous with art. The literary approach by series creator David Chase and his writers offered plenty of room for analysis, and before long, the essays came flooding [...]
Screen World Volume 62: The Films of 2010
The Screen World series of reference guides has provided readers with the most comprehensive record of each year’s cinematic offerings since 1949. Volume 62 contains illustrated entries of every significant American and international film released in the United States in 2010 with complete film information including cast and crew credits, production company info, release dates, [...]
Three Stooges FAQ by David J. Hogan
Right on the heels of Sony releasing the eighth and final volume of The Three Stooges Collection (finally allowing audiences to see all 190 short films on DVD), David J. Hogan published what could be the most comprehensive companion piece to the most comprehensive Stooges collection yet. His book Three Stooges FAQ: Everything Left to [...]
The Alien Vault
Ian Nathan’s The Alien Vault touts itself as the definitive story of Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien. One small glance at this book and it’s easy to say that it encapsulates Alien as a piece of film history as well rivaling any behind the scenes features on any DVD or Blu-Ray. The book is broken [...]
Viewed Sideways: Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan (2011)
Viewed Sideways: Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan is the third collection of essays from author Donald Richie. This new addition to the series is a page turner. Once you finish one essay, you look at the title of the next and want to keep reading. The book contains eleven essays from previous [...]
The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to True Blood (Fourth Edition)
The first edition of Alain Silver and James Ursini’s The Vampire Film was originally released in 1976, and the duo have returned to the text over the years to keep it updated and relevant. The new fourth edition is quite an update, covering vampires in film up to 2010– the previous edition was published in [...]
A Hard Day’s Night: Music on Film Series
In 1963, the Beatles had an exclusive contract for the release of original singles and LPs with Parlophone and EMI. But motion picture studio United Artists discovered a loophole in the Fab Four’s contract, in which Parlophone neglected to secure the rights to any motion picture soundtracks released by the band. Thus, UA determined to [...]
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