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Anna Bogutskaya
A captivating look at what draws us to the shocks and thrills of horror, by film critic and broadcaster Bogutskaya.
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Ian Nathan
An illustrated celebration of the life and career of the world's most famous director, Steven Spielberg.
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David Stratton
Australia's leading film critic reviews (almost) every Australian feature film from 1990 to 2020.
Al Pacino
From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full
Ilana Kaplan
The first illustrated monograph on writer, journalist, and director Nora Ephron, the visionary behind When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You’ve Got Mail.
Bernard Benoliel, Gilles Esposito, Jean-Francois Rauger, Murielle Joudet
Visual catnip for fans of classic cinema, Alfred Hitchcock All the Films: The Stories Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short celebrates the inimitable Hollywood icon and his groundbreaking career in…
Wally Koval, Amanda Koval
Accidentally Wes Anderson is back with 200 brand new, mind-bendingly beautiful destinations for your bucket list, and the fascinating stories behind each location.
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Pau Gomez, Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth
A lavishly illustrated retrospective of Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's foremost filmmaker, published to coincide with his 75th birthday.
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Arnaud Devillard, Olivier Bousquet, Nicolas Schaller
A first-of-its-kind deep dive into Steven Spielberg's decades-long career, covering everything from early short films and television episodes to each of his more than 30 feature length-films.
Jake Cunningham, Michael Leader
Step beyond the magical movies and explore the wider world of Studio Ghibli.
Shinobu Hashimoto, Lori Hitchcock Morimoto (trans.)
Any list of Japan's greatest screenplay writers would feature Shinobu Hashimoto near or at the top. This memoir, focusing on his collaborations with Akira Kurosawa, a gifted scenarist in his…
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Sam Wasson, Jeanine Basinger
The greatest cocktail party ever thrown in Hollywood.
Adam Woodward
The Worlds of Wes Anderson is aunique album of the influences and inspirations behind contemporary cinema's most recognisable and successful stylist.
Ross Campbell
It all began in Melbourne. The world's first feature film. Australia's first picture palace. Australia's first film festival.
Neil Fox
In Music Films, Neil Fox considers a broad range of music documentaries, delving into their cinematic style, political undertones, racial dynamics, and gender representations, in order to assess their role…
Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams
The most comprehensive biography of the creator of 2001:A Space Odessey, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange.
A celebration of the life and films of the extraordinary filmmaker Tim Burton. Revised and updated
Odie Henderson
A definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema-the freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genre-from a distinctive voice in film history and criticism
Daniel de Vise
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular…
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Hannah Strong
An illustrated critical survey of Academy Award-winning writer and director Sofia Coppola’s career, covering everything from her groundbreaking music videos through her latest films
Tony Lee Moral
A one-of-a-kind historical document and 100th anniversary celebration of the artwork behind several of the Master of Suspense’s greatest films.
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Sam Wasson
A visionary who was ahead of his time, the book presents Francis Ford Coppola's great adventure in film-making.
Peter Biskind
From the author of the 'stone-cold classic' Easy Riders, Raging Bulls comes a blockbuster follow-up- the inside story of television's epic transformation
The revolution has been televized. From The Sopranos…
Explore the films of magical Japanese animation masters Studio Ghibli in this film-by-film celebration for newcomers and long-time fans alike.
Ed Zwick
“I’ll be dropping a few names,” Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book. “Over the years I have worked with self-proclaimed masters-of-the-universe, unheralded geniuses, hacks, sociopaths, savants, and…
Helen O'Hara
A call to arms from Empire magazine’s ‘geek queen’, Helen O'Hara, that explores women’s roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since the birth of Hollywood…
Melbourne International Film Festival
A collection of bold new writing capturing Melbourne’s identity in cinema
Richard Brody
Richard Brody’s Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard is a landmark biography of one of the great controversial geniuses of world cinema.
Australia’s best-loved film critic shares the movies which are his personal favourites of all time, as well as titbits and insights from the leading directors and actors he has met…
Amazing Ameziane
TAKE A DIVE INTO THE BRAIN OF MASTER AUTEUR, QUENTIN TARANTINO.
Christopher Finch
Since it was first published in 1973, The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond has established itself as an indispensable classic of illustrated…
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Studio Ghibli
A beautiful, full-color dive into the history and future of Studio Ghibli, Japan’s preeminent animation house. In-depth looks at every one of their 26 feature films – including the latest…
Matt Zoller Seitz,Wes Anderson
The Wes Anderson Collection is the first in-depth overview of Anderson’s work, guiding readers through the life and career of one of the most talked-about contemporary filmmakers. Previously unpublished photos…
Quentin Tarantino
The long-awaited first work of non-fiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as…
Joe Vallese (ed.)
Through the lens of horror - from Halloween to Hereditary - queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.
Christopher Frayling
Looks at the key time periods, genres and key works in world cinema. This title places the world of cinema in the context of social and cultural developments that have…
Wes Anderson celebrates the work of one of the most revered cult filmmaker working in contemporary cinema.
An explosive expose of the men who changed independent cinema for ever in the 1990s.
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Emily Garside
Directly explores the queer narratives present throughout Russell T Davies' extensive work in television and how he broke down barriers to show the truth and joy of queer identities.
The…
David Lynch,Kristine McKenna
As unusual as the man himself, Room to Dream is the highly anticipated memoir from the revolutionary and elusive David Lynch, co-creator of Twin Peaks and director of groundbreaking films…
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Susan Barber
The Australian Film Revival: 70s, 80s, and Beyond explores the matrix of forces - artistic, cultural, economic, political, governmental, and ideological - that gave rise to, shaped, and sustained this…
This guide to the country's cinematic story explores 30 movies, combining reviews with director biographies, and including recommended further viewing and a catalogue of film stills and movie posters.
The definitive look at how the 70s movie makers changed the face of cinema
Orhan Pamuk
A new and revelatory book from the bestselling author of The Museum of Innocence and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Matt Zoller Seitz,Alan Sepinwall
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show’s debut, Sepinwall and Seitz have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, conversations, and critical essays covering every episode.
The Editors of Rotten Tomatoes
Celebrating everything from guilty pleasures to campy cult classics, Rotten Tomatoes’ first book is a light-hearted, slightly irreverent delight for the cinephile and pop-culture fanatic.
Ian Haydn Smith
An entirely fresh perspective on the history of cinema, using timelines to trace its development from the earliest moving images to now.
Kristin Baver
100 key objects and artefacts from the epic Star Wars saga
