Oxford University Press, August 2008. First Edition. Cloth. In a culture increasingly focused on visual media, students have learned not only to embrace multimedia presentations in the classroom, but to expect them. Such expectations are perhaps more prevalent in a field as dynamic and cross-disciplinary as religious studies, but the..... More
Regan Arts, September 2015. Trade Paperback. An unofficial guide to EMPIRE, the runaway hit of the 2014-15 television season. Empire is the breakout, network television hit of 2015--from its opening night, viewers were riveted by the story of record company magnate Lucious Lyon and his family, and the struggle for..... More
Hyperion Books, December 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. This year, Casablanca--the quintessential movie-lover's movie--will celebrate its 50th anniversary with theatre and video re-release. The author of The Making of the Wizard of Oz examines the creative forces behind this celluloid legend. Octavo in dustjacket with tanned spine and margins and verso..... More
Penguin Books, February 2022. Paper Back. A National Book Critics Circle finalist - One of People's top 10 books of 2021 - An instant New York Times bestseller - Named a best book of the year by NPR and Time A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Harris has drawn on interviews with friends and colleagues of Lucy and Desi for this revealing dual biography, full of fascinating new details about one of Hollywood's most popular and powerful couples--and the true story of their tempestuous relationship. 16 pages of..... More
McGraw-Hill Book Companies, January 1965. Paper Back. More
William Morrow, April 2022. Hardcover. The first comprehensive account of the biggest wake-up call in the history of the entertainment business: the pivot to streaming. Go inside a disparate group of media and tech companies -- Disney, Apple, AT&T/WarnerMedia, Comcast/NBCUniversal and well-funded startup Quibi - as they scramble to mount..... More
Algonquin Books, November 2013. Hardcover. "Addictively readable . . . Someday, when fewer people know Richard Pryor's name, Furious Cool will be the best defense against the worst sort of forgetting--the kind that involves who we are now, who we loved once, and why." --EsquireRichard Pryor was arguably the single..... More
Regnery, January 1975. Cloth. Bound in heavy blue cloth. Several small closed tears on the jacket. Mylar wrapped. Foxing/tanning on the edges of the print block. Some minor toning on the endpapers. More
Granary Books/Hips Road, November 2001. Trade Paperback. Reviled, rioted over and banned as pornographic even as it was recognized by many as an unprecedented visionary masterpiece, Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures is one of the most important and influential underground movies ever released in America. J. Hoberman's monograph details the creative..... More
Temple University Presss, February 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. The magic hour is the name film-makers give the pre-dusk late afternoon, when anything photographed can be bathed in a melancholy golden light. This work anthologizes J. Hoberman's movie reviews, cultural criticism, and political essays, published in The Village Voice, Artforum, and..... More
G.P. Putnam's Sons, March 1982. Hardcover. Octavo in edgeworn dustjacket with darkening at margins. Foxing to DJ verso and one small puncture to jacket front panel midway next to spine. Quarter bound: grey cloth covered spine with black lettering and black paper cover boards. Darkened top textblock edge. Several small..... More
William Morrow, October 2021. Hardcover. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This extraordinary book is not only a chronicle of Ron's and Clint's early careers and their wild adventures, but also a primer on so many topics--how an actor prepares, how to survive as a kid working in Hollywood, and how..... More
Self Published, November 2018. Paper Back. Quarto. Unread. (6 & 3/4 inches x 8 & 3/4 inches). Clean, sound, without markings. More
Pantheon, September 1980. Trade Paperback. More
New York: MOMA, 1965. January 1965. Hardcover. More
Taschen, April 2007. Soft Cover. Marlene Dietrich once said, ""I am not a myth."" But by referencing the term, Dietrich only reinforces the fact more emphatically. For, using almost any common dictionary definition of that word, Dietrich is a myth. Her image was fashioned by director Josef von Sternberg in..... More
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, January 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. two very small tear on upper back DJ; DJ shows minor shelf wear; otherwside, DJ in VG condition. More
BearManor Media, July 2018. Hardcover. Winning the Fame and Fortune Contest of 1920 made Corliss Palmer a star. It was the worst thing that ever happened to her. Come along as the author of Reels & Rivals: Sisters in Silent Film charts Corliss and publisher Eugene Brewster's attempt to fashion..... More
PYRAMID. July 1975. Paper Back. Cut front cover corner: tape repaired with white cardstock. 2nd printing. More
The Swedish Program, 2012. Trade Paperback. More
Grand Central Publishing, August 1990. Oversize Softcover. A commemorative volume offers the definitive pictorial history of one of the most popular movies of all time. More
Beacon Press, February 2020. Hardcover. A brutally honest look at the systemic exclusion of women in film--an industry with massive cultural influence--and how, in response, women are making space in cinema for their voices to be heard. Generation after generation, women have faced the devastating reality that Hollywood is a...... More
McSweeney's, July 2012. Trade Paperback. For more information, visit McSweeneys.net In the summer of 2009 Miranda July was struggling to write her second screenplay, The Future, when she began to obsessively read the PennySaver classified ads. The iconic Los Angeles newsprint booklet served a computerless demographic?a quickly disappearing group, but..... More
PAJ Publications, June 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first U.S. edition in mildly edgeworn DJ with darkening of margins and spine. A couple of horizontal streaks on front jacket panel. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Front flap is not clipped. Tightly bound. Previous owner's name inked on..... More
