Presents transcriptions of a series of interviews conducted by Francois Truffaut with celebrated filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock beginning in 1962; and includes photographs and a filmography.

The intelligent person's guide to the movies, with more than 2,800 reviews Look up a movie in this guide, and chances are you'll find yourself reading on about the next movie and the next.

Here are the incomparable directors Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, King Vidor, David Lean, Fritz Lang (“I learned only from bad films”), William Wyler, and George Stevens; renowned producers and cinematographers; celebrated screenwriters Ray ...

This new edition updates the older entries and adds 30 new ones: Darren Aronofsky, Emmanuelle Beart, Jerry Bruckheimer, Larry Clark, Jennifer Connelly, Chris Cooper, Sofia Coppola, Alfonso Cuaron, Richard Curtis, Sir Richard Eyre, Sir ...

In the companion book, editors James G. Blight and janet M. Lang use lessons from McNamara's life to examine issues of war and peace in the 20th century.

Camille Paglia draws together in this text the aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' (1963), and analyzes its depiction of gender and family relations.

In the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands. enjoyed their sexuality, led unapologetic careers, and, in general, acted the way many ...

A classic account of a masterpiece by an author who knew Kurosawa.

Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright.

The fourth edition - substantially updated and revised, of Leonard Maltin's classic account of Walt Disney's career and analysis of the huge library of Disney films.