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Musicals adapted to the big screen—from West Side Story to The Phantom of the Opera—have enjoyed a staggering amount of...

Revealing a festival of guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked...

A fun, opinionated, illustrated look at Westerns—with great photographs from great movies This unique compendium of short essays about, and evocative...

General Reference Author: DeMichael, Tom Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Modern Sci-Fi Films FAQ: All That's......

While the anti-establishment rebels of 1969's Easy Rider were morphing into the nostalgic yuppies of 1983's The Big Chill, Seventies...

A History of American Movies provides a survey of the narrative feature film from the 1920s to the present. The...

Movie Anecdotes in the Age of Home Theatre. Film Tales is a tour through the main movie...

Spanning several generations—from newcomers to Oscar Award-winning veterans—this volume features a discussion of the movies that shaped the careers of...

Black Lenses, Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written-and sometimes produced-by African Americans, as well as...

"Roger Ebert's "criticism shows a nearly unequaled grasp of film history and technique, and formidable intellectual range." --New York TimesPu......

Roger Ebert's I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie and Your Movie Sucks, which gathered some of his most scathing reviews,...

Explosive kung-fu epics, tragic leftist melodrama, chest-thumping propaganda films, and more are covered in this movie guide that explores a...

Roger Ebert’s “crit icism shows a nearly unequaled grasp of film history and technique, and formidable intellectual range. . . .” ......

Featuring chronological reviews of more than 300 zombie films-from 1932's White Zombie to George A. Romero's 2008 release Diary of...

From City Lights to Knocked Up, this history examines American film from the perspective of its unwanted stepbrother, the comedy, and...