NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"A profound and richly satisfying reckoning with the movies and what they mean."
Thomson (
The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder, 2009, etc.) brings his encyclopedic knowledge of film and idiosyncratic, allusive style to bear on this ambitious consideration of the history of motion pictures and their effect on the audience.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A well-told account of the films that have scared the pants off generation after generation."
An exhaustive and entertaining film-by-film history of an oft-maligned genre that refuses to die.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"In rich, lyrical prose, McKinney deftly honors both the man and the mystery."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A must for movie lovers and more proof that Denby's gifts are better displayed in a full-length text than in a short review."
From the
New Yorker film critic, a collection of critical essays that's more than a miscellaneous roundup.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 25, 2012
"A copiously examined life rendered with humor and heart."
Veteran character actor Tobolowsky, perhaps best known for his role in
Groundhog Day, offers a beguiling collection of autobiographical essays detailing his experiences in and out of show business.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
"A focused history of films that occasionally flirts with--but does not wed--portentousness."
The film critic of the
Boston Globe explores film celebrity and waxes philosophical about what it means to and for the rest of us.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
"Bold and irrepressibly sassy."
Actress, producer and director Marshall's frank and funny memoir about the path that led her from an ordinary childhood in New York City to Hollywood stardom.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"Surely not the last word, but a complete and honest effort and a good starting place."
Fifty years after her death and hundreds of books later, are we any closer to understanding Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)? Probably not, but this new biography brings the known facts up to date and offers a fresh, modern take on the tragic star's life and choices.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 12, 2012
"An entertaining and informative look at the troubled gestation of a film of both artistic and social significance."
