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Blockbuster Books about Movies (page 2)

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Released: Oct. 2, 2012

DO THE MOVIES HAVE A FUTURE?

by David Denby

"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. Read full book review >

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Released: Oct. 2, 2012

REEL TERROR: THE SCARY, BLOODY, GORY, HUNDRED-YEAR HISTORY OF CLASSIC HORROR FILMS

by David Konow

"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. Read full book review >

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Released: Oct. 16, 2012

THE BIG SCREEN: THE STORY OF THE MOVIES

by David Thomson

"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. Read full book review >