History & Criticism
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Becoming Nick and Nora: The Thin Man and the Films of William Powell and Myrna Loy
$29.95 Read moreAs Nick and Nora Charles in the six Thin Man movies from 1934 to 1947, the team of William Powell and Myrna Loy showed that marriage didn’t have to mean the end of the romantic comedy. From the comedi
- Author: Kozlowski, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493062859
- Language: English
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Lamestains: Grunge, Sub Pop and the Music of the Loser
$25.00 Read moreA surprising history of Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, pioneer of grunge . . . and champion of losers.
This book is a critical history of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle independent rock label that launched- Author: Attfield, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1789147069
- Language: English
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The Exotic Ones: That Fabulous Film-Making Family from Music City, USA – The Ormonds
$129.95 Read moreJune. Ron. Tim. Together they were the Ormond Organization, a Nashville mother-father-son trio who cranked out a wild bunch of movies, from Lash LaRue westerns to the stripper-gore-musical outrage The… [more below]
- Series: Nicolas Winding Refn Presents
- Author: McDonough, Jimmy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1913051188
- Language: English
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Acting Naturally: The Magic in Great Performances
$30.00 Read moreFrom the celebrated film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema’s finest actors and how they approach their craft
“Open to any page and- Author: Thomson, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 059331929X
- Language: English
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Jesus Christ Superstar: Behind the Scenes of the Worldwide Musical Phenomenon
$36.95 Add to cartIn 1969, when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice decided to write a rock opera about Jesus Christ, they had little idea they were about to embark on one of the most popular, boundary-pushing, and influe
- Author: Nassour, Ellis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1493068040
- Language: English
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Declassified: A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music
$27.00 Read more“A refreshingly fun guide” that reads “as if you’re a fly on the wall in conservatory auditions, cutthroat competitions and the obsessive practice routines of professional musicians.” (The New York Ti… [more below]
- Author: Warsaw-Fan Rauch, Arianna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 059333146X
- Language: English
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Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession
$16.00 Read moreA searching memoir of a life lived in the flicker of an action film, by the author of I Will Take the Answer
In his first memoir, Ander Monson guides readers through a scene-by-scene exploration of th- Author: Monson, Ander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1644452006
- Language: English
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The Great Psychic Outdoors: Adventures in Low Fidelity
$14.95 Read moreExplores the weird world of lo-fi music to investigate its revolutionary potential and its ability to subvert what we think music can do.
Homemade records, tape-hiss worship and a taste for a very pec- Author: Monacelli, Enrico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1914420608
- Language: English
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The Sopranos Sessions
$22.00 Read moreIn The Sopranos Sessions, renowned television critics–and New York Times bestselling authors–Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest television ser
- Author: Seitz, Matt Zoller
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1419742833
- Language: English
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Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
$27.00 Add to cartOne of the “Best Books of 2020” by NPR’s Book Concierge
**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched** New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seat- Author: West, Lindy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0316449822
- Language: English
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Lunacy: The Curious Phenomenon of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, 50 Years on
$24.95 Read moreAfter Syd Barrett departed Pink Floyd, the band that he had co-founded and fronted became a rudderless ship, releasing a series of nebulous (though highly inventive) jam albums and taking on touring e
- Author: Kruth, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493067168
- Language: English
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Sound of the Beast
$19.99 Add to cartThe definitive history of the first 30 years of heavy metal, containing over 100 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Kiss, Megadeth, Public Ene
- Author: Christe, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0380811278
- Language: English
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The New Designer: Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change
$29.95 Read moreHow to develop an ethical design practice and build a better world.
The choices made by designers have a significant effect on the world. Yet so much of the discourse on design focuses on aesthetics r- Author: Lima, Manuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047632
- Language: English
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Tonight It’s a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics
$14.95 Read more- Author: Peel, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1914420365
- Language: English
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Bone Music: Soviet X-Ray Audio
$34.95 Read moreStories of the secret underground Cold War-era Soviet music subculture that distributed forbidden music on used hospital x-rays.
During the Cold War era, the songs that Soviet citizens could listen to- Author: Coates, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1913689476
- Language: English
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Frightfest Guide to Vampire Movies
$24.95 Read moreFor centuries, mankind has been chilled by tales of vampires. A fixture of literature, art, and folk tales, the vampire was a natural early choice for a movie monster at the dawn of cinema and has rem… [more below]
- Series: Frightfest Guides #6
- Author: Thompson, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 12 2022
- ISBN10: 191305120X
- Language: English
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The Thing
$15.95 Add to cartAn extra-terrestrial alien, capable of replicating any living form it touches, infiltrates an isolated research base in the Antarctic, and sows suspicion and terror among the men trapped there. Which
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Billson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1839023597
- Language: English
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Kraftwerk’s Computer World
$14.95 Add to cartComputer World was Kraftwerk’s most concise and focused conceptual statement, their most influential record and crowning achievement. Computer World transformed the way pop music was composed, played,
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Francis, Steve Tupai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1501378988
- Language: English
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Apocalypse Television: How the Day After Helped End the Cold War
$36.95 Read moreOn November 20, 1983, a three-hour made-for-TV movie The Day After premiered on ABC. Set in the heartland of Lawrence, Kansas, the film depicted the events before, during, and after a Soviet nuclear a
- Author: Craig, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493079174
- Language: English
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Red River
$15.95 Read moreThis study explores the thematic complexity of Red River, as well as its historical resonances and its place in film history. The author focuses on the actors’ contribution to the movie and on Red Riv… [more below]
- Series: BFI Film Classics #57
- Author: Liandrat-Guigues, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: February 26 2001
- ISBN10: 0851708196
- Language: English
