Jim Henson: The Works
The Art, the Magic, the Imagination
Written by Christopher Finch

Format: Hardcover, 268 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1993
Price: $49.95

The ultimate gift for Muppet lovers everywhere, this extraordinary tribute celebrates 40 years of Henson's creative genius--from his best-known inventions to his lesser known but equally fascinating notions for everything from designs for futuristic nightclubs and homes to experimental films. 500 color illus. Read more >

The Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Fifty Years of His Motion Pictures
Written by Donald Spoto

Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2010
Price: $18.99

This completely revised and updated edition of the classic text describes and analyzes every movie made by master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.


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Zona
A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room
Written by Geoff Dyer

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.00

A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year

There is no other writer at work today like the award-winning Geoff Dyer. Here he embarks on an investigation into Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, the masterpiece of cinema that has haunted him since he first saw it thirty years ago.

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Tango
The Art History of Love
Written by Robert Farris Thompson

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2010
Price: $16.99

In this generously illustrated book, world-renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, "the fabulous dance of the past hundred years–and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham.”

Thompson traces tango’s evolution in the nineteenth century under European, Andalusian-Gaucho, and African influences through its... Read more >

Gods Like Us
On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame
Written by Ty Burr

Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $28.95

WITH 8 PAGES OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS

How—and why—do we obsess over movie stars? How does fame both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the image of stardom and our stars’ images altered over a century of cultural and technological change? Do we create celebrities, or do they create us?
 
Ty... Read more >

The Actor's Art and Craft
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Written by William Esper and Damon Dimarco
Preface by David Mamet

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.00

William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.

Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his famous program for actor's training. The result is... Read more >

Conversations with Scorsese

Written by Richard Schickel

Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $24.95

Now in paperback, and with a new afterword: the history and process of moviemaking in general, and of Martin Scorsese's brilliant and varied films in particular, through the words and wit of the master director.

With Richard Schickel as the canny and intelligent guide, these conversations take us deep into Scorsese's life... Read more >

The Mailroom
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin

Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.99

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >

The Making of Star Wars
The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
Written by J. W. Rinzler

Format: Trade Paperback, 324 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $35.00

More than thirty years ago, filmmaker George Lucas realized a longtime dream, creating a swashbuckling sf saga inspired by vintage Flash Gordon serials, classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: The Star Wars. The rest is history–and how it was made... Read more >

How to Survive a Horror Movie

Written by Seth Grahame-Smith

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 18, 2011
Price: $14.95

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
 
From ghosts, vampires, and zombies to serial killers, cannibalistic hillbillies, and haunted Japanese videocassettes, How to Survive a Horror Movie shows how to defeat every obstacle found in scary films. Readers will discover:
 
     •  How to Perform an Exorcism
     •  What to Do If... Read more >