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**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched**New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence.$17.00ISBN: 9781524744984Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Dutton - December 1st, 2020AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first century, told by its creators, writers, and actors
$27.50ISBN: 9781501137808Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Simon & Schuster - May 12th, 2020One of the “Best Books” of the year from The Smithsonian, The Washington Independent Review, and more!
From bestselling writer David Kamp, the “fun, fascinating, and surprisingly touching,” (People) behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes who created the beloved children’s TV programs Sesame Street, The Electric Company$29.99ISBN: 9781335016508Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Hanover Square Press - September 15th, 2020A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Sight and Sound Best Film Book Of 2020
For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese's signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made.$22.99ISBN: 9780316295062Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Back Bay Books - October 6th, 2015James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales's definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as "incredible" (Vulture) and "required reading" (People).
$40.00ISBN: 9781419744679Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Abrams - October 20th, 2020An illustrated mid-career monograph exploring the 30-year creative journey of the 8-time Academy Award–nominated writer and director
Paul Thomas Anderson has been described as "one of American film's modern masters" and "the foremost filmmaking talent of his generation." Anderson's films have received 25 Academy Award nominations, and he h$28.00ISBN: 9780399588174Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: One World - November 15th, 2016#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed
$40.00ISBN: 9780525655329Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Knopf - November 3rd, 2020An in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, "as close as you're ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan's remarkable brain" (Sam Mendes).
$17.95ISBN: 9781631493386Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Liveright - November 17th, 2020A hilarious send-up of sex, scandal, and the Golden Age of Hollywood by legendary cartoonist Edward Sorel.
$17.99ISBN: 9780062906380Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: HarperOne - September 29th, 2020NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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$22.95ISBN: 9780571336067Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: Faber & Faber - June 2nd, 2020One of the best things published about cinema.' Sight & Sound Herzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive.
