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Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi
Jon Gibson & Chris McDonnell
Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi is the first and only book chronicling the career of this animation pioneer, highlighting his early years as well as each of his groundbreaking films, TV shows, and other projects. It contains brand-new art created especially for this book, as well as hundreds of pieces of pre-production art, animation cels, and never-before-seen rough sketches, line drawings, and doodles, all culled from Bakshi's personal archives containing more than fifty years of his life's work. Hardcover, 264 pp. $50.00.

The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger
Chris Fujiwara
Otto Preminger was one of Hollywood's first truly independent producer-directors. He sought to address the major social, political, and historical questions of his time in films designed to appeal to a wide public. Chris Fujiwara's critical biography -- a detailed new look at the director's life and legacy --follows Preminger throughout his varied career, penetrating his carefully constructed public persona and revealing the many layers of his work. Hardcover, 480 pp. $38.50.

It's Good To Be The King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
James Robert Parish
It's Good to Be the King traces the life and career of little Melvin Kaminsky. It examines the roots of Brooks's need to entertain and how he developed his unique blend of slapstick, satire, and just plain silliness into a winning and flexible comedy style that would stand the test of time. Hardcover, 325 pp. $30.99.

Leni Reifenstahl: A Life
Jurgen Trimborn
Dancer, actress, mountaineer, and director Leni Riefenstahl's uncomprising will and audacious talent for self-promotion appeared unmatched - until 1932, when she introduced herself to her future protector and patron: Adolf Hitler. Jurgen Trimborn's revelatory biography casts an unblinking eye on one of the more complicated figures of the twnetieth century. Softcover, 348 pp. $18.95.

Catching the Big Fish
David Lynch
In this national bestseller, the acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch provides a rare window into his methods as an artist, his way of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation. Catching the Big Fish comes as a revelation to those who have longed to better understand Lynch's personal vision. And it is equally compelling to any who wonder how they can nurture their own creativity. Softcover, 180 pp. $15.50. Also available in audio DVD, $25.00.

Kitano Takeshi
Aaron Gerow
In this illuminating study of Kitano Takeshi's films, Aaron Gerow explores the issues of auteurship and stardom as they relate to problems of personal and national identity in Japan confronting an age of globalisation. Gerow, a renowned expert on Japanese cinema who has himself participated in the debates about Kitano in Japan, provides a nuanced account of the work of this intriguing and unpredictable film-maker. Softcover, 264 pp. $28.95.

My First Movie: Take Two - Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film
Edited by Stephen Lowenstein
In these strikingly candid interviews, ten internationally acclaimed directors -- Richard Linklater, Richard Kelly, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Takeshi Kitano, Shekhar Kapur, Emir Kusturica, Agnes Jaoui, Lukas Moodysson, Terry Gilliam, and Sam Mendes -- talk about the struggles and rewards of making their first film. Hardcover, 284 pp. $30.00.

Miracles & Sacrilege: Roberto Rossellini, the Church, and Film Censorship in Hollywood
William Bruce Johnson
Miracles and Sacrilege is a major contribution to legal and film studies. Drawing upon his extensive familiarity with legal theory, history, and practice, William Bruce Johnson examines the famed controversy over Roberto Rossellini's The Miracle in light of the history of censorship, changing definitions of free speech, Hollywood censorship codes, and the clash between Irish Catholic and liberal interest groups. Johnson's dramatic and eloquent book will interest students of history, film, law, religion, ethnicity, and twentieth-century American culture as a whole. Softcover, 516 pp. $35.00.

Anthony Mann
Jeanine Basinger
Director of such often revived films as Winchester '73, The Glenn Miller Story, and El Cid, Anthony Mann enjoyed a lasting and important career as one of Hollywood's premier filmmakers. Jeanine Basinger's study puts his visual style at the centre of its analysis, offering an expanded edition of the original text, with more than fifty rare film stills. Softcover, 214 pp. $31.95.

Akira Kurosawa Interviews
Edited by Bert Cardullo
Akira Kurosawa moved with ease and mastery from subjects mysterious and internal to scenes spectacular and panoramic. Kurosawa was a man of all genres and all periods, bridging the traditional and modern, the old and the new, the East and the West. He had a flair for fusing Western literature with elements from his native Kabuki theatre. Ranging from 1952 to the mid-1990s, this collection includes an interview by Lillian Ross, a conversation with Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and previously unpublished interview with the book's editor. Softcover, 187 pp. $25.50.

Francois Truffaut Interviews
Edited by Ronald Bergan
The French New Wave was one of the most seismic events in cinema's history, and among the movement's contributors Francois Truffaut was a key figure. As this collection of interviews progresses, we follow Truffaut's creative evolution almost as much as we follow his alter-ego Antoine Doinel through Truffaut's semi-autobiographical film series. Always concerned with the process as well as the product of his profession, Truffaut maintained his role as critic and commentator throughout his career and was equally as good an interviewer. Softcover, 150 pp. $25.50.

Great Canadian Film Directors
Edited by George Melnyk
Great Canadian Film Directors is the first major study that reflects the cultural and linguistic diversity of Canada's most dynamic film directors. The 19 essays in this collection focus on each filmmaker's ability to create a vision that both reveals and redefines our national cultures Softcover, 468 pp. $34.95.

Will Write and Direct For Food
Alan Parker
In this book, Alan Parker, the scourge of pretension, director and screenwriter takes on the filmmaking industry through his witty cartoons. No one gets away: Hollywood, the British Film Industry, critics, actors, directors, writers, audiences and financiers can all be seen pinned and wriggling on his wickedly sharp nib. Softcover, 222 pp. $24.95.

Quentin Tarantino: The Man, The Myths and His Movies
Wensley Clarkson
Bold, pioneering and always unpredictable, Quentin Tarantino is the ultimate movie director with a fascinating story. With more than a hundred interviews with colleagues, close friends and family, author Wensley Clarkson explores the enigmatic cinematic legend in depth. Discover it all with this gripping account of his life and times. Hardcover, 310 pp. $31.95.

Projections: The Director's Cut - The Best of 14 Years
John Boorman & Walter Donahue
This 14th edition of Projections celebrates 14 years of writing by filmmakers on filmmaking. Includes essays by and about: Martin Scorsese, Wong Kar-Wai, Paul Thomas Anderson, Viggo Mortensen, and Walter Murch. Softcover, 370 pp. $24.95.

Polanski
Christopher Sandford
Others have told pieces of Roman Polanski's story, but Christopher Sandford brings it all together in one gripping, lucid account of Polanski's life and career. The book draws on dozens of interviews with actors, writers and other Polanski collaborators, mixing the personal with the professional. Hardcover, 480 pp. $45.95.

The Cinema of Terrence Malick: Poetic Visions of America
Hannah Patterson
Terrence Malick is one of Hollywood's most enigmatic and legendary filmmakers. Despite his limited output, and a famous twenty-year absence from cinema, Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line have redefined the essence of contemporary film language. This wholly revised second edition includes three new chapters on Malick's latest film, The New World, which further elucidates upon his unique and under-explored filmmaking style and provide additional testament to the significance of this truly original director. Softcover, 231 pp. $29.99.

British Film Directors: A Critical Guide
Robert Shail
British national cinema has produced an exceptional track record of innovative, creative, and internationally recognized filmmakers, among them Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell, and David Lean. This tradition continues today with the work of directors as diverse as Neil Jordan, Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, and Ken Loach. This concise, authoritative volume analyzes critically the work on one hundred British directors - balancing academic rigor with accessibility, British Film Directors provides an indispensable reference source for filmm students at all levels, as well as for the general film enthusiast. Softcover, 246 pp. $43.95.

David Lynch
Michelle LeBlanc & Colin Odell
Internationally renowned, David Lynch is America's premiere purveyor of the surreal, an artist whose work in the cinema and television has exposed the world to his highlyl personalised view of society. This book examines his entire works, from the cult surrealism of his debut feature Eraserhead to his latest mystery, Inland Empire, considering the themes, motifs and stories behind his incredible films. Includes an exclusive, extended interview with Barry Gifford, author of Wild at Heart, writer of Hotel Room and co-writer of Lost Highway. Softcover, 191 pp. $24.95.

Jim Jarmusch
Juan A. Suarez
At a time when gimmicky, action-driven blockbusters ruled Hollywood, Jim Jarmusch spearheaded a boom in independent cinema by making low-budget films focused on intimacy, character, and new takes on classical narratives. His minimal form, peculiar pacing, wry humour, and blank affect have since been adopted by directors including Sofia Coppola, Hal Hartley, Richard Linklater, and Tsai Ming-liang. Softcover, 196 pp. $25.50.

Citizen Moore
Roger Rapaport
His fearless satirical assaults on formidable targets like General Motors, the National Rifle Association, HMOs and George W. Bush's White House have made Michael Moore the big bopper of American journalism. Based on interviews with more than 200 insiders, this biography traces the untold story of the 30 years of struggles and failures that led to the success of this iconoclastic director. Softcover, 302 pp. $18.95.

The Dream Team
Daniel Kimmel
In The Dream Team, Daniel M. Kimmel tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Dreamworks' rise - and the end of the dream eleven years later, when most of the company was sold off or shut down. What caused the spectacular rise of fall of this seemingly unstoppable company? Kimmel offers intriguing answers, showing how the guys tilting at windmills unsually end up on the ground. Softcover, 238 pp. $18.95.

The Cinema of Ang Lee: The other side of the screen
Whitney Crothers Dilley
Born in Taiwan, Ang Lee is one of cinema's most versatile and daring directors. His ability to cut across cultural, national and sexual boundaries has given him recognition in all corners of the world, the ability to work with complete artistic freedom whether inside or outside of Hollywood, and an Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain. Using suggestive themes of gender and identity, this timely new study uncovers the enormous appeal of this acclaimed director. Softcover, 203 pp. $29.95.

Ingmar Bergman: Interviews
Raphael Shargel
In Ingmar Bergman: Interviews, the director discusses various stages of his career and the many facets of his work. The man and his films are revealed to be funny, full of life, and surprising as well as thoughtful, complex, and profound. The volume begins with a 1957 interview, conducted just as he completed his early masterpiece The Seventh Seal, and ends in 2002, as he was preparing to direct Saraband, his last film. Softcover, 205 pp. $25.95.

Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher
Irving Singer
Known for their repeating motifs and signature tropes, the films of Ingmar Bergman also contain extensive variation and development. In these reflections on Bergman's artistry and thought, Irving Singer discerns distinctive themes in Bergman's filmmaking, from first intimations in the early work to consummate resolutions in the later movies. Singer demonstrates that while Bergman's output was not philosophy on celluloid, it attains an expressive and purely aesthetic truthfulness that can be considered philosophical in a broader sense. Hardcover, 240 pp. $29.95.

Satyajit Ray: Interviews
Bert Cardullo
India's pre-eminent film director, Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) came to public attention in 1955 with Pather Pachali, the first installment of what became known as the Apu Trilogy. It was the motion picture that introduced Indian cinema to the West. Satyajit Ray: Interviews reveals a genial, generous, unpretentious, immensely knowledgeable man who, for all his fame, remained to the end amusedly indefferent to movie-world glamour. Softcover, 226 pp. $25.50.

Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
Neal Gabler
From Neal Gabler, the definitive portrait of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American entertainment and cultural history. Seven years in the making and meticulously researched - Gabler is the first writer to be given complete access to the Disney archives - this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life has largely been enshrouded in myth. Walt Disney showed how one could impose one's will on the world. This is a masterly biography, a revelation of both the work and the man - of both remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life. Softcover, 851 pp. $26.00.

Film Talk: Directors At Work
Wheeler Winston Dixon
Film Talk is an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking from the 1940s to the present. In eleven intimate and revealing interviews, contemporary film directors speak frankly about their work. Illustrated with more than fifty rare photographs, this is essential reading for aspiring moviemakers, film scholars, and everyone interested in how movies are made and the fascinating individuals who make them. Softcover, 217 pp. $29.00.

Roman Polanski
James Morrison
James Morrison's Roman Polanski offers one of the most comprehensive and critically engaged treatments ever written on Polanski's work. Tracing the filmmaker's remarkably diverse career from its beginnings to the present, the book provides commentary on all his major films in their historical, cultural, social, and artistic contexts. By locating Polanski's work within the genres of comedy and melodrama, Morrison argues that this eclectic and controversial director is not merely obsessed with the theme of repression, but that his true interest is in the concrete - what is out in the open - and in why it is so rarely seen. Softcover, 191 pp. $25.50.

Waiting On the Weather: Making Movies with Akira Kurosawa
Teruyo Nogami
Teruyo Nogami was Akira Kurosawa's script supervisor throughout his career, working at his side for almost fifty years as he revolutionized the very grammmar of cinema. This is an intimate and detailed portrait of one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived, shedding light on the process of his many iconic films. Essential reading for all Kurosawa enthusiasts. Hardcover, 296 pp. $30.00.

Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would be King
Foster Hirsch
The creator of some of the most enduring pictures in film history, "Otto the Terrible," as he was called, receives this first full-scale biography portraying a complex, paradoxical but wholly fascinating figure. Hirsch shows Preminger battling studio head Darryl F. Zanuck, defying the notorious Production Code, leading the industry in the employment of black actors in the '50's and breaking the Hollywood blacklist by crediting the screenplay of Exodus to Dalton Trumbo. The range of his work was remarkable as Foster shows us through this thoroughly researched and deftly written portrait. Hardcover. $44.00. Coming in November.

Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies and Moviemaking
Eric Lax
In discussions with the author of the best-selling biography Woody Allen, that began in 1971 and end in 2007, Allen discusses every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own films as well as in the context of the larger world of filmmaking. Everything from casting through acting, shooting, directing, editing and scoring is discussed in revealing detail. Hardcover. ~~$38.00~~ $33.00.

Citizen Spielberg
Lester D. Friedman
Steven Spielberg is the director or producer of over one-third of the thirty highest grossing films of all time, yet most film scholars dismiss him as little more than a modern P.T. Barnum - a technically gifted and intellectually shallow showman who substitutes spectacle for substance. To date, no book has attempted to analyze the components of his worldview and the influence his vast spectrum of imaginative products exerts on the public consciousness. Softcover, 362 pp. $31.50.

The Great and Only Oscar Micheaux: The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker
Patrick McGilligan
Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D.W. Griffith: a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story is nearly forgotten today. Now, in a feat of historical investigation and storytelling, one of our greatest film biographers takes on one of the most talented and complex characters in the history of American entertainment. Hardcover, 402 pp. $37.95.

Routledge Film Guidebooks: James Cameron
Alexandra Keller
Alexandra Keller provides the first critical study of James Cameron as "auteur," considering how his very presence in the cinematic landscape has changed the meaning of that term. Considering in particular his treatment of genre and gender, and his preoccupation with capital and vision itself, both in his films and in his filmmaking practice, Keller offers an overview of Cameron's work and its significance within cinematic history. Softcover, 193 pp. $29.95.

Leni : The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
Steven Bach
Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best know as "Hitler's filmmaker," is one of the most fascinating and controversial women of the twentieth century. In this masterful new biography, Steven Bach reveals the truths and lies behind this gifted woman's lifelong self-vindification as an apolitical artist who claimed she knew nothing of the Holocaust. What emerges is the story of huge talent and huger ambition, one that probes the sometimes blurred borders dividing art and beauty from truth and humanity. Softcover, 386 pp. $20.00.

Discovering Orson Welles
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Discovering Orson Welles collects Jonathan Rosenbaum's writings to date on Welles and makes an irrefutable case for the seriousness of his work, illuminating both Welles the artist and Welles the man. The book is also a chronicle of Rosenbaum's highly personal writer's journey and his unceasing efforts to arrive at the truth. Softcover, 336 pp. $32.95.

Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age
George Stevens Jr.
This is the first book to bring together the interviews of master moviemakers from the American Film Institute's renowned seminars. Here talking about their work, their art -- picture making in general -- are directors from King Vidor, Howard Hawks and Fritz Lang, to William Wyler, George Stevens and David Lean. The book is edited -- with commentaries -- by George Stevens, Jr., founder of the AFI and the Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series. Softcover, 710 pp. $22.00.

It's All True: Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey
Catherine L. Benamou
It's All True, shot in Mexico and Brazil between 1941 and 1942, is the legendary movie that Orson Welles never got to finish. In this book, Catherine Benamou synthesizes new and little-known source material gathered on two continents, including interviews with key participants, to present a compelling, original view of the film and its historical significance. Her book challenges much received wisdom about Orson Welles and illuminates the unique place he occupies in American culture broadly defined. Softcover, 400 pp. $32.95.

Distant Voices, Still Lives
Paul Farley
Set in 'a world before Elvis, in a Liverpool before the Beatles', Terence Davies's film Distant Voices, Still Lives is an elegiac and intensely autobiographical meditation on a post-War working-class childhood. Paul Farley's study of the film is both a personal response, as a Liverpudlian and as a poet, and an exploration of Davies's unique visual style, blending the spaces - the 'short halls, stairways, coal cellars and meter cupboards of northern England' - and souls - the BBC shipping forecast, a pub sing-a-long, the strains of Vaughan Williams and Britten - of memory. Softcover, 95 pp. $19.95.

Gangster Priest: The Italian American Cinema of Martin Scorsese
Robert Casillo
Who's That Knocking at My Door? Mean Streets. Italian-american. Raging Bull. Goodfellas. Casino. Some of the best films from one of America's most acclaimed filmmakers, Martin Scorsese. Robert Casillo examines these films in the context of the Italian American and Roman Catholic culture in which Scorsese was raised. Softcover, 600 pp. $39.95.

Pictures From the Surface of the Earth
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders, whose description as filmmaker, writer, photographer and traveler is still inadequate, has for years carried round an old panoramic camera that has come in handy when the extent or impressive nature of experience is beyond normal measure. And with as passionate a keen-sighted person as Wenders, that is frequently the case: landscapes stretch into infinity, horizons divide the world into water, earth and air, deserts and mountain ranges are overwhelming in their silence, street fronts, whether in Havana, Houston, Texas or Berlin, draw our gaze to the very depths of civilization, or to the abyss of horror and destruction as at Ground Zero shortly after September 11, 2001. Softcover, 133 pp. $32.00.

Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers
Rebecca Hillauer
Arab women filmmakers: Who are they? What drives them? What are their experiences in a male-dominated profession? How do they function within the contexts of patriarchal societies? The answers are complex and sometimes surprising, as complex and surprising as the vastly different films these women direct. In this unprecedented book, Rebecca Hillauer assembles a comprehensive and penetrating look into the history of Arab women's filmmaking, as well as the political and social background of the countries--Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, among others--from which these artists emerged. Arab Women Filmmakers is a must read for cineastes as well as students of film, feminism and the Middle East. Hardcover, 484 pp. $51.95.

David Lynch
2nd Edition
Michael Chion
Michel Chion's study of the film and television work of David Lynch has become, since its first English publication in 1995, the definitive book on one of America's finest contemporary directors. In this new edition, Chion brings the book up to date to take into account Lynch's work in the last ten years, including the major features Lost Highway, The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. Newly re-designed and re-illustrated, David Lynch is an even more indispensable companion. Softcover, 246 pp. $28.95.

The Pocket Essential Tim Burton
Colin Odell & Michelle LeBlanc
Tim Burton is a contradiction--a film-maker who has a unique style and yet remains grounded in the Hollywood studio system. How can someone who has such a distinctive personal vision survive in an aggressive and increasingly bland marketplace? Tim Burton may well be a cinematic artist, but his films are also financially successful. The Pocket Essential Tim Burton looks at the man and his films, from his early shorts right through to his latest blockbusters. It covers the films, their making and their merit. This is the essential companion to Hollywood's premiere magician. Softcover, 158 pp. $9.99.

Jean-Luc Godard
Douglas Morrey
This volume offers a new interpretation of one of the most innovative directors in the history of cinema. It is the first book to cover the whole of Godard's career, from the early successes of the French New Wave, through the political works of the late 1960s and 1970s and the difficult films of the 1980s, to the recent triumphs of Histoire(s) du cinema and Eloge de l'amour. The book will be useful to all students of Godard's films, and of interest to scholars of modern and contemporary French cinema, culture and thought. Softcover, 271 pp. $32.95.

The Director's Cut: Picturing Hollywood in the 21st Century
Stephan Littger
In The Director's Cut, 21 Hollywood filmmakers share the thrilling accounts of their creative journeys to the film industry's top position. These conversations provide revealing and in-depth explorations of each director's artistic roots--giving readers a real understanding of the environments and attitudes that these very different filmmakers have experienced and embraced in their careers and personal lives. The Director's Cut should become a standard volume for aspiring filmmakers. Softcover, 330 pp. $23.95.

The Films of Tod Browning
Bernd Herzogenrath
Known as the 'Edgar Allan Poe of cinema', Tod Browning's films confront society's fear of the outsider, and his films such as Freaks, Dracula and The Unholy Three present a burlesque and deeply disturbing view of the world. The Films of Tod Browning looks at the work of this cinematic pioneer, exploring his life as well as his films in great detail. As such, it is a tribute to one of the dark masters of filmmaking. Softcover, 238 pp. $59.95.

Directors in British and Irish Cinema
Robert Murphy
This unique volume presents a comprehensive reference guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2006. The book is packed with fascinating facts, critical summaries and invaluable contextualising details. It will be an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in film-making in Britain and Ireland. Softcover, 644 pp. $55.95.

Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film
Marshall Fine
The rise of the independent film movement is one of the biggest stories in Hollywood in the past thirty years. And one man can be credited with inspiring and starting that movement: John Cassavetes. For the first time, Cassavetes' life and work are examined in a mainstream biography that reveals just how daring and forward-thinking the filmmaker was. Film critic Marshall Fine had unprecedented cooperation from Cassavetes' family and other members of the Cassavetes inner circle, as well as from actors, producers, and industry insiders who knew Cassavetes. Together, they tell his daring, tumultuous and compelling story. Softcover, 482 pp. $24.95.

Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense - A Pop-up Book
Kres Moerbeek
This spectacular pop-up pays tribute to the great filmmaker and features seven of his most influential films: Saboteur, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, and Frenzy. With stunning three-dimensional paper engineering by Kees Moerbeek highlighting pivotal moments and Hitchcock's cameo in each film, this remarkable book will be treasured by fans and film lovers alike for years to come. Hardcover, 14 pp. $36.00.

Image Territory: Essays on Atom Egoyan
Monique Tschoffen & Jennifer Burwell Both academic and accessible, this collection of new interviews and essays is indispensable for the scholar, student, and fan of Atom Egoyan. In addition to illuminating the central arguments, tensions, and paradoxes of his work, Image Territory also situates Egoyan's work within larger intellectual and artistic currents to show how he takes up and answers critical debates in politics, philosophy, and aesthetics. Softcover, 417 pp. $29.95.

Almodovar on Almodovar
Revised Edition
Frederic Strauss
This is the definitive guide to the man and his movies. Speaking freely, frankly, and with infectious humour, Almodovar offers innumerable views and insights into his life, his creative process, his films, and his oft-torrid relationships with actors. For fans and admirers alike, Almodovar on Almodovar offers a textbook lesson on the importance of being Pedro. Softcover, 256 pp. $32.00.

The Cinema of Roman Polanski: Dark Spaces of the World
John Orr & Elzbieta Ostrowska
Roman Polanski is one of the great maverick figures of world cinema, with a long career starting in Poland with his short films of the 1950s and running through to the present with Oliver Twist. His personal life has been controversial and often tragic. Yet notoriety of celebrity has made us overlook the true importance of his films in cinema history. This collection is a critical re-assessment of that role, long overdue. It high-lights the bold and dazzling diversity of his work as well as recurrent themes and obsessions that have had such a powerful impact upon audiences throughout the world. Softcover, 175 pp. $32.99.

In the Name of the Father, the Daughter and the Holy Spirit: Remembering Roberto Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini would have been 100 years old in Spring 2006. The great Italian director who made film history with Rome, Open City also came to fame as the man caught between the two most beautiful and exciting women of his day, Anna Magnani and Ingrid Bergman. His daughter Isabella now gives him this birthday present: a unique book of images and memories of her beloved father. Included is a DVD of My Dad is 100 Years Old a film written by Isabella Rossellini and directed by Guy Maddin. Hardcover, 143 pp. $45.00.