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A reflection on how to listen and pay attention amid the constant noise that saturates our public and private lives. From podcasts sounding through earbuds to talk shows blaring from televisions, from the continuous stream of social media on our phones to doctors’ waiting rooms with pumped-in...

The epic, untold story of how some of the biggest names on Broadway and in Hollywood fought fascism, opened America's eyes to the Holocaust, and forced the government to take action—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Black Count In September 1941, a screenwriter sat in the bar of...

Turner Classic Movies host and Dark City Dames author Eddie Muller and Criterion Channel host Imogen Sara Smith offer an essential tour of international film noir, highlighting renowned movie classics and obscure noir masterpieces from around the world. Film noir has long been considered...

Relive reality TV’s golden age with Please Do Not Swear, the explosive oral history of a decade that redefined celebrity and reshaped pop culture. From the groundbreaking early days of Big Brother to the rise of ‘living soaps’ like The Only Way is Essex, culture critic Louis Staples takes...

An essential history of modern Black cinema, as led by avant-garde filmmaker, director, novelist, composer, and playwright Melvin Van Peebles. Beg Borrow Steal, a title inspired by Black artists’ make-a-way-out-of-no-way ethos, is a stirring and remarkable deep dive into Black independent film...

This book is an original study of one scene in one movie: the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, and it includes extended interviews with individuals who worked on the original film—including Janet Leigh, Hilton Green, and Joseph Stefano. The chapters take a range of approaches to...

A fascinating retrospective on the life and career of one of Hollywood's most enigmatic actors, George Peppard. In George Peppard: A Life, Jerry Roberts offers the definitive biography of one of Hollywood’s most intriguing yet forgotten players, an A-list star known for his enduring...

David Cronenberg's Crash (1996) brought down a storm of controversy and opprobrium when it was first screened, provoking outrage for a plot that weaves together moments of extreme horror, injury and sexual pleasure . And yet it's a cool, controlled, formal film, unsensational, more analytic than...

A minute-by-minute analysis of Richard Linklater’s 1993 film, Dazed and Confused. Blending film criticism with creative nonfiction, each book in the Timecodes series focuses on one film, exploring it minute by minute beginning with minute one, and ending with the final minute before the...

A classic meditation on life, death, and a remarkable journey on foot from Munich to Paris by the legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog In late November 1974, Herzog received terrible news: his mentor Lotte Eisner, the film historian and critic, was severely ill and close to death. She...

The Disney Musical: Critical Approaches on Stage and Screen is the first critical treatment of the corporation's hugely successful musicals both on screen and on the stage. Its 13 articles open up a new territory in the critical discussion of the Disney mega-musical, its gender, sexual and...

An authorized look at the life and career of Hollywood icon and Academy-Award Winning actress Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter’s life was a vibrant tapestry of remarkable talent, personal resilience, and enduring legacy still relevant today even 40 years after her death. Born into a family of...

Read by Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle—the authors and stars of the show! The actors who played Topanga, Shawn, and Eric on Boy Meets World expand on their hit podcast, Pod Meets World, in a nostalgic behind-the-scenes history of the much-loved 90s sitcom, featuring untold...

It's a Wonderful Life impacted the lives of many, but no one got more from it than star Jimmy Stewart, who credited the film with giving his life new purpose post-World War II service. Learn the lessons on faith, community, kindness, and more from Stewart and the iconic film with this inspiring...

The first major biography of Martin Scorsese, America’s greatest modern filmmaker, a book as stylish and audacious as the director’s movies, drawing on previously unseen sources, original research, and new interviews to reveal the origins, genius, and influence of his life and work Just a...

Why did Chicago-born accountant George Robert Newhart go into comedy? In his own words, it was because he "wasn't a very good accountant." A wise move. In 1961, his album The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, recorded the year before at his debut stand-up gig in a small club in Houston, won two...

“Sam Wasson’s brilliant book is about the founding of the film industry as well as the story of how America discovered itself through the movies. But at its core, it is the seminal – and the best – book about Frank Capra I’ve ever read.” – Steven Spielberg From the author of the...

The definitive, unofficial oral history of the making of the iconic and beloved Lord of the Rings film trilogy—featuring interviews with cast and crew, who give the inside story of the landmark series twenty-five years after its original release. Celebrate the beloved, influential, and truly...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bang Theory oral history comes an in-depth and thoroughly reported exploration of its prequel, Young Sheldon, with major revelations about the show, behind-the-scenes stories from every cast member (yes, that includes the fan-favorite actors...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends In 1984, Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter brought Marvel’s heroes and villains together for an epic battle that became the template for comic book crossovers and impacted Marvel’s storylines for decades, including major changes to the Spider-Man...