Book Reviews

Happily, there’s gold to be found on nearly every page of this engaging book.

Nostalgic fans of Siskel and Ebert may be the only readers to welcome all this detail.

The late filmmaker William Friedkin was fond of describing his 1973 horror masterpiece “The Exorcist” as being a meditation on “the mystery of faith.”

  By Betsy A. McLane Not all actors and writers are spies,  but every spy has a bit of actor and writer in their personality. Although actors usually seek the …

By Betsy McLane Jake Friedman deserves a rousing hurrah for writing “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age.” This is an eye-opening book full of many …

A new book takes aim at the art of documentary from a critical, leftist viewpoint.

A new book looks at the craft of picture editing from a fresh perspective

What Directors need to know about editing

A New Book Looks at the Tortured Creators – and Editing-Room Nightmare – Behind ‘Midnight Cowboy’

The early ’60s was a more fertile time for movies than many think.