THE BIG LOVE
If nothing else, this outrageous showbiz memoir serves as a fitting footnote to HOLLYWOOD BABYLON
JOHN McTIERNAN: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN ACTION MOVIE ICON
Few directors have had a more dramatic career trajectory than John McTiernan
BEYOND WORDS: A YEAR WITH KENNETH COOK
For anyone interested in the work of Australia’s late Kenneth Cook this book is a veritable goldmine
KEN RUSSELL: A DIRECTOR IN SEARCH OF A HERO
A short book but also a valuable one, representing as it does a meeting of two most interesting minds: author Colin Wilson and filmmaker Ken Russell
INVASION OF THE SPACE INVADERS
Here we have a definite literary oddity, a celebration of the video game scene of the early 1980s by the snootier-than-thou British novelist Martin Amis
BEST. MOVIE. YEAR. EVER. HOW 1999 BLEW UP THE BIG SCREEN
Yes, that title is serious: author Brian Raftery really believes 1999 was the “best” movie year ever
AMERICATHON: THE SKITS BEHIND THE SCREENPLAY
The futuristic comedy AMERICATHON has since become quite the cult item, and this book relates how the movie came about
A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS
The first and very likely best history of underground “comix” in America
HANCOCK ON HANCOCK
This, the first in-depth account of the life and films of director John Hancock, is an extremely long book (900-plus pages in ebook format), but also a vital one
DON’T DISTURB THE DEAD
DON’T DISTRUB THE DEAD is the first-ever book about the Ramsays, and must be counted as the premiere print resource on the subject