Joseph McBride has written extensively on the Hollywood director, always when Ford’s legacy needed rescuing. His first book on the filmmaker, which he co-authored with Michael Wilmington and first published in 1975, has been revised and expanded and will be re-released by the University Press of Kentucky on Dec. 5. Continue reading JOHN FORD
A handsome book loaded with pictures and just enough history to whet budding film lovers’ taste. Continue reading WARNER BROS. 100 YEARS OF STORYTELLING
Muller combines a wealth of information about the films that have come to define his career along with the drinks he’s discovered, perfected, and invented. “Noir Bar” is one of those rare books that blends subjects so seamlessly that even non-drinkers or novice film lovers will find enjoyable. Continue reading EDDIE MULLER’S NOIR BAR
Change your mind. For once in your life, change your mind. Those are the words Fen hurls at Thomas Dunson, a hardheaded man with money on his mind. Fourteen years later, another woman will say something similar to Dunson, only this … Continue reading RED RIVER
If you’ve ever wondered about the connective tissue between James Joyce and Gillian Flynn—with a Donald Westlake stopover—reader, you are in luck. Continue reading PERPLEXING PLOTS: POPULAR STORYTELLING AND THE POETICS OF MURDER
Hollywood cinema has had a complicated relationship with race and ethnicity since its very beginning. Continue reading Luis Reyes on VIVA HOLLYWOOD
He’s just this strange figure who was sort of prodigiously talented at something that he never chose to do,” Dana Stevens says. “And then continued to invent new ways of exploring that.” Continue reading Dana Stevens on CAMERA MAN
McBride knows his Welles: he’s been writing about him since 1970. He watched Kane 60 times before approaching Welles for an interview. Not long after he did, Welles cast McBride in The Other Side of the Wind—Welles’ legendarily unfinished final film. Continue reading WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ORSON WELLES?
“The difference between the studio system and how Zanuck practiced it, and what came after, is permanence,” Eyman says. “Zanuck ran 20th Century-Fox for 30 years. Then he went to independent production for six or seven years and then came back and as chairman of the board for another six or seven years. So you’re talking about almost a 40-year run, running 20th Century-Fox. So nobody, other than Rupert Murdoch, runs anything anymore for 40 years.” Continue reading Scott Eyman on 20TH CENTURY-FOX: DARRYL F. ZANUCK AND THE CREATION OF THE MODERN FILM STUDIO
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