As this Taschen volume makes clear, the Master of Suspense remains appealing to cineastes young and old, with 50-plus features underscoring his timeless ingenuity.

Author Gwenda Young makes the case that from the silent era to the golden age, Clarence Brown deserves a place among the giants.

Director Ernst Lubitsch, who was idolized by Wilder and Welles, is brought into sharp focus.

The making of George Stevens' Texas-sized epic is recounted in Don Graham's meticulously chronicled book.

As the newly scaled down yet no less comprehensive Taschen book Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made demonstrates, Kubrick was nothing if not a completist.

Joseph McBride, who has written magisterial biographies on John Ford, Frank Capra and Steven Spielberg, has put together a collection of his journalistic work through the decades.

There's a sense of déjà vu in Jerry London's assessment of the smallscreen landscape when miniseries became all the rage.

Written by Wellman's son, The Man and His Wings is part fond memorial, part family scrapbook, packed with previously unseen photos, mementos of Hollywood's Golden Age, and letters from the front.

A worthy companion piece to the Schickel collection, the deliriously obsessive and bracingly thorough Silent Traces scours the backgrounds of Chaplin's films to point out their exact locations, past and present, through photographs.

This critical analysis of Mann's work by LA Weekly critic F.X. Feeney contains dozens of painterly frame enlargements as well as materials from Mann's own archive.

Surveying Titanic flops, Himalayan egos and Vesuvian temper-tantrums, New York Times TV correspondent Bill Carter compiles a compelling portrait of the years leading up to the transformational 2004-2005 TV season.

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg extols the virtues of shooting in the Big Apple.

Directors on live variety shows like American Idol have to think on their feet to capture the spontaneous action - and unexpected gifts - of non-pro performers.

Terry Gilliam had the time of his life directing his dream project. He explains how he applied his hand-hewn methods to create his hero's great escape.