An intimate appraisal of the films that made Steven Spielberg an icon.

A history of the motion picture industry—from its inception to Inception—an inspired study of its place in 21st century culture.

A straightforward, no-nonsense, hands-on television directors textbook which applies as much in the U.S. as the U.K.

An account of the genre's history as context for the current state of documentary films, while considering the future of non-fiction films.

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.