Despite Preminger's difficult reputation, author Foster Hirsch provides a judiciously balanced, three-dimensional biography of the director who helmed Laura and Anatomy of a Murder.
Though he never directed a millimeter of film footage, Joseph Breen left an indelible mark on every movie made from 1934 to 1954, essentially functioning as chief enforcer of the Hays Code.
A thoroughly researched critical survey of the former DGA President's five-decade career in Hollywood, Keenan's book contains clear and persuasive analyses of Wise's techniques, revealing an artist determined to let his material live and breathe.
Spanning 35 years' worth of interview between author and filmmaker, Lax's easy, familiar rapport with Allen translates into unexpected detail regarding Allen's influences and body of work.
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.