 Bollywood: behind the scenes, beyond the stars
Text by Nicholas Bradley, photos by Robert James Elliott.
The art of Beowulf
By Mark Cotta Vaz and Steve Starkey
Fans who relish the intense, action-packed film will want this extraordinary hardcover packed with lavish concept art from production designer Doug Chiang's revered studio (responsible for the design of Robota, Star Wars Episode I, and War of the Worlds). Quotes from the production designers, artists, actors, and filmmakers, as well as accessible text on the technology utilized in the film, complete this stunning homage to the genesis and visual execution of a unique motion picture.
The Queen: a screenplay
By Peter Morgan.
Babel: a film by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and others ; edited by Maria Eladia Hagerman.
 The everything filmmaking book: from script to premiere: a complete guide to putting your vision on the screen
By Barb Karg, Rick Sutherland and Jim Van Over.
 Off the record: a reporter unveils the celebrity worlds of Hollywood, hip-hop and sports
By Allison Samuels.
`What I really want is produce': top producers talk movies and money
By Helen de Winter.
/SC.GIF&client=elgar&type=hw7) The director's cut: picturing Hollywood in the 21st century: conversations with 21 contemporary filmmakers
Edited by Stephan Littger.
 The art of Bond: from storyboard to screen: the creative process behind the James Bond phenomenon
By Laurent Bouzereau.
Features a series of interviews with the key creative talents behind the 21 Bond films.
/SC.GIF&client=elgar&type=hw7) The moral premise: harnessing virtue and vice for box office success
By Stanley D Williams.
This book explains how a statement of truth about the protagonist's physical and psychological predicament is a fundamental part of every successful movie's structure.
 A star is found: our adventures casting some of Hollywood's biggest movies
By Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins.
An insider's tour of the craft of casting and spotting such stars as Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and others.
 The Kill Bill diary: the making of a Tarantino classic through the eyes of a screen legend
By David Carradine.
Carradine's diary captures all the action, genius, madness and magic that combined to make a masterpiece.
 Bond on set: filming Casino Royale
By Greg Williams.
A visual record of the making of the film in large two page photographs.
A journey through New Zealand film
By Ian Brodie.
A movie-themed pictorial travel book featuring the wonderful locations of 33 major movies, filmed in New Zealand.
/SC.GIF&client=elgar&type=hw7) The greatest movie car chases of all time
By Jesse Crossee.
The top twenty greatest movie car chases of all time, including Terminator 2, Gone in 60 seconds and Die another day.
 Michael Mann
By F.X.Feeney / Paul Duncan (Ed.).
Explores the films of this American director. His latest being Miami Vice.
 Film Studies: the essential resource
Resource material for those studying film at university and pre-university level.
The cinema of Steven Spielberg
The definitive study of the defining filmmaker of our time.
/SC.GIF&client=elgar&type=hw7) Transamerica
Screenplay and commentary by Duncan Tucker.
The shooting script,screenplay and commentary from the movie starring Felicity Huffman.
 The making of Star Wars: the definitive story behind the original film: based on the last interviews from the official Lucasfilm archives.
By J.W. Rinzler.
Based on interviews conducted by Charles Lippincott.
 Jean Renoir
By Christopher Faulkner / Paul Duncan (Ed.).
The son of Auguste, Jean Renoir (1894-1979) forged a reputation as France's most important filmmaker. He directed over 40 films. Rules of the Game and The Grand Illusion were considered to be two of his masterpieces.
 Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon
By Kenneth Anger
The complete unabridged original written by one of America's leading underground filmmakers.
“A gossip gourmet's delight“.
/SC.GIF&client=elgar&type=hw7) Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops
By James Robert Parish
Hollywood and the Mob
By Tim Adler
How the mafia has tried to infiltrate the studio lot and exert their control.From the 1930's to the present day.
 Serenity: the official visual companion
By Joss Whedon
Interview with Joss about making the film; the full shooting script and scores of movie stills.
 My Fab Years!
By Sylvia Anderson
Presenting the history of the great British sci-fi television series and movies of the late 1950s, 60s and 70s, Sylvia Anderson takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour through shows such as 'Fireball XL5', 'Stingray', Thunderbirds', 'Captain Scarlet', 'Joe 90' and 'Space: 1999'.
The art of Beowulf
by Mark Cotta Vaz and Stevie Starkey
Mr Hitchcock
By Quentin Falk
The ' Master of Suspense' - this book talks about his relationships with the 'Hitchcock Blondes' and the recurring themes in his films. Lavishly illustrated.
 Hairspray
This title accompanies the release of the 2007 film version of 'Hairspray' based on the Tony Award-winning musical.
 The Mad Hot adventures of an unlikely documentary filmmaker
How Amy Sewell, who had no previous filmmaking experience, wrote and produced Mad Hot Ballroom. A must read for all aspiring filmmakers. | 
