Sight & Sound's Best Film Books (Part 2)

1.
The Magic Lantern
The Magic Lantern 4.08 avg rating — 3,433 ratings
2.
Hollywood Babylon (Hollywood Babylon, #1)
Hollywood Babylon (Hollywood Babylon, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 6,426 ratings
3.
Flicker
Flicker 3.97 avg rating — 1,963 ratings
4.
Romantic Comedy in Hollywood: From Lubitsch to Sturges
Romantic Comedy in Hollywood: From Lubitsch to Sturges 4.35 avg rating — 88 ratings
5.
The Imperial Screen: Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War, 1931-1945
The Imperial Screen: Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War, 1931-1945 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings
6.
King Cohn: The Life and Times of Harry Cohn
King Cohn: The Life and Times of Harry Cohn 3.86 avg rating — 98 ratings
7.
Sirk on Sirk
Sirk on Sirk 4.18 avg rating — 102 ratings
8.
The Films in My Life
The Films in My Life 4.09 avg rating — 716 ratings
9.
Notes: On the Making of "Apocalypse Now"
Notes: On the Making of "Apocalypse Now" 4.03 avg rating — 382 ratings
10.
Louise Brooks: A Biography
Louise Brooks: A Biography 4.19 avg rating — 973 ratings
11.
Lulu in Hollywood
Lulu in Hollywood 3.97 avg rating — 1,815 ratings
12.
Ealing Studios: A Movie Book
Ealing Studios: A Movie Book 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings
13.
David Lean: A Biography
David Lean: A Biography 4.42 avg rating — 149 ratings
14.
Typical Men: The Representation of Masculinity in Popular British Cinema
Typical Men: The Representation of Masculinity in Popular British Cinema 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
15.
Spellbound in Darkness: A History of the Silent Film
Spellbound in Darkness: A History of the Silent Film 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
16.
The British Film Catalogue, 1895-1985: A Reference Guide, Revised & Updated Edition
The British Film Catalogue, 1895-1985: A Reference Guide, Revised & Updated Edition 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
17.
The Pleasure Dome - Graham Greene: The Collected Film Criticism, 1935-40
The Pleasure Dome - Graham Greene: The Collected Film Criticism, 1935-40 4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings
18.
A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 4.23 avg rating — 204 ratings
19.
Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words
Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words 4.12 avg rating — 138 ratings
20.
Autobiography Of British Cinema
Autobiography Of British Cinema really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
21.
Theory of Film Practice
Theory of Film Practice 3.87 avg rating — 122 ratings
22.
The Memory of Tiresias: Intertextuality and Film
The Memory of Tiresias: Intertextuality and Film 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
23.
Deadline at Dawn: Film Criticism 1980-1990
Deadline at Dawn: Film Criticism 1980-1990 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
24.
Poetics Of Cinema
Poetics Of Cinema 4.22 avg rating — 178 ratings
25.
Katharine Hepburn: Star As Feminist
Katharine Hepburn: Star As Feminist 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings
26.
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera 4.17 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
27.
Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film
Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film 4.42 avg rating — 156 ratings
28.
Queer Edward II
Queer Edward II 4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
29.
When the Moon Waxes Red
When the Moon Waxes Red 4.13 avg rating — 104 ratings
30.
The Aesthetics and Psychology of the Cinema (The Society for Cinema Studies Translation Series)
The Aesthetics and Psychology of the Cinema (The Society for Cinema Studies Translation Series) 3.87 avg rating — 47 ratings
31.
Films And Feelings
Films And Feelings 4.19 avg rating — 31 ratings
32.
The Studio
The Studio 3.84 avg rating — 435 ratings
33.
Cinema: A Critical Dictionary (2 volume set)
Cinema: A Critical Dictionary (2 volume set) 4.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
34.
An Illustrated History of the Horror Film
An Illustrated History of the Horror Film 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings
35.
Kings of the Bs: Working Within the Hollywood System
Kings of the Bs: Working Within the Hollywood System 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings
36.
Looking away; Hollywood and Vietnam
Looking away; Hollywood and Vietnam liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
37.
Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents
Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents 4.68 avg rating — 338 ratings
38.
Science Fiction Movies
Science Fiction Movies 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
39.
Stargazer: The Life, World and Films of Andy Warhol
Stargazer: The Life, World and Films of Andy Warhol 3.66 avg rating — 56 ratings
40.
Durgnat on film
Durgnat on film 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
41.
The Psychology of Imagination
The Psychology of Imagination 3.79 avg rating — 535 ratings
42.
Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy: The Genesis of China's Fifth Generation
Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy: The Genesis of China's Fifth Generation
by: Zhen Ni
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
43.
Ingmar Bergman: Mes Films Sont l'Explication de Mes...
Ingmar Bergman: Mes Films Sont l'Explication de Mes... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
44.
Film Journal
Film Journal 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings
45.
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror 4.55 avg rating — 162 ratings
46.
Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism
Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism 4.17 avg rating — 107 ratings
47.
Dirk Bogarde: The Authorised Biography
Dirk Bogarde: The Authorised Biography 4.13 avg rating — 106 ratings
48.
The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco 4.06 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
49.
Wanderer
Wanderer 4.21 avg rating — 706 ratings
50.
Each Man in His Time
Each Man in His Time 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings
51.
A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking (Applause Books)
A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking (Applause Books) 4.42 avg rating — 313 ratings
52.
M-G-M's Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit
M-G-M's Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit 4.40 avg rating — 42 ratings
53.
Devant La Recrudescence Des Vols De Sacs À Main: Cinéma, Télévision, Information: 1988 1991
Devant La Recrudescence Des Vols De Sacs À Main: Cinéma, Télévision, Information: 1988 1991 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
54.
Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles
Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles 3.60 avg rating — 346 ratings
55.
More than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts
More than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts 4.09 avg rating — 270 ratings
56.
100 Modern Soundtracks
100 Modern Soundtracks 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
57.
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
58.
The Japanese Film: Art and Industry
The Japanese Film: Art and Industry really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57 ratings
59.
A Pictorial History of Horror Movies
A Pictorial History of Horror Movies 4.27 avg rating — 199 ratings
60.
Mondo Macabro : Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World
Mondo Macabro : Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World 4.40 avg rating — 155 ratings
61.
Joseph Losey: A Revenge on Life
Joseph Losey: A Revenge on Life 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
62.
Film at Wit's End: Eight Avant-Garde Filmmakers
Film at Wit's End: Eight Avant-Garde Filmmakers 4.01 avg rating — 75 ratings
63.
David O. Selznick's Hollywood
David O. Selznick's Hollywood 4.67 avg rating — 42 ratings
64.
The Deer Park
The Deer Park 3.26 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
65.
Picture
Picture 4.06 avg rating — 744 ratings
66.
The Pat Hobby Stories
The Pat Hobby Stories 3.55 avg rating — 1,676 ratings
67.
Postcards from the Cinema
Postcards from the Cinema 4.20 avg rating — 49 ratings
68.
Subtitles: On the Foreignness of Film
Subtitles: On the Foreignness of Film 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
69.
Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film
Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 89 ratings
70.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Film Writings, 1965-1967
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Film Writings, 1965-1967 4.21 avg rating — 304 ratings
71.
The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook the World
The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook the World 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings