Our Favourite Film Books
Adventures In The Screen Trade
William Goldman
"Written by possibly the greatest screenwriter to ever live. (Think Butch Cassidy, Princess Bride, All the President's Men, etc.) There is no better reflection on life in the movies." ~ Toby, Edinburgh
Making Movies
Sidney Lumet
"An extraordinary director who remained at the top of the film industry through the 1950s until the 00s. A must-read for anyone interested in film." ~ Toby, Edinburgh
Screenwriting
Paul Joseph Gulino
"An accessible guide to writing screenplays - useful to everyone from an absolute beginner to someone with decades of experience." ~ Toby, Edinburgh
Erotic Vagrancy
Roger Lewis
“The greatest biography ever written about anything and anyone, ever.” ~ Toby, Edinburgh
Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards
Tony Moral
A stunning coffee table book which focuses on the storyboards for nine of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movies - Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, Torn Curtain, Marnie, Shadow of a Doubt and Spellbound.
Cimino
Charles Elton
The first biography of the acclaimed and derided filmmaker Michael Cimino-and a reevaluation of the infamous film that destroyed his career.
Normal People
Sally Rooney, Alice Birch and Mark O'Rowe
The complete screenplays of the acclaimed Emmy-nominated drama based on Sally Rooney's bestselling novel.
Fleabag: The Scriptures
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
The complete Fleabag. Every Word. Every Side-eye. Every Fox.
Now Go
Karl Thomas Smith
Now Go interrogates how Studio Ghibli navigates grief, and how that in turn informs our own understanding of its manifold faces.
Minari Screenplay Book
Lee Isaac Chung
The dual-language Minari Screenplay Book includes Lee Isaac Chung's never-before-published alternate ending, a foreword by Steven Yeun, an original essay by Ocean Vuong, and more.
Kubrick
Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams
This long-awaited biography dispels the myths surrounding the allegedly reclusive director, who spent his career determined to transcend traditional film-making.
Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino
A unique cocktail of personal memoir, cultural criticism and Hollywood history by the one and only Quentin Tarantino.