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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.

Local Hero

Jonathan Melville

Lynch on Lynch

David Lynch

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson

How to Watch a Movie

David Thomson

Every Man for Himself and God against All

Werner Herzog

Screams & Nightmares

Brian J. Robb

The Little White Lies Guide to Making Your Own Movie

Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson

Succession – Season One

Jesse Armstrong

The Big Screen

David Thomson

Wes Anderson

Ian Nathan

Room to Dream

David Lynch and Kristine McKenna

Colours of Film

Charles Bramesco

Ayoade on Top

Richard Ayoade

'Have You Seen...?'

David Thomson

On Film-making

Alexander Mackendrick

Ghibliotheque

Jake Cunningham and Michael Leader

Save the Cat!

Blake Snyder

Suddenly Something Clicked

Walter Murch

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