The SFcrowsnest archive
Books about movies and film making.
David Diamond and David Weissman’s book, ‘Bulletproof: Writing Scripts That Don’t Get Shot Down’ has nothing to do with providing your script with…
When Anne Serling, Rod Sterling’s daughter, in the introduction says she’s impressed with the research in Nicholas Parisi’s book, ‘Rod Serling: His Life,…
British born director Paul Dudbridge’s first book, ‘Shooting Better Movies: The Studentmaker’s Guide’ that I reviewed last year makes an enormous jump to…
For those who wonder what happens when I look through a catalogue, I do wonder when something unusual comes up is whether you…
Now here we are with another ‘Quick Takes’ book, small enough to slip into your pocket for a read on your travels. This…
Very occasionally I can have a ‘Oh my god’ moment as if deities exist. Looking at the title, ‘Typeset In The Future: Typography…
Looking at the title of Troy Lanier and Clay Nichols’ book, ‘Filmmaking For Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts 2nd edition’, I have to…
When I first saw the cover of Steve Kaplan’s book, ‘The Comic Hero’s Journey’, the first impression was it had to do with…
I have to confess from the start that I haven’t seen either of the two ‘Ralph Breaks’ films but I am a sucker…
For those who don’t know, the 1927 film ‘London After Midnight’ directed by Todd Browning isn’t available for viewing. The last copy in…
A quick word with the wonderful people at Eurospan, who import a lot of American university books into the UK and whose website…
Having started this book, ‘Writing The TV Drama Series (4th edition)’ by Pamela Douglas, I have to address why I didn’t read the…
