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15 Groundbreaking Women Directors

In Hollywood, women don't have to be in front of the cameras to shine.



Each of the 15 women profiled in Film Makers share a common trait: she is, as Shonda Rhimes says, "First. Only. Different."



These phenomenal women have redefined the film and television industry, winning awards historically given to a male counterpart, being the only woman in a writers' room, or portraying stories no one else could tell.



While their resumes are impressive, it is how they live their lives that has made a greater impact in the communities they serve.

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“Utterly charming.” —NPR “Cinematic.” —Teen Vogue “Funny and sweet.” —Buzzfeed “Dazzling.” —Bustle Three starred reviews for this charming romantic comedy about an aspiring teen filmmaker who finds her voice and falls in love, from the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi. Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2. When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough? Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.

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Hollywood in the Fifties

A revealing look inside 1950s illuminates the secret lives of Lana Turner, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Walter Winchell, and many others, while describing such key events as the decline of the studio system, the rise of television, the emergence of tabloid culture, and blacklisting.

The Bad & The Beautiful

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Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood

One-hundred-year-old screen icon Kirk Douglas and his wife of 62 years, Anne Buydens, share untold stories and secrets to longevity in life and love. In Kirk and Anne the couple's story unfolds through their own commentary and a treasure trove of priceless letters. Painstakingly maintained by Anne over the course of more than six decades and never before made public, the correspondence includes details of their (often turbulent) courtship and marriage, set against the backdrop of Kirk's screen triumphs in films ranging from Lust For Life to Paths of Glory and Spartacus. Through the letters themselves and Kirk and Anne's words, never-before-told stories emerge about the legendary stars they knew so well: Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Gregory Peck, Cole Porter, John Wayne, Tony Curtis, and son Michael Douglas; fascinating first-hand accounts of Hollywood film sets and dinner parties; and exotic tales of travel to over forty countries as goodwill ambassadors. There are personal stories of presidents and first ladies (JFK and Jackie, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, Bill and Hillary Clinton and, “Ronnie” and Nancy Reagan), and powerful memories of both joy and sadness. Complemented by dozens of photos, Kirk and Anne candidly details the adventurous, oftentimes comic, and poignant reality behind the glamour of a Hollywood life, as only a couple of sixty-two years (and counting) could tell it.

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Dana Andrews (1909–1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William A. Wellman, Mervyn Le Roy, Jean Renoir, and Elia Kazan. He played romantic leads alongside the great beauties of the modern screen, including Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Greer Garson, Merle Oberon, Linda Darnell, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, and most important of all, Gene Tierney, with whom he did five films. Retrospectives of his work often elicit high praise for an underrated actor, a master of the minimalist style. His image personified the “male mask” of the 1940s in classic films such as Laura, Fallen Angel, and Where the Sidewalk Ends, in which he played the “masculine ideal of steely impassivity.” No comprehensive discussion of film noir can neglect his performances. He was an “actor's actor.”

Here at last is the complete story of a great actor, his difficult struggle to overcome alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries, a successful term as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and the love of family and friends that never deserted him. Based on diaries, letters, home movies, and other documents, this biography explores the mystery of a poor boy from Texas who made his Hollywood dream come true even as he sought a life apart from the limelight and the backbiting of contemporaries jockeying for prizes and prestige. Called “one of nature's noblemen” by his fellow actor Norman Lloyd, Dana Andrews emerges from Hollywood Enigma as an admirable American success story, fighting his inner demons and ultimately winning.

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Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William A. Wellman, Mervyn Le Roy, Jean Renoir, and Elia Kazan. He played romantic leads alongside the great beauties of the modern screen, including Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Greer Garson, Merle Oberon, Linda Darnell, Susan Hayward, Maureen O'Hara, and most important of all, Gene Tierney, with whom he did five films. Retrospectives of his work often elicit high praise for an underrated actor, a master of the minimalist style. His image personified the ""male mask"" of the 1940s in classic films such as Laura, Fallen Angel, and Where the Sidewalk Ends, in which he played the ""masculine ideal of steely impassivity."" No comprehensive discussion of film noir can neglect his performances. He was an ""actor's actor."" Here at last is the complete story of a great actor, his difficult struggle to overcome alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries, a successful term as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and the love of family and friends that never deserted him. Based on diaries, letters, home movies, and other documents, this biography explores the mystery of a poor boy from Texas who made his Hollywood dream come true even as he sought a life apart from the limelight and the backbiting of contemporaries jockeying for prizes and prestige. Called ""one of nature's noblemen"" by his fellow actor Norman Lloyd, Dana Andrews emerges from Hollywood Enigma as an admirable American success story, fighting his inner demons and ultimately winning.

Hollywood Enigma

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The Breakfast Club DVD

Diane Keaton

An intimate account by the Academy Award-winning actress documents her rise from an everyday girl to an acclaimed performer while exploring her defining relationship with her mother and how their shared and separate dreams influenced their experiences.

Then Again

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Immerse yourself in the world of the spectacular Harry Potter film series, and learn why Yule Ball ice sculptures never melt, where Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts are really "minted," how to get a Hippogriff to work with actors, the inspiration behind Hogwarts castle, and why Dementors move the way they do. Written and designed in collation with the cast and crew that brought J. K. Rowling's celebrated novels to the silver screen, Harry Potter: Film Wizardry delivers an enchanting interactive experience, transporting readers to the wizarding world by sharing film-making secrets, unpublished photography and artwork, and exclusive stories from the stars. Full of removable facsimile reproductions of props and paper ephemera from the movies, this collectible volume offers a privileged look at the Harry Potter films and the talented group of Muggles that has made true movie magic.

Harry Potter Film Wizardry

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The Films of Clint Eastwood

Aim for the Heart

Robert Hofler

Missouri

How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of "The Way We Were," this intriguing and impeccably researched book is the first ever account of the making of the classic film starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford, revealing the full story behind its genesis and continued controversies, its many deleted scenes, its much-anticipated but never-filmed sequel, and the real-life romance that inspired this groundbreaking love story...

It's one of the greatest movie romances of all time. Fifty years on, the chemistry between Barbra Streisand as Jewish working-class firebrand Katie Worosky and Robert Redford as all-American golden boy Hubbell Gardiner remains potent. Yet the friction and controversy surrounding The Way We Were was so enormous, the movie was nearly never made at all.

Screenwriter Arthur Laurents wrote the role of Katie with Streisand in mind. Casting Hubble was another matter. Redford, already a superstar, was reluctant to play what he perceived as the "Ken doll" to Streisand's lead, and demanded his role be changed and expanded. Laurents resisted, telling director Sydney Pollack, "You'll ruin the movie if it ends up being about two people. It's Katie's story, not Hubbell's." Despite his protests, ten writers--among them Francis Ford Coppola--were brought on to rework the script.

Laurents's fears were well founded, and the first preview was disastrous. Producer Ray Stark and Pollack, with Redford's approval, cut several scenes, upsetting Streisand and Laurents. Yet the edits worked. Such was the movie's success that Redford was open to making a sequel, though Laurents's script was never greenlit. Some of those "lost" scenes are now being restored to the film for its 50th anniversary.

It's also the deep, surprising love story at the heart of The Way They Were that makes it so memorable, and Robert Hofler explores its inspiration--the relationship between Laurents, a Jewish Brooklyn-born college leftist, and his longtime partner, Tom Hatcher. Drawing on a vast trove of Laurents's and Pollack's unpublished writings, as well as interviews with Streisand, Redford, and other key players, this is the definitive account of a film that changed the rules of moviemaking and defined romance ever since.

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Fans of Elise Bryant and Rachel Lynn Solomon will swoon for Last Chance Books author Kelsey Rodkey's next romance, packed with snark, banter, and inconvenient crushes.

Saine Sinclair knows a little something about what makes a story worth telling.

Your childhood best friend refuses to kiss you during a pre-adolescent game of spin the bottle Terrible, zero stars, would not replay that scene again. The same ex-friend becomes your new best friend's ex Strangely compelling, unexpected twist, worth a hate-watch. That same guy--why is he always around--turns out to be your last shot at getting into the documentary filmmaking program of your dreams

Saine hates to admit it, but she'd watch that movie.

There's something about Holden that makes her feel like she's the one in front of the camera--like he can see every uncomfortable truth she's buried below the surface. Saine knows how her story's supposed to go. So why does every moment with Holden seem intent on changing the ending



A Disaster in Three Acts

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Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career

An insightful, funny, and singular look at the career and life of Nicolas Cage, perfect for fans of The Tao of Bill Murray, Chris Nashawaty’s Caddyshack, and Cary Elwes’s As You Wish Born into the fiercely creative and competitive Coppola family, Nic grows up surrounded by film and art, eventually being cast in his first two films by his uncle Francis. Nic likes his first taste of stardom but wants to shed the burden of his famous uncle and so takes the name Cage. And we’re off. Nic bursts onto the film scene like a Brando or De Niro—heralded as one of the most fiercely talented and dedicated actors of his age. And he drives his costars nuts with his method acting. He goes on to dominate Academy Award–winning dramas, romantic comedies, 90s action blockbusters, national treasure film franchises, and the direct to video-on-demand world we have today. And his personal life is just as juicy: he marries Lisa Marie Presley after starring in Honeymoon in Vegas; he buys a private island and a T. rex skull, only to go bankrupt. The man has a huge tomb ready for his departure from earth in the same New Orleans cemetery as Jim Morrison and Edgar Allan Poe. Through firsthand interviews with cast and friends, former A.V. Club reporter Keith Phipps traces the enigmatic icon’s career to reveal the real man behind the myth and in doing so chronicles the transformation of Hollywood itself. Age of Cage, like the man himself, is surprising, insightful, funny, and one of a kind.

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A Guide for the Curious Film Lover

Want to look further than the nearest mega-plex?
At last, a guide for you.

A.O. Scott
Stephen Holden
Caryn James
Dave Kehr
Peter M. Nichols

If just trudging to the latest Hollywood blockbuster doesn't appeal to you, The Best DVDs You've Never Seen, Narrowly Missed or Almost Forgotten is the perfect companion. Inside, the film critics of The New York Times have made their top choices for those movies that are unjustly obscure, overlooked or just plain forgotten.

* Newly updated reviews of 500 films---all available on DVD!
* Sophisticated, intelligent, entertaining, provoking---these films run the gamut.
* Each critic's top 10 picks from the book
* Introduction by A. O. Scott, chief movie critic for The New York Times

The perfect gift for any serious movie buff, no matter what they prefer, from Waiting for Guffman to Happy, Texas, The Opposite of Sex to Belle Epoque. Film noir, documentaries, drama, Westerns, animation, comedies, foreign films, even a few must-see TV shows on DVD---The Best DVDs You've Never Seen, Narrowly Missed or Almost Forgotten has it all.

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Journey to the West 

Kirk Douglas plays timber baron, Jim Fallon, a manipulative businessman with a reputation for stepping over people and competitors to get what he wants. 
Opportunity knocks in the form of a newly passed law that would allow him, and his competition, to go after California Redwood and make millions in the process. Conflict arrives in the form of a religious community who draw inspiration from these mighty trees, and Daisy (Patrice Wymore), an affecting woman who helps Fallon to look at the bigger picture. Drawn to their cause, Fallon soon finds himself locked in a deadly battle with former friends and competitors alike. Desperate to rid themselves of their adversary, Fallon's enemies put Daisy, the community and trees themselves into great peril, all of which culminates in a terrific action-packed climax that will leave you glued to the edge of your seat.

A Tale of Redemption Set Amongst the Majestic Redwoods!

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