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Film Comment Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Arts & culture mag from @filmlinc. Since 1962. Reviews and in-depth analysis of mainstream, art-house & avant-garde film.

12 books
Book Cover for: India Song, Marguerite Duras

India Song

Marguerite DurasFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

Critic @chiminomatic dives into Marguerite Duras’s INDIA SONG and BAXTER, VERA BAXTER, which offer striking examples of her knack for colliding literary language with the audiovisual form, and are part of a two-disc release from @Criterion: https://t.co/3bOEsNg5D8

Paperback, 1994

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Red Years of Cahiers Du Cinéma (1968-1973), Daniel Fairfax

The Red Years of Cahiers Du Cinéma (1968-1973)

Daniel FairfaxFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

Daniel Fairfax's two-part history, THE RED YEARS OF CAHIERS DU CINÉMA (1968 - 1973), traces the enduring influence of the foundational French journal's most militant years. Paul Grant takes a look at the intersections of cinema & politics in the new book. https://t.co/aEi1DsTz8s

Hardcover, 2021

$260.00$235.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Chan Is Missing: A Film, Wayne Wang

Chan Is Missing: A Film

Wayne WangFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

Films discussed include Eadweard Muybridge's THE HORSE IN MOTION (1878), Justin Lin’s BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (2002), Wayne Wang’s CHAN IS MISSING (1982), Peter Howitt's ANTITRUST (2001), and more. https://t.co/y5MR1drJxw

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Book Cover for: Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century, Jean-Luc Godard

Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century

Jean-Luc GodardFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

As we continue to mourn the passing of Jean-Luc Godard, we invited @tnyfrontrow and @__seab onto this week's episode of the Film Comment Podcast to discuss the ways in which JLG's films awakened them to the aesthetic and political potentialities of cinema: https://t.co/Tvgygz8YqE https://t.co/Yd429nxCLU

Hardcover, 2000

$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Evil Dead Rise: Get Ready to Scream - A Sneak Peek Into the Horror That Awaits, Samuel Hampton

Evil Dead Rise: Get Ready to Scream - A Sneak Peek Into the Horror That Awaits

Samuel HamptonFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

"Such self-consciously revolting moments are, of course, the point of an exercise like EVIL DEAD RISE. And as exercises go, it’s a limber one...funny without putting every other line reading in italics." Read @brofromanother's review of EVIL DEAD RISE: https://t.co/YRXEmQ558f https://t.co/OO68GkoLHR

Paperback, 2023

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Carol, Highsmith Patricia

Carol

Highsmith PatriciaFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

With "Highsmith On Screen," @FilmForumNYC's series of films based on Patricia Highsmith novels, running through Sept. 15, revisit Jackson Arn's essay on the subject, covering THE AMERICAN FRIEND, CAROL, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, and more: https://t.co/QhwDRFanaz https://t.co/VEB6TbJ7k7

Hardcover, 2015

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The African Desperate, Martine Syms

The African Desperate

Martine SymsFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

"Syms’s vivid use of color ultimately engulfs the screen, swirling around each character that our heroine encounters on her Odyssey-like last hurrah..." From last week's Letter, @bealoayza reviews Martine Syms's debut feature, THE AFRICAN DESPERATE: https://t.co/WW3W9JTr1W https://t.co/1D7UOHSMqr

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Horse in Motion, Jacob Davis Babcock Stillman

The Horse in Motion

Jacob Davis Babcock StillmanFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

Films discussed include Eadweard Muybridge's THE HORSE IN MOTION (1878), Justin Lin’s BETTER LUCK TOMORROW (2002), Wayne Wang’s CHAN IS MISSING (1982), Peter Howitt's ANTITRUST (2001), and more. https://t.co/y5MR1drJxw

Paperback, 2019

$36.90$18.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, Malcolm Harris

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

Malcolm HarrisFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

On this week's episode of the podcast, @BigMeanInternet discusses his new book, "Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World," a lively biography of the author's hometown—and also, in many ways, the story of cinema: https://t.co/ItBKPTYNcT https://t.co/fOIMp6hH3n

Hardcover, 2023

$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Crypto Zoo, Rick Veitch

Crypto Zoo

Rick VeitchFilm Comment MagazineFilm Comment Magazine

The Film Comment Letter returns to your inboxes tomorrow! This week's Letter includes a tribute to an experimental pioneer and a review of Owen Kline's debut feature, FUNNY PAGES, by the director of the 2021 animated feature, CRYPTOZOO. Sign up today! https://t.co/76NAtth2O7 https://t.co/ZONTbDgGYp

Paperback, 2004

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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