Filmmaker Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Effective Altruism: How Can We Best Help Others?
Magnus VindingPenny Lane talks with Lauren Wissot about her #SXSW2023 premiering doc, "Confessions of a Good Samaritan," #effectivealtruism and donating her own kidney. https://t.co/8SYPkdE8Ud https://t.co/QWIMsWGYT1
Paperback, 2018
$6.15Member price:$3.08 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Affliction
Russell BanksR.I.P. Russell Banks, whose novels include “The Sweet Hereafter” and “Affliction,” the basis of films by Atom Egoyan and Paul Schrader. https://t.co/XpkmHSsjpx
Paperback, 2013
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Asteroid City
Wes AndersonVadim Rizov on Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City," which premiered tonight in Cannes. https://t.co/0ulmgtkFvc
Hardcover, 2023
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Levels of Life: A Memoir
Julian Barnes@alyssaharad Julian Barnes’s “Levels of Life”
Paperback, 2014
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Confess, Fletch
Gregory McDonaldA fantastic interview of "Confess, Fletch" director Greg Mottola by @vrizov that will be especially of interest to fans of Gregory Mcdonald and those curious about adaptation history. Plus, Mottola's wisdom on shooting comedy, 30 day schedules, etc. https://t.co/fzwFtPFKR0
Paperback, 2018
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Euphoria
Lorraine McLeodCostume designer and producer Heidi Bivens ("Inland Empire," "Spring Breakers," "Euphoria" and, upcoming, "The Idol") talks to @Abbey_Bender about her new @A24 book, "Euphoria Fashion," working w/ Korine and Lynch, and more. https://t.co/yCdPkwC0tv https://t.co/3uWbqcUEez
Paperback, 2012
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Apolonia
Jamie McGuireCompelling interview of filmmaker Lea Glob (the @tribecafilmfest premiering "Apolonia, Apolonia," about the figurative painter Apolonia Sokol) by Lauren Wissot. https://t.co/gCZWV0TW0h
Paperback, 2014
$9.45Member price:$4.72 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Winnipeg
Guy MaddinKelly Reichardt's crankily sublime "Showing Up" opens today. There are many interviews! Read ours, w/ Guy Maddin, for extended appreciations of Jim Broadbent + George Kuchar, Mast Books meetings, "My Winnipeg" and riffs on teaching + health insurance. https://t.co/Fxgbf731aJ
Paperback, 2005
$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George SaundersOf all the Filmmaker newsletters that went out in 2021, one got the most response: this one on why screenwriters should read George Saunders's "A Swim in the Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life." https://filmmakermagazine.com/112170-newsletter-of-the-year-why-screenwriters-should-read-george-saunderss-a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain-in-which-four-russians-give-a-master-class-on-writing-reading-and-life/#.Yc4YGy-B1ZM
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Honor society: surprisingly dark high school comedy
Christopher B. Romero21-year-old Australian actor Angourie Rice, currently starring in "Honor Society," is @Peter_Rinaldi's guest on the Back to One podcast. Among the topics, her literary podcast, "The Community Library," and how that has informed her script reading. https://t.co/EyPYlxN5xO
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