Denby, David
Summary: A selection of essays by a prestigious New Yorker film critic examines the art, business and future of America's troubled movie industry, exploring topics ranging from "fandom" and the work of critics James Agee and Pauline Kael while evaluating how the global marketplace is threatening film with increasing demands for spectacle and digitalization.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 DENDuralde, Alonso
Summary: "Just in time for Pride Month, this book is a first-of-its-kind in-depth exploration of LGBTQ+ representation from the dawn of cinema through today, from noted film critic Alonso Duralde and Turner Classic Movies"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 DURBunn, T. Davis
Summary: Young line producer Danny Byrd is well-known in Hollywood for being someone who gets things done on time and under budget. But when his reputation takes a beating after his partner-- and former best friend-- makes off with their investors' money, Danny has but one chance to redeem himself and restore his ruined career. LA lawyer Megan Pierce sacrificed years proving herself to bosses only to be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BUNSummary: In his unique fiction/documentary hybrid, the pioneering William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York's Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they're making. This wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark is expanded 35 years later by its unconventional follow-up, Take 2 1/2. The sequel sees the actors reunited in a more personal,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC SYMBasinger, Jeanine
Summary: "The real story of Hollywood--as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Harold Lloyd, Jordan Peele, and nearly four hundred others--reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today"--Dust jacket flap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4309 BASRubin, Susan Goldman
Summary: Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 RUBKloski, Liza Wallach
Summary: Are you intrigued by the possibilities of 3D printing but intimidated by the idea of learning new technical skills? Do you have ideas for products you want to create but no clue how to get started? Are you worried that owning a 3D printer is too expensive or time consuming? This book is for you! 3D printers are creating a revolution in manufacturing - a revolution that has the potential to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Maker Media 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.988 KLOSummary: Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, Iranian style! A personal journey through the history of Iranian popular cinema before the revolution and the world of "filmfarsi", a term referring to the rowdy and melodramatic genre films made from the early 1950s to 1979. This documentary uncovers a cinema of titillation, action and big emotions, which presented a troubling mirror for the country, as Iran...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: The rise of the blog as a form of serious news reporting means that conventional journalists must become familiar with the blog format and rethink typical journalistic approaches. This ABC News program examines the blogger "community," reviews major news stories that were broken by bloggers, and demonstrates ways in which blogging differs from traditional reporting methods. Featuring an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
View online at AVOD
Summary: From blogs, to e-books, to online reviews, this program introduces viewers to what it's like to be a writer in a technological age. Brief stories of blogs such as Washingtonienne and Belle de Jour that became books (and one book, Jim Munroe's An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil, that masqueraded as a blog) and a quick interview with a successful e-book publisher are balanced by two short panel...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
View online at AVOD
Nargi, Lela
Summary: Karl is an Abyssinian ground hornbill with a special challenge. His lower bill had broken off and made eating difficult. Karl did a great job of adapting and finding new ways to eat, but he wasn't getting all the food he needed. His zookeepers at the National Zoo and friends at the Smithsonian Institute wanted to help. Could an old bird skeleton and a 3-D printer give Karl a new beak? Karl's...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Salazar, Noelle
Summary: While preparing The Hollywood Glamour Exhibition at the Smithsonian, costume conservator Sylvia Early discovers another name beneath a label and unearths the story of Zora Hough, a talented young seamstress who left her poverty-stricken life in 1924 Jazz Age Seattle behind to realize her dreams of becoming a designer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SALSummary: "Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack--the Warner brothers--turned a storefront that used a sheet for a screen into a dream factory rooted in the credo of educate, entertain and enlighten. In this fascinating documentary, filmmaker (and Harry's granddaughter) Cass Warner Sperling tells a story of sibling rivalry, social conscience, and the silver screen."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BROMarsico, Katie
Summary: "Learn all about the amazing technology behind self-driving cars, from how they navigate to how they keep passengers safe."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 MARMurray, Diana
Summary: "Someday, Maybe is an inventive and inspiring picture book that imagines the exciting jobs, discoveries, and innovations that children dream of for their futures"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The deluxe two-disc DVD set includes a new 2K restoration of Ghost Town (1935) an astonishing and haunting amateur documentary about post-cinema Fort Lee. Disc One also features five films made at Champion Studios, recovered thanks to the efforts of the Library of Congress and the Fort Lee Film Commission. Disc Two includes exciting NJ film rediscoveries, a slapstick comedy from director Mack...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHAPetersen, Anne Helen
Summary: "A collection of shocking clashes and controversies from Hollywood's Golden Age, featuring notorious personalities including Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Jean Harlow, and more"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 791.4 PETUrwand, Ben
Contents: Hitler's obsession with film -- Enter Hollywood -- "Good" -- "Bad" -- "Switched off" -- Switched on -- Epilogue.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 URWMurray, Julie
Summary: This unique title looks at how outer space has been depicted on the big screen over the years. Readers will learn about some of the most famous movies, both fact and fiction. Cool Hollywood photos complete the book. This title is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Zoom, a division of ABDO 2022
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 MURSchulman, Michael
Summary: "The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, chronicling the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 SCHSummary: This four-part docu-series focuses on creative conversation and the emotional side of music-making, using legendary music producer Rick Rubins iconic Malibu, CA studio as the backdrop. Rubins mark on the music scene has been indelible since he co-founded Def Jam Records while enrolled at New York University in the 80s, helping to launch the careers of Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SHASummary: Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreaking, an eight-part event television series, traces this ongoing sonic revolution, and explores the nexus of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUHalper, Jeff
Summary: "Governments today are waging a 'war against the people' - whether 'securitization' against asylum seekers in Fortress Europe, 'counterinsurgency' in Afghanistan, or the subliminal war of policing and surveillance arising everywhere. Israel's contribution to this is key: exporting the high-tech weaponry, security systems and methods of pacification perfected on the Palestinians in the Occupied...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PlutoPress 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 HALSummary: In 2008 Hollywood filmmaker, Jennifer Lynch traveled to India to direct Hisss, a tale about the vengeful snake goddess, Nagin. This documentary captures her experience in the chaotic world of Bollywood-Hollywood filmmaking where "chaos is the process and filmmaking doubles as a crash course in acceptance and self-realization"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015