Readings

By Adam Nayman

May 17, 2021

Straight from the heart: Michael Koresky's new book is a stirring ode to movies, memories, and mothers

By Nick Pinkerton

May 8, 2020

Gene Youngblood’s classic opus shows what the future of moving images looked like a half-century ago

By Joe Bucciero

May 8, 2020

Barbara London’s memoir/survey demonstrates how the MoMA curator helped shape video art as we know it

By Bruce Bennett

May 8, 2020

Whirlwind composer Max Steiner brought passion to rich, classical scores

By Film Comment

November 20, 2019

Read an exclusive selection from a new annotated edition of Jordan Peele’s screenplay for Get Out.

By Nellie Killian

January 22, 2019

Female filmmakers relate their efforts to make movies and forge a genuinely "new" Hollywood

By Carrie Rickey

November 12, 2018

A legendary mogul’s exploits are seen for what they are

By Chris Shields

March 23, 2018

Man behind the monsters: a biography of the kaiju director shines light onto his aesthetics and principles

By Peter Goldberg

February 5, 2018

Sketch artist: a new collection of Eisenstein’s drawings elaborates on his unrealized projects and passion for the bold image

By Tyler Maxin

November 15, 2017

Home entertainment: two new books rewind the impact of video on film culture and pornography