James Monaco: 5 books

Monaco's book was an instant classic when it first came out, and with new sections in its anniversary edition, is more essential than ever. A landmark in media studies, it is unique in its sophisticated understanding of both the art and technology of film. Molly Haskell, critic When it was...

This is section 2 of How To Read a Film, enhanced and expanded. Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply "the best single work of its kind." And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marveled at James Monaco's ability to collect "an enormous amount of useful information...

Three decades after its first publication, The New Wave is still considered one of the fundamental texts on the French film movement of the same name. Led by filmmakers as influential as Truffaut and Godard, the New Wave was a seminal moment in cinematic history, and The New Wave has been hailed as...

Your complete guide to the digital revolution now sweeping film and media into the new millenium, The Dictionary of New Media covers thousands of terms that you need to know. A comprehensive introductory essay provides an understandable guide to today's digital revolution. More than 2,400 entries...

"It's as if Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn wrote a treatise on bouncing as the sequel to "Wedding Crashers."— Pittsburgh Post Gazette A pounding headache, mouth dry as the desert, memory loss…and wait, a black eye and a fat lip? You have officially woken up from another night...