Category: Books

Film Books I’d Love to Read (Now If Only Someone Would Write Them)

~ Lincoln Spector ~ 1 Comment

I read a lot of books about cinema history. But I'm picky. I'm seldom interested in movie star biographies, or anyone's autobiography. But I love a good overview of an era, the story of a major transition, or a scholarly biography of a producer, director, or screenwriter. Here are a few books that I would … Continue reading Film Books I’d Love to Read (Now If Only Someone Would Write Them)

Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

~ Lincoln Spector ~ 1 Comment

By early 1968, Hollywood was finally beginning to realize that nothing would ever be the same again. “Warren Beatty, who looked like a movie star, had become a producer. Dustin Hoffman, who looked like a producer, had become a movie star. And Sidney Poitier, who looked like no other movie star had ever looked, had … Continue reading Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood