In 'The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion', film writer Jason Bailey profiles every one of Allen's films through essays, behind-the-scenes interviews, full cast lists, production details, and full-color images and artwork

A deeply reported, perceptive, and celebratory biography of beloved actor James Gandolfini from a prominent critic and film historian. Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by the AV Club Based on extensive research and original reporting, including interviews with friends and collaborators, Gandolfini is a detailed and nuanced appraisal of an enduring artist. More than a decade after his sudden passing, James Gandolfini still exerts a powerful pull on television and film enthusiasts around the world. His charismatic portrayal of complex, flawed, but always human men illuminated the contradictions in all of us, as well as our potential for grace, and the power of love and family. In Gandolfini, critic and historian Jason Bailey traces the twinned stories of the man and the unforgettable roles he played. Gandolfini’s roots were working class, raised in northern New Jersey as the son of Italian immigrants, and acting was something he loved for a long time before he could see it as a career. It wasn’t until he was well into his bohemian twenties that he dedicated himself to a life on the stage and screen. Bailey traces his rise, from bit parts to character roles he enlivened with menace and vulnerability, to Tony Soprano, the breakout role that would make him a legend, and onto a post-Sopranos career in which he continued to challenge himself and his audience.

"Film expert Jason Bailey explores Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION in a comprehensive book illustrated throughout with original art inspired by the film and including sidebars and special features on everything from casting close calls to deleted scenes. Bailey discusses how the film was revolutionary, examines its director's influences, illuminates its pop culture references, and describes its phenomenal legacy"--

Chicago is gone. In one day, a nuclear bomb levels the city and in one day, the American public demands nothing less than the toppling of every Islamic government in the Middle East. The fury of the American war machine is unleashed and one after another the Muslim countries fall. The terrorists are beaten, and they know it. Their desperation forces them to grapple at any possible way to survive. Half a world away, a New Jersey company has secretly perfected a time machine. But the secret leaks out and the terrorists begin to formulate a new plan...a plan to kill America before it ever becomes a superpower.

A visual history of 100 years of filmmaking in New York City, featuring exclusive interviews with NYC filmmakers Fun City Cinema gives readers an in-depth look at how the rise, fall, and resurrection of New York City was captured and chronicled in ten iconic Gotham films across ten decades: The Jazz Singer (1927), King Kong (1933), The Naked City (1948), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Taxi Driver (1976), Wall Street (1987), Kids (1995), 25th Hour (2002), and Frances Ha (2012). A visual history of a great American city in flux, Fun City Cinema reveals how these classic films and legendary filmmakers took their inspiration from New York City’s grittiness and splendor, creating what we can now view as “accidental documentaries” of the city’s modes and moods. In addition to the extensively researched and reported text, the book includes both historical photographs and production materials, as well as still-frames, behind-the-scenes photos, posters, and original interviews with Noah Baumbach, Larry Clark, Greta Gerwig, Walter Hill, Jerry Schatzberg, Martin Scorsese, Susan Seidelman, Oliver Stone, and Jennifer Westfeldt. Extensive "Now Playing" sidebars spotlight a handful of each decade’s additional films of note.

One of the most powerful yet idiosyncratic voices of American culture, Richard Pryor often remains an enigma despite the strikingly personal quality of his best work. This series of essays attempts tracks the parallels between the comic's work and the black experience, contextualizing his art and persona among the tradition of Southern storytellers, the Civil Rights movement, and the complicated racial identity of Reagan's America. Focusing on the broad diversity of Pryor's career, from his albums to his concert films to his movies, Jason Bailey attempts to answer a series of questions about this uniquely American entertainer: Was Richard Pryor a product of his society, or an instigator of it? Was Richard reflecting us, or were we reflecting Richard? Was he a mirror, or a prophet?

1994 La sortie en salles de Pulp Fiction fait sensation, entrainant prix, polémiques et ovations. Dans ce livre illustré totalement inédit, découvrez toutes les origines de ce film culte en suivant les premiers pas de Tarantino, de Video Archives à Reservoir dogs. Suivez comme jamais son tournage et ses coulisses grâce aux témoignages exclusifs des acteurs et de l'équipe de réalisation. Comprenez l'impact phénoménal qu'il a eu sur notre façon de faire et de voir des films, mais aussi sur toute la pop culture. BONUS EXCLUSIFS : Des dizaines d'anecdotes et d'infos pour enfin répondre à des questions existentielles : A quoi ressemble vraiment Marsellus Wallace ? Que contenait donc sa mallette ? Pourquoi les hamburgers, de préférence ceux de Big Kahuna, sont la base de tout réel petit-déjeuner nutritif ? etc. Une chronologie complète du film, une carte du Los Angeles de Tarantino, la liste de tous les clins d'oeils et références, les scènes coupées, etc. Des articles savants sur la musique de Tarantino, sur son fétichisme des pieds, sur l'utilisation du mot F, et bien d'autres encore. Cet ouvrage officiel est enfin somptueusement illustré par des oeuvres d'art inspirées de Pulp Fiction ainsi que par une sélection de photos du film et du tournage grâce à la coopération de Quentin Tarantino et de Miramax Films.

After a mysterious figure appears to him, a lonely cell phone salesmen is given magical powers and is tasked with a mission to destroy a giant tech monopoly that has imprisoned the world.