Film Books
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
Rebecca Solnit presents a fascinating look at the birth of the modern world through the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Set in the rugged…
The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories
Frank Rose explores the profound shift from passive media consumption to active participation in the digital age. He tracks how technology has tra…
The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company
The Pixar Touch offers an inside look at how a small group of tech enthusiasts transformed a struggling hardware division into a global powerhouse…
Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the hidden intellectual life of Hedy Lamarr, an icon of Hollywoods golden age. While known gl…
Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
Gina Keating delivers a gripping account of how a small startup upended the entertainment industry by taking on the giants of home video. Netflixe…
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
Walter Benjamin remains one of the most prophetic voices in modern cultural theory. This collection centers on his famous analysis of how mechanic…