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    • The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
    • By: Susannah Gora
    • Narrated by: Kelli Tager
    • Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 05-24-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
    • The landscape that the Brat Pack memorialized is rich with cultural themes and significance, and has influenced an entire generation who still believe that life always turns out like an '80s movie. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried takes us back to that era....

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    • By: Shea Serrano
    • Narrated by: Mario Toscano
    • Series: (And Other Things)
    • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 151 ratings
    • Number one New York Times best-selling author Shea Serrano is back, and his new book, Movies (And Other Things), combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George holding court at a cafeteria table, and the sheer power of a Denzel monologue....

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    • Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds, The Karate Kid, The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, and Everything in Between
    • By: James King
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and where future superstars got their big break....

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    • Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
    • By: Thomas Schatz, Steven Bach - preface
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 24 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-19-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Working from industry documents, Schatz traces the development of house styles, the rise and fall of careers, and the making - and unmaking - of movies, from Frankenstein to Spellbound to Grand Hotel....

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    • Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
    • By: Mark Harris
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 596 ratings
    • Here is the epic drama behind the making of five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967, and through them, the story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever....

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    • Gender in the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Carol J. Clover
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s....

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    • The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television
    • By: Foster Hirsch
    • Narrated by: Foster Hirsch
    • Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set against the boom of the post-WW II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age—and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts....

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    • The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
    • By: Donald Bogle, John Singleton - foreword, Turner Classic Movies
    • Narrated by: Donald Bogle
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • The films, the stars, the filmmakers - all get their due in Hollywood Black, a sweeping overview of Blacks in film from the silent era through Black Panther, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle....

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    • The Life of Charlie Chaplin
    • By: Joyce Milton
    • Narrated by: Clinton Wade
    • Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 03-23-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
    • Charlie Chaplin made an amazing 71 films by the time he was only 33 years old. He was not only known as the world’s first international movie star, but as a comedian, film director, and a man ripe with scandal....

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    • A Life in Films
    • By: Molly Haskell
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin
    • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • "Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker, Molly Haskell explores Spielberg's works....

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    • Essential Movies Made by Women
    • By: Alicia Malone
    • Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • With the success of the Wonder Woman movies and the results following the outcry of the #MeToo movement, now is the time to highlight the female influences in film history previously left unheard....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Kathryn Kalinak
    • Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
    • Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 06-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundred-piece orchestra. Today film music has become its own industry, indispensable to the marketability of movies around the world....

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    • By: Mark Kermode
    • Narrated by: Mark Kermode
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-04-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • If you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your formative years at the cinema....

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    • 50 Years of Fear
    • By: Nat Segaloff
    • Narrated by: Joe Hempel
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 07-25-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • The Exorcist Legacy reveals the complete story of this cultural phenomenon, from the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired William Peter Blatty's bestselling novel on which the movie is based, to its many sequels, prequels, TV series, and homages....

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    • My Life inside 'The Room', the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
    • By: Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell
    • Narrated by: Greg Sestero
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,798 ratings
    • The Disaster Artist is Greg Sestero's laugh-out-loud funny account of how Tommy Wiseau defied every law of artistry, business, and friendship to make "the Citizen Kane of bad movies"....

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    • How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
    • By: Brian Raftery
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 517 ratings
    • From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999 - arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history....

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    • An Essay
    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 142 ratings
    • Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics....

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    • The Making of America's Favorite Movie
    • By: Julia Antopol Hirsch, Robert Wise
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions. It won five Oscars, including Best Picture, upon its release in 1965. This tribute to a Hollywood classic is sure to thrill everyone who's ever sung along....

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    • An Introduction
    • By: Ed Sikov
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • Film Studies is an indispensable introduction to the study of cinema. Ed Sikov offers a step-by-step curriculum for the appreciation of all types of narrative cinema, detailing the essential elements of film form and training the spectator to be an active listener and critic....

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    • Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls, the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of All Time
    • By: Stephen Rebello
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 06-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Since its publication in 1966, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls has reigned as one of the most influential pieces of commercial fiction. Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! digs deep into the creation of that hugely successful film....

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