Books about Film: a teaser
Jessica
There's a new wee project on the horizon, and we couldn't be more excited. 'Watch, Read, Think, Act!' is a collaboration between Lighthouse and the brilliant folks at Take One Action.
As a wee teaser for this cinematic celebration of solidarity, art and collective action, our team of booksellers and our pals over at Take One Action put together a list of film-related books.
We've started off with personal favourites from both teams which explore, in a wide variety of ways, the possibilities, complications, joys and histories populating the world of film-making, and then we've thrown it open to fantastic film writing more generally.
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Linked Books
![Image for Diary of a Film](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97803497/9780349700717.jpg)
- title
- Diary of a Film
- author
- Govinden, Niven
![Image for Reel to Real : Race, Sex and Class at the Movies](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97804159/9780415964807.jpg)
- title
- Reel to Real : Race, Sex and Class at the Movies
- author
- hooks, bell
![Image for The Story of Film](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819116/9781911641827.jpg)
- title
- The Story of Film
- author
- Mark Cousins
![Image for The Fictional Man](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97817810/9781781088180.jpg)
- title
- The Fictional Man
- author
- Al Ewing
![Image for The Accidental](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801410/9780141010397.jpg)
- title
- The Accidental
- author
- Smith, Ali
![Image for The Bluest Eye](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97800997/9780099759911.jpg)
- title
- The Bluest Eye
- author
- Morrison, Toni
![Image for Ponti](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815098/9781509855339.jpg)
- title
- Ponti
- author
- Teo, Sharlene
![Image for Queer Cinema in the World](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97808223/9780822362616.jpg)
- title
- Queer Cinema in the World
- author
- Karl Schoonover and Rosalind Galt
![Image for Filmish : A Graphic Journey Through Film](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819105/9781910593035.jpg)
- title
- Filmish : A Graphic Journey Through Film
- author
- Ross, Edward, Biffi, Jean-Pierre
![Image for An Illustrated History of Filmmaking](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819106/9781910620564.jpg)
- title
- An Illustrated History of Filmmaking
- author
- Allsuch Boardman, Adam
![Image for The End : Surviving the World Through Fictional Disasters](https://lho-assets.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Products/katiegoh.jpg)
- title
- The End : Surviving the World Through Fictional Disasters
- author
- Katie Goh
![Image for FilmQuake : The Most Disruptive Films in Cinema](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97807112/9780711259713.jpg)
- title
- FilmQuake : The Most Disruptive Films in Cinema
- author
- Ian Haydn Smith
![Image for The Lady from the Black Lagoon : Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817810/9781781089026.jpg)
- title
- The Lady from the Black Lagoon : Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
- author
- O'Meara, Mallory
![Image for Women vs Hollywood : The Fall and Rise of Women in Film](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814721/9781472144430.jpg)
- title
- Women vs Hollywood : The Fall and Rise of Women in Film
- author
- O'Hara, Helen
![Image for Science(ish) : The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817864/9781786492234.jpg)
- title
- Science(ish) : The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies
- author
- Edwards, Rick, Brooks, Michael
![Image for Furious Feminisms : Alternate Routes on Mad Max: Fury Road](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815179/9781517909192.jpg)
- title
- Furious Feminisms : Alternate Routes on Mad Max: Fury Road
- author
- Boylan, Alexis L., Duane, Anna Mae, Gill, Michael, Gurr, Barbara
![Image for Men, Women, and Chain Saws : Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97806911/9780691166292.jpg)
- title
- Men, Women, and Chain Saws : Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition
- author
- Clover, Carol J., Clover, Carol J.
![Image for Old Futures : Speculative Fiction and Queer Possibility](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814798/9781479825851.jpg)
- title
- Old Futures : Speculative Fiction and Queer Possibility
- author
- Lothian, Alexis
![Image for The Big Goodbye : Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805713/9780571370269.jpg)
- title
- The Big Goodbye : Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
- author
- Wasson, Sam
![Image for Zona](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97808578/9780857861672.jpg)
- title
- Zona
- author
- Geoff Dyer
![Image for Ghibliotheque : The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817873/9781787396654.jpg)
- title
- Ghibliotheque : The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli
- author
- Leader, Michael, Cunningham, Jake