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Stuntwomen
- The Untold Hollywood Story
- By: Mollie Gregory
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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They've traded punches in knockdown brawls, crashed biplanes through barns, and raced to the rescue in fast cars. They add suspense and drama to the story, portraying the swimmer stalked by the menacing shark, the heroine dangling 20 feet below a soaring hot air balloon, or the woman leaping nine feet over a wall to escape a dog attack. Only an expert can make such feats of daring look easy, and stuntwomen with the skills to perform - and survive - great moments of action in movies have been hitting their mark in Hollywood since the beginning of film.
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What a fascinating story
- By Danny Bradley on 09-04-24
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Stuntwomen
- The Untold Hollywood Story
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 25-08-20
- Language: English
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Martin Scorsese
- A Journey
- By: Mary Pat Kelly, Leonardo DiCaprio - introduction, Steven Spielberg - introduction
- Narrated by: Nancy Linari, P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In time for Scorsese’s 80th birthday and the release of Killers of the Flower Moon, a new edition of the seminal oral history tracing Scorsese’s journey from young filmmaker to legend, featuring a foreword by Steven Spielberg Few filmmakers, if any, make the kind of impact that Martin...
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Pretty disappointing…
- By Jay on 21-06-23
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Martin Scorsese
- A Journey
- Narrated by: Nancy Linari, P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 25-10-22
- Language: English
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Jean Renoir
- Projections of Paradise
- By: Ronald Bergan
- Narrated by: Jean Brassard
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Jean Renoir's career almost spans the history years of cinema - from the early silent movies, to the naturalism of the talkies, committed cinema, film noir, Hollywood studio productions, the Technicolor-period comedies and fast television techniques. His film The Grand Illusion remains one of the greatest movies about the effects of war.
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Jean Renoir
- Projections of Paradise
- Narrated by: Jean Brassard
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 29-02-16
- Language: English
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Single and Psycho
- How Pop Culture Created the Unstable Single Woman
- By: Caroline Young
- Narrated by: Lianne Walker
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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From the single ladies of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift songs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's irreverent television series Fleabag (2016–2019) to as far back as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, the stereotype of the damaged single woman has long pervaded music, books, television, and Hollywood movies.
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Single and Psycho
- How Pop Culture Created the Unstable Single Woman
- Narrated by: Lianne Walker
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 01-06-26
- Language: English
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Mae West
- An Icon in Black and White
- By: Jill Watts
- Narrated by: Holly Palance
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
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"Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Mae West invited and promptly captured the imagination of generations. Even today, years after her death, the actress and author is still regarded as the pop archetype of sexual wantonness and ribald humor. But who was this saucy starlet, a woman who was controversial enough to be jailed, pursued by film censors, and banned from the airwaves for the revolutionary content of her work, and yet would ascend to the status of film legend?
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Mae West
- An Icon in Black and White
- Narrated by: Holly Palance
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 17-08-21
- Language: English
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The World According to Star Wars
- By: Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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"Star Wars is the ultimate mythological tale of our age, a hero's journey that is a tribute to the beauty of human freedom as well as an exploration of its dark complexities. In this gem of a book, the brilliant Cass Sunstein uses the series to explore profound questions about being a parent, a...
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Abstractly incitefull
- By matt on 10-03-23
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The World According to Star Wars
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 31-05-16
- Language: English
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French Cinema
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Dudley Andrew
- Narrated by: Alex Mortensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until WWI, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompassed all genres, from popular entertainment to avant-garde practice. This Very Short Introduction opens up French cinema through focusing on some of its most notable works, using the lens of the New Wave decade (1958-1968) that changed cinema worldwide.
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French Cinema
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Alex Mortensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 30-07-24
- Language: English
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Mad Men and Philosophy
- Nothing Is as It Seems (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
- By: Rod Carveth - editor, James B. South - editor
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Mad Men and Philosophy will give Mad Men fans everywhere something new to talk about around the water cooler. From Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to John Kenneth Galbraith, Milton Friedman, and Ayn Rand, Mad Men and Philosophy brings the thinking of some of history's most powerful minds to bear on the world of Don Draper and the Sterling Cooper ad agency. You'll gain insights into a host of compelling Mad Men questions and issues.
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Mad Men and Philosophy
- Nothing Is as It Seems (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 22-12-11
- Language: English
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Best Pick
- A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards
- By: John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky
- Narrated by: John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Authors John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside 10 detailed 'making-of' accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinised to answer the ultimate question: 'did the Academy get it right?'
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Best Pick
- A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards
- Narrated by: John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-02-22
- Language: English
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Cimino
- The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision
- By: Charles Elton
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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When it was finally released, Heaven's Gate failed so completely with reviewers and at the box office that it put legendary studio United Artists out of business and marked the end of Hollywood's auteur era. Or so the conventional wisdom goes. Charles Elton delves deeply into the making and aftermath of the movie and presents a surprisingly different view to that of Steven Bach, one of the executives responsible for Heaven's Gate, who wrote a scathing book about the film and solidified the widely held view that Cimino wounded the movie industry beyond repair.
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Ridiculous reading
- By Simon Williams on 13-11-24
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Cimino
- The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 29-03-22
- Language: English
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Movie Tie-In)
- Neighborly Words of Wisdom from Mister Rogers
- By: Fred Rogers, Tom Junod
- Narrated by: Fred Rogers, Tom Junod, Fred Sanders
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The inspiring profile brought to life in the major motion picture A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks in theaters Thanksgiving, plus a collection of warm advice and encouragement from America’s favorite neighbor Tom Junod’s Esquire profile of Fred Rogers, “Can You Say...
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Thought provoking and gently inspiring...
- By MISS J C SMITH on 20-03-22
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Movie Tie-In)
- Neighborly Words of Wisdom from Mister Rogers
- Narrated by: Fred Rogers, Tom Junod, Fred Sanders
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-11-19
- Language: English
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Red Carpet
- Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy
- By: Erich Schwartzel
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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"This is a fascinating book. It will educate you. Schwartzel has done some extraordinary reporting." — The New York Times Book Review “In this highly entertaining but deeply disturbing book, Erich Schwartzel demonstrates the extent of our cultural thrall to China. His depiction of the craven...
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Red Carpet
- Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-02-22
- Language: English
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The Fatal Alliance
- A Century of War on Film
- By: David Thomson
- Narrated by: David Thomson
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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“A marvelous bombshell of a book, by one of our most formidably knowledgeable and insightful writers on film, it is filled with surprises and witty asides. Though Thomson is quick to pounce on the hypocrisies and historical omissions of some of these war movies, there is nothing compromised...
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Excellent meditation on war
- By Dennis Caouki on 17-02-24
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The Fatal Alliance
- A Century of War on Film
- Narrated by: David Thomson
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 14-11-23
- Language: English
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Begin Transmission
- The Trans Allegories of The Matrix
- By: Tilly Bridges
- Narrated by: Tilly Bridges
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Trans woman and screenwriter Tilly Bridges takes you through the trans allegories of the Matrix franchise, with deep dives into The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections, tracking one person’s transition journey—from Thomas Anderson, to Neo… to Trinity. Each movie’s allegory is deeply layered, building from movie to movie, and speaks to a different aspect of trans existence.
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- The Trans Allegories of The Matrix
- Narrated by: Tilly Bridges
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 21-11-23
- Language: English
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Wayne and Ford
- The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero
- By: Nancy Schoenberger
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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John Ford and John Wayne, two titans of classic film, made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined—the Western—and the heroic archetype they built still matter today. For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team...
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Wayne and Ford
- The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 24-10-17
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Film Noir
- The Philosophy of Popular Culture
- By: Mark T. Conard
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Noir emerged as a prominent American film genre in the early 1940s, distinguishable by its use of unusual lighting, sinister plots, mysterious characters, and dark themes. From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), films from this classic period reflect an atmosphere of corruption and social decay that attracted such accomplished directors as John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Orson Welles.
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Film Noir : Genre Or Style ?
- By Stephen Gott on 28-01-20
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The Philosophy of Film Noir
- The Philosophy of Popular Culture
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-02-15
- Language: English
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House of Rejects
- The Making of Rob Zombie's Firefly Trilogy
- By: Dustin McNeill
- Narrated by: Rick Reed
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From Dustin McNeill, co-author of TAKING SHAPE and REIGN OF CHUCKY, comes HOUSE OF REJECTS, an exhaustive new exploration of Rob Zombie’s controversial horror franchise. Go behind the scenes of the Firefly trilogy like never before with new insights, details, and anecdotes from the creation of House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, and 3 From Hell.
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House of Rejects
- The Making of Rob Zombie's Firefly Trilogy
- Narrated by: Rick Reed
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 17-10-25
- Language: English
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The Speed of Sound
- Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926 - 1930
- By: Scott Eyman
- Narrated by: Adams Morgan
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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In this mixture of cultural and social history that is both scholarly and vastly entertaining, Eyman dispels the myths and gives us the missing chapter in the history of Hollywood, the ribbon of dreams by which America conquered the world.
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Narration Ruins The Story
- By Ovekat on 10-04-16
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The Speed of Sound
- Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926 - 1930
- Narrated by: Adams Morgan
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-04-09
- Language: English
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy
- Everything Is Fire
- By: William Irwin, Eric Bronson
- Narrated by: David G. Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium Trilogy is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson's lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for women's rights. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy probes the compelling philosophical issues behind the entire trilogy. What philosophies do Lisbeth Salander and Kant have in common? To catch a criminal, can Lisbeth and Mikael be criminals themselves? Can revenge be ethical?
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Philosophical analysis of novels
- By Mihaita Cojocaru on 07-07-25
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy
- Everything Is Fire
- Narrated by: David G. Roberts
- Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 10-07-20
- Language: English
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Letterman
- The Last Giant of Late Night
- By: Jason Zinoman
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation. In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefined...
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A fair review of the best late night host
- By Teeden on 21-10-22
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Letterman
- The Last Giant of Late Night
- Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 11-04-17
- Language: English
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