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PictureLike at Troynovant:
projecting light through a theater darkly
via works about moving pictures:
movies, film, & television series;
listed by Title
These mostly are reviews of books about the history and culture of film and its best practitioners. Source reviews (of films, novels, stories, histories) are listed here only if the review is framed with a smidgen of discussion about some principle of film-making technique (beware plot spoilers). For reviews of films and television presentations in themselves, see
Feature Film reviews by Title and
Reel reviews by Title.
For a companion list dealing with literature and the critical process, see LitCrit at Troynovant. We do not shoot for comprehensive coverage of actors and actresses and so on, but for insights into how and why the medium of film works its wonders for us.
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Broadway Babies Say Goodnight
Musicals Then and Now |
Mark Steyn |
RW Franson |
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Campaign of the Century, The
Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California
and the Birth of Media Politics |
Greg Mitchell |
RW Franson |
| Cocoanuts, The |
Marx Brothers |
RW Franson |
Complete Fawlty Towers, The
[scripts] |
John Cleese
& Connie Booth |
RW Franson |
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| Everything is Fake Now |
D Greenfield |
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| Fawlty Towers: Fully Booked |
Morris Bright
& Robert Ross |
RW Franson |
Finding Serenity
Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds
and Space Hookers
in Joss Whedon's Firefly |
Jane Espenson |
RW Franson |
Firefly
[dvd series] |
Joss Whedon |
RW Franson,
DH Franson |
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| Goodnight, Irene |
The Weavers / Duke Goldstone |
RW Franson |
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| Harlan Ellison's Watching |
Harlan Ellison |
RW Franson |
| Harpo Speaks |
Harpo Marx
& Rowland Barber |
RW Franson |
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| Jack of Eagles |
James Blish |
RW Franson |
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Lord of the Rings, The
(with Balrog Eggs) |
Tolkien / Jackson |
RW Franson,
DH Franson |
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| Miracle |
Connie Willis |
RW Franson |
| Miracle and Other Christmas Stories |
Connie Willis |
RW Franson |
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Our Accretive Creation, the Man of Steel
America's "Superman" Myth |
K Spell |
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Print the Legend
The Life and Times of John Ford |
Scott Eyman |
RW Franson |
Proud Robot, The
(Robots Have No Tails) |
Henry Kuttner |
RW Franson |
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| Remake |
Connie Willis |
RW Franson |
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| Seeking Chivalry and Finding Serenity |
S Farrell |
| Serenity |
Joss Whedon |
WH Stoddard |
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| Victory at Sea |
Henry Salomon; Richard Rodgers |
RW Franson |
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Watching Off-Center
Joss Whedon's Firefly and Serenity |
RW Franson |
| Western and the West, The |
K Spell |
| Why Superheroes Wear Capes |
WH Stoddard |
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