Sam Wasson

“So smart and entertaining it should come with its own popcorn”—People Coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the film version of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the acclaimed, New York Times bestseller that is the definitive account of Audrey Hepburn and the making of the cultural landmark film—now updated with a new introduction by the author. In Fifth Avenue, 5...

Say 'Coppola' and The Godfather immediately comes to mind. But Coppola isn't Corleone — he's more than that. He's a visionary who predicted that digital cameras — no larger than one's hand — would allow anyone to make movies. And then set up a studio, Zeotrope, to make his dreams a reality. The book presents the highs and lows of...

Essential . . . thrilling . . . invaluable. - Irish Times Absorbing . . . rippling with fun and atmosphere. - Sight & Sound Hollywood's ultimate oral history. - New Yorker From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood from its beginnings to its present day....

Sight & Sound's #1 Film Book of 2020 A multifaceted dissection of the infamous noir film ... good reading for any American cinema buff' - Kirkus Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the incredible...