Tom Salinsky

The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers, and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions, and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance. First published in 2008, this second edition features a...

A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders. In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, 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...