Books and films about movies

Discover the dark side of Hollywood with our curated list of books and films about movies, featuring Nathanael West’s *The Day of the Locust* and Joan Didion’s *Play It As It Lays*.

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Purl Up and Die Poster
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Purl Up and Die

 

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Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary: A Greatly Expanded and Much Improved Compendium of Movie Clichés, Stereotypes, Obligatory Scenes, Hackneyed ... Shopworn Conventions, and Outdated Archetypes Poster
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Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary: A Greatly Expanded and Much Improved Compendium of Movie Clichés, Stereotypes, Obligatory Scenes, Hackneyed ... Shopworn Conventions, and Outdated Archetypes

 

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Suspects Poster
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Suspects

 

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Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film Poster
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Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film

 

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The Bigger Little Book of Hollywood Cliches Poster
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The Bigger Little Book of Hollywood Cliches

 

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Questions for the Movie Answer Man Poster
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Questions for the Movie Answer Man

 

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Prater Violet Poster
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Prater Violet

 

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Picture Poster
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Picture

 

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The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood Poster
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The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood

 

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Children of Light Poster
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Children of Light

 

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All About Eve Poster
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All About Eve

(1950)

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Singin' in the Rain Poster
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Singin' in the Rain

(1952)

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The Stunt Man Poster
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The Stunt Man

 

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The Sinister Saga of Making "The Stunt Man" Poster
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The Sinister Saga of Making "The Stunt Man"

 

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The Pat Hobby Stories Poster
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The Pat Hobby Stories

 

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Last Tycoon: An Unfinished Novel Poster
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Last Tycoon: An Unfinished Novel

 

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The Day of the Locust Poster
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The Day of the Locust

 

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The Day of the Locust Poster
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The Day of the Locust

(1975)

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I'll Do Anything Poster
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I'll Do Anything

(1994)

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A Star Is Born Poster
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A Star Is Born

(1954)

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Boy Meets Girl Poster
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Boy Meets Girl

 

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State and Main Poster
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State and Main

(2000)

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Play It As It Lays: A Novel Poster
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Play It As It Lays: A Novel

 

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