I write on Brian De Palma's unproduced 1994 screenplay AMBROSE CHAPEL (meant for Madonna and Brad Pitt) and its place in De Palma's oeuvre at TrembleSighWonder! AMBROSE CHAPEL now out from Sticking Place Books! tremblesighwonder.com/2026/01/20/i...

Larry Cohen's unproduced screenplay "Headhunter" is out from Sticking Place Books, alongside his memoir. New to TSW is my intro to the book, discussing his remarkable career and how "Headhunter" fits into it. tremblesighwonder.com/2026/01/21/p...

MY LIFE IS THE CINEMA brings the writings of Esfir' Shub to English for the first time—the pioneering "sorceress of the editing table," & a comrade of Sergei Eisenstein& Dziga Vertov, she redefined montage, archival cinema, & documentary ethics. Available now from SPB!

Daniel Kremer signing his Sticking Place Book ADVENTURES IN AUTEURISM tomorrow evening!

Larry Cohen's newly published memoir, filled with photos from the Larry Cohen archives, available now direct from Sticking Place Books at a discount for both U.S. and U.K. buyers.

THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social! m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen

The Cinephile Conversations is a collection of dialogues, colloquies & interviews with some of the most insightful thinkers on cinema: Michel Ciment, Joseph McBride, Leonard Maltin, James Naremore, Gerald Peary, Pierre Rissient, Jonathan Rosenbaum & David Sterritt. More to come!

“I Loved Movies, But…” by Joseph McBride is a candid, electrifying cine-memoir: from childhood trauma to Hollywood adventures, from obsessing over Orson Welles & Steven Spielberg to exploring truth, politics & cinema. A must-read for every film lover. Out now via SPB.

Ever wonder what it’s like to spend 50+ years watching movies for a living? David Sterritt’s A Cinephile Under the Influence has the stories, the debates, the legends — and the love of cinema. Out now! Order direct from Sticking Place Books for a discount. stickingplacebooks.com/a-cinephile-...

Out today. Larry Cohen's unproduced vigilante/"superhero" screenplay, HEADHUNTER. With an intro by film scholar James Kenney and rare photos from the Larry Cohen collection. stickingplacebooks.com/headhunter/

At stickingplacebooks you-know-what....

Follow, like, AND retweet for a chance to win any Sticking Place Book of your choice including these new gems! Help spread the word about the world’s boldest film press and take home a masterpiece. 🎬 (If you already follow, just like and retweet to enter again!)

If you're a fan of any or all of Jonathan Glazer's work, don't miss @www.johnbleasdale.com's new book Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer from @stickingplacebk.bsky.social. My thoughts on the book: andywolverton.substack.com/p/book-revie...

Cool book! Ari Aster calls him “the most important teacher I’ve ever had.” The Zen of the Director isn’t a how-to manual — it’s a guide to directing your "self." Peter Markham shows how mindset shapes every frame, 1st idea to final cut. Profound, practical & compassionate.

If you want an auteurism book with chapters on Sidney J. Furie, John Guillermin, and John Badham (and of course you do), then I wholeheartedly recommend Daniel Kremer's new book, available at a discount directly from @stickingplacebk.bsky.social

"[Pierre] knew how to look, appreciate and grasp the true essence of a film like very few people do. I trusted him completely." -- from Clint Eastwood's foreward to MISTER EVERYWHERE: CONVERSATIONS WITH PIERRE RISSIENT, out NOW from Sticking Place Books! Good stuff!

Follow, like, and repost for a chance to win any Sticking Place Book of your choice — including these gems! Help spread the word about the world’s boldest film press and take home a masterpiece. 🎬 (If you already follow, just like and repost to enter!)

Follow, like, and repost for a chance to win any Sticking Place Book of your choice — including these gems! Help spread the word about the world’s boldest film press and take home a masterpiece. 🎬 (If you already follow, just like and repost to enter!)

Think auteur theory is old news? Daniel Kremer’s Adventures in Auteurism proves it’s just getting started—26 essays on filmmakers we should have been talking about all along. Coming this month from Sticking Place Books.

The films that almost were. Unproduced, unfinished, or unseen-these screenplays open new chapters in film history. Unrealized visions by Chaplin, Sturges, De Palma, Mamet, Herzog, Cohen & Rubin. Resurrected. More coming soon. From Sticking Place Books.

Sticking Place Books presents the first comprehensive presentation of Chaplin’s last, unfinished film project, THE FREAK. The Guardian has run an article detailing this incredible book. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

THE FREAK: this remarkable volume publishes Charles Chaplin’s complete screenplay for his final, unmade film alongside storyboards, designs, photos and production notes. Essential. Out now from SPB. stickingplacebooks.com/charles-chap...

"Caveh's body of work at the end of the day will be like a long Walt Whitman poem" -- Richard Linklater Caveh Zahedi’s These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin — essays, diaries, and revelations from one of indie cinema’s most honest voices. stickingplacebooks.com/these-fragme...

This month from Sticking Place Books! Charles Chaplin’s THE FREAK: the unmade, almost produced final film by the master! screenplay finally published in full, w/ storyboards, production notes & archive material. A haunting tale of wings, innocence & corruption.

This looks intriguing from @stickingplacebk.bsky.social CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S THE FREAK: THE STORY OF AN UNFINISHED FILM, by David Robinson stickingplacebooks.com/charles-chap...

Discover "O Brother, What Might Have Been: Three Lost Screenplays": three unproduced gems by Preston Sturges, brought back to life with essays and commentary. A must-read for cinephiles & writers who love what could’ve been. Available for a discount direct from our website!

Coming from Sticking Place: "It’s all laid out for you here— all the fun & fiascos, all the memories, the films, the battles, the triumphs & misadventures that defined my entire career." - Larry Cohen Packed with rare photos directly from the Larry Cohen archives!

Sticking Place Books. From near-forgotten artists to living legends—this is where film history sticks. Archiving the art, thought, and history of cinema.

“This unproduced screenplay penned by Brian De Palma in the 1990s is the blueprint for a most eccentric thriller. It’s a heady, tongue-in-cheek swirl....” – North Shore Movies, 05/29/2025 Brian De Palma's AMBROSE CHAPEL, out now. from SPB. stickingplacebooks.com/ambrose-chap...

It was great talking to Jonathan Rosenbaum @jrosenbaum2002 again yesterday about his book, CAMERA MOVEMENTS THAT CONFOUND US. Stay tuned ! @stickingplacebk.bsky.social #jonathanrosenbaum #filmcritic #writer #books #filmbook #movies #films #cinema #cinephiles #stickingplacebooks

At the link below is my interview with film historian and writer #PatrickMcGilligan about his new book, STILL FILM CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. Check it out ! youtu.be/Gy57RxCG2tA @stickingplacebk.bsky.social #books #filmbooks #movies #filmhistory #cinephiles #filmpodcast #filmbuffs #moviebuffs

O Brother, What Might Have Been: 3 UNPRODUCED Preston Sturges screenplays, is out NOW from SPB: a) SONG OF JOY (about the movie business) b) NOTHING DOING (millionaire rebuilds small town) c) THE MILLIONAIRESS (written for Kate Hepburn, based on GBShaw) stickingplacebooks.com/o-brother-wh...

"What a wonderful collection — surprising, smart and rich." -- Nick Hornby What do moving images mean? How and why do they work? Film archivist, curator, historian and writer Luke McKernan looks at 140 years of a bewitching medium. Out now! stickingplacebooks.com/let-me-dream...

"With an introduction by Nicholas Ray biographer Patrick McGilligan, this is a memoir of great literary merit, with, it’s true, a sensationalist thread running throughout. It reads like The Catcher in the Rye-meets-Phaedre – with a twist of Hollywood Babylon" Buy direct from SPB!

NEW FROM STICKING PLACE At 21, Nicolas' Ray's son Tony Ray wrote the story he could never say out loud about being 12, falling for his stepmother Gloria Grahame & what happened next. CIRCLE OF LIONS, the memoir 65 years in the shadows, now finally published. stickingplacebooks.com/circle-of-li...

HANEKE ON HANEKE out now!

New from James Naremore: CINEMA THEN AND NOW (conversations w/ Craig S. Simpson)-a sweeping, candid conversation on film, canons & the digital age. From PSYCHO to Pedro Costa, a master thinker reflects on a life in cinema. Order direct from SPB in U.K. or U.S. for a discount!

Coming from SPB & autobiographical provocateur Caveh Zahedi: a wild, wise, radically honest mix of essays, reviews, diary entries, film love & spiritual searching. Bresson, Kiarostami, heartbreak & indie cinema. Essential, eccentric, unforgettable.

David Mamet's unproduced 1992 screenplay, RUSSIAN POLAND, is out now from Sticking Place Books, hardcover & paperback, U.S. & U.K.

Jonathan Rosenbaum is interviewed about his book, TRAVELS IN THE CITIES OF CINEMA: Conversations With Ehsan Khoshbakht, published by Sticking Place Books! youtu.be/huOQ9MLP0EI?...

Part memoir, part critical inquiry, Cinema Then and Now is a wide-ranging conversation with distinguished film scholar and critic James Naremore. Coming later this month from Sticking Place Books.

"DEAD MAN...[is] important to defend...this was the only Western that actually addressed Native Americans as audience members." -Jonathan Rosenbaum in TRAVELS IN THE CITIES OF CINEMA, conversations w/ Ehsan Khoshbakht. Available directly from Sticking Place Books at a discount.

“A truly bountiful treasure chest b...spurred by an indefatigable curiosity. His remarkable essay on Cassavetes and Mingus is the best and most useful thing I’ve ever read about either artist. I can’t really praise it too highly.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum New from Sticking Place.

Available today, direct from Sticking Place Books.

Everyone has two jobs—one of them is being a film critic. In EVERY MOVIE IS A MIRACLE, legendary reviewer Leonard Maltin sits down with Nat Segaloff for a candid, funny, and wide-ranging look at a life spent loving the movies. A must for film fans! Coming Fall, 2025

Astonishing book (that I had nothing to do with). I heartily recommend.

Bill Ryan reviews David Mamet's RUSSIAN POLAND, due June 9th from Sticking Place, for the Bulwark:

Out now, order direct in U.S. & U.K. for savings!

Out now from Sticking Place Books, available direct at a serious discount.