Allen, Michael. Contemporary U.S. Cinema. New York: Longman/Pearson Education, 2003.

Ascher, Steven and Edward Pincus. The Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age. Revised ed. New York: Plume, 1999. [Third edition to be published in July 2007.]

Bordwell, David. The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005025774-d.html

Diawara, Manthia and Mia Mask, eds. Black American Cinema 2. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Emmons, Mark. Film and Television: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
Table of Contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034358.html

Katz, Ephraim, Fred Klein, and Ronald D. Nolen. The Film Encyclopedia. 4th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

Lyman, Rick. Watching Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk About the Films That Matter Most. New York: Time Books, 2003.

McCarthy, Kevin F. et al. The Performing Arts in a New Era. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 2001. Supported by the Pew Charitable Trust.
http://www.pewtrusts.com/pdf/cul_rand.pdf

Rhodes, Gary D. and John Parris Springer, eds. Docufictions: Essays on the Intersection of Documentary and Fictional Filmmaking. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006.
Table of Contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012767.html

Rollins, Peter C. and John E. O'Connor, eds. Hollywood's West: The American Frontier in Film, Television, and History. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Table of Contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005018026.html

Trumpbour, John. Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920-1950. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University, 2002.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/2001037562.html

Turner, Graeme. Film as Social Practice. 4th ed. New York: Routledge, 2006.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005030194-d.html

Vaughn, Stephen. Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media. New York: Cambridge University, 2006.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2005001236-d.html

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