Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Bong Joon Ho, Avatar: The Way of Water, Alfred Hitchcock & More
Spring is on the horizon (yay!) but we’re still deep into winter (grr). And that means time for reading. Our latest roundup of noteworthy new books connected to the world of cinema features a typically diverse lineup: Bong Joon Ho, the art of James Cameron’s latest, screwball comedies, Alfred Hitchcock, and––’tis the season––Oscar history.
Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema by Karen Han (Abrams)
In recent years Little White Lies and Abrams have released wonderfully comprehensive, immaculately designed books about Joel and Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher, and most recently Sofia Coppola. The latest subject, Bong Joon Ho, could not be more deserving of this treatment. Dissident Cinema is written by the ever-astute Karen Han, who shares Bong’s life story while diving into each entry of his filmography. Yes, there is much to be said about Parasite, The Host, Mother, Snowpiercer, Okja, and Memories of Murder.
Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema by Karen Han (Abrams)
In recent years Little White Lies and Abrams have released wonderfully comprehensive, immaculately designed books about Joel and Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher, and most recently Sofia Coppola. The latest subject, Bong Joon Ho, could not be more deserving of this treatment. Dissident Cinema is written by the ever-astute Karen Han, who shares Bong’s life story while diving into each entry of his filmography. Yes, there is much to be said about Parasite, The Host, Mother, Snowpiercer, Okja, and Memories of Murder.
- 2/15/2023
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Police have charged a second person in the murder of Brittany Killgore, the missing Marine wife whose body was found outside San Diego on April 17. Marine Staff Sgt. Louis Ray Perez, 45, who was already in jail on charges of illegal possession of an assault rifle, was arrested on new charges Tuesday in connection with Killgore's murder, CNN reports. Perez had previously been deemed a "person of interest" in Killgore's slaying because he was the last known person to see her alive, according to reports. Killgore, 22, was leaving her apartment to go on a date with Perez the night she disappeared,...
- 4/25/2012
- by Liz Raftery
- PEOPLE.com
It was at the Ramada Inn in San Diego where the paramedics found her last Tuesday. Jessica Lynn Lopez, 25, had self-inflicted cuts and a note lay nearby. The case would have gone down as another sad suicide attempt in an airport hotel with $79-a-night rooms, but for a major twist. Hours later, the body of a missing San Diego-area woman, who had been the subject of a widely publicized search, was discovered in the brush near Lake Skinner, about 70 miles to the northeast. Authorities then charged recovering Lopez with murdering 22-year-old Brittany Dawn Killgore. Scant InformationInvestigators so far have not...
- 4/20/2012
- by Mike Fleeman
- PEOPLE.com
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