Cinema Year by Year 1894 - 2003: by Robyn Karney (Editor), this reverential reference offers a year-by-year timeline of cinema's high-water marks in the form of copious film stills, movie posters and thumbnail reports-like a "scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from the history of film"-in the panting voice of editorial hype. Using information and images from film, promotional materials, and newspaper articles, Cinema Year by Year chronicles the major developments in an industry that has come to dominate the world of entertainment. Newly revised and updated to include the 2003 Oscars, this year-by-year history is both a beautiful coffee table book and reliable academic text.

American Film Institute Desk Reference: The Complete Guide to Everything You Need to Know about the Movies: by Melinda Corey (Editor), Presented by the American Film Institute, the nation's preeminent organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of the moving image, the American Film Institute Desk Reference is the most comprehensive reference book on filmmaking ever published. Providing detailed information on the world of film, its history and its personalities, this single volume is loaded with enough facts and trivia to satisfy any movie buff. Highlighting filmmakers and costume designers, financiers and actors, this complete guide is packed with more than 500 photographs and illustrations, a year by year chronology of film, and many special annotated lists, including the AFI's celebrated list of the 100 Best Films of the Past 100 Years.

Video and DVD Guide 2003: by Mick Martin, Marsha Porter, Wondering what video to rent tonight? This bestselling, fact-packed guide is the only sourcebook you and your family will ever need. Mick Martin and Marsha Porter steer you toward the winners and warn you about the losers. Video & DVD Guide 2003 covers it all—more films than any other guide, plus your favorite serials, B-Westerns, made-for-TV movies, and old television programs!