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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever
By Rob Reiner with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer
What’s wrong with being sexy?
A virtuoso account of jailhouse artistry and the pernicious racism behind it.
A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
By David Thomson
Strangely, the author knocks the very medium he spotlights.
The Colonel and the King
By Peter Guralnick
How well do we know the Svengali behind the singer?
Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife
By Imogen Willetts
The cool kids have always known where best to be seen.
A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy
By Tony Lee Moral
Two figures from the auteur’s orbit feature heavily in this new biography.
Shakespeare’s Margaret: The Dramatic Life of a Warrior Queen
By Charles O’Malley and Scott W. Stern
A virtuoso take on the Bard’s creative liberties with an historical English monarch.
Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground
By Richie Unterberger
An illuminating account of the band that made Lou Reed famous.
