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Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever
By Matt Singer
A serious look at R-rated comedies of the early aughts.
John Candy
By Paul Myers
An affectionate, uncritical look at the beloved comic’s career.
Jungle Red!: The Making of MGM’s The Women
By Illeana Douglas
A detailed look at a 1930s film with an all-female cast.
Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith
By Jamie Fisher
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A definitive, adoring portrait of a tortured indie-rock legend.
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?
