Essay Film

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    • A Novel
    • By: Robin Yocum
    • Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,678 ratings
    • Jimmy Lee Hickam grew up along Red Dog Road, a dead-end strip of gravel and mud buried deep in the bowels of Appalachian Ohio....

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    • More Essays on Art and Democracy
    • By: Dave Hickey
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 11-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • Dave Hickey is one of America's foremost critical iconoclasts, a trusted, even cherished no-nonsense voice commenting on the all-too-often nonsensical worlds of art and culture....

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    • An Essay
    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 141 ratings
    • Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics....

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    • Essays and Criticism
    • By: Harlan Ellison
    • Narrated by: Luis Moreno
    • Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Everyone’s a critic, especially in the digital age—but no one takes on the movies like multiple award-winning author Harlan Ellison....

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    • The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes
    • By: Harold Schechter
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 242 ratings
    • Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films....

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    • And Other Endings
    • By: Geoff Dyer
    • Narrated by: Richard Burnip
    • Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • In this beguiling meditation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last works of writers, painters, footballers, musicians, and tennis stars who’ve mattered to him throughout his life....

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    • The Magic in Great Performances
    • By: David Thomson
    • Narrated by: David Thomson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Through intimate anecdote and humor, Thomson explores the reasons we go to the movies and looks at how they influence our lives. This book is not only necessary listening for an insider’s view of the industry, but a surprising investigation of the relationship between acting and living....

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    • Essays, Criticism, and Commentary
    • By: Lorrie Moore
    • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
    • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • A welcome surprise: more than 50 prose pieces, gathered together for the first time, by one of America's most admired novelists, featuring articles, essays, and cultural commentary....

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    • By: Karan Johar
    • Narrated by: Gaurav Sajjanhar
    • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 01-21-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • Honest, heart-warming and insightful, An Unsuitable Boy is both the story of the life of an exceptional filmmaker at the peak of his powers and of an equally extraordinary human being who shows you how to survive and succeed in life....

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    • Essays
    • By: Zadie Smith
    • Narrated by: Nikki Amuka-Bird
    • Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • The one and only Zadie Smith, prize-winning, best-selling author of White Teeth, is back with a second unmissable collection of essays. No subject is too fringe or too mainstream....

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    • Cult films, underrated movies, forgotten TV shows, pop culture, and other cool stuff
    • By: James J. Caterino
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-24
    • Language: English
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    • Reviews and Essays: Cult films, underrated movies, forgotten TV shows, pop culture, and other cool stuff is the fourth non-fiction review book from...

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    • 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films
    • By: Kristen Lopez
    • Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
    • Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 03-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • For film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 52 cinema classics and the literary works that served as their inspiration....

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    • Fifty Movies That Mattered to Me and Why
    • By: James J. Caterino
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 02-27-24
    • Language: English
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    • James J. Caterino, the author of Pop Culture Musings and other Stuff, and over forty novels and short stories, returns with his second non-fiction ...

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    • Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism
    • By: Sean Hannity
    • Narrated by: Sean Hannity
    • Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-04
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 305 ratings
    • As Americans face the ongoing war against terrorists and their state sponsors around the world, Sean Hannity reminds us we must also cope with....

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    • Essays by Javier Grillo-Marxuach
    • By: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
    • Narrated by: Colby Elliott
    • Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • How do you become a television writer? What does it take to create your own show....

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    • plus 29 stories NOT about dinosaurs
    • By: William John Rostron
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-24
    • Language: English
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    • Stories that will make you laugh, cry, and feel a thousand emotions in between. Following on the heels of his critically acclaimed first book of ...

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    • Celebrating Zindagi
    • By: Divya Dutta
    • Narrated by: Divya Dutta
    • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 03-23-21
    • Language: English
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    • Capturing the beauty of a mother-daughter relationship, Divya Dutta, in this moving memoir, celebrates her mother’s struggles to turn her into the woman she is today....

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    • More Essays by Javier Grillo-Marxuach
    • By: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
    • Narrated by: Colby Elliott
    • Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In this follow-up to his first collection of essays - Shoot This One - television writer and producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach continues to overshare about his misadventures in the small screen to a degree that will make you fear for his future employment....

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    • By: Zygmunt Kałużyński
    • Narrated by: Ireneusz Prochera
    • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-23
    • Language: polish
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    • Kałużyński – z wykształcenia reżyser (wychowanek Leona Schillera), z zawodu krytyk filmowy i publicysta, humanista o lewicowych poglądach. Przez prawie całe swoje zawodowe życie związany był z tygodnikiem „Polityka”, w którym pisał bez ceregieli o filmach...

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