Sticking Place Books
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Sticking Place Books is a New York-based publisher specializing in cinema, offering interview books, memoirs, critical & historical studies, & essay collections
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“I Loved Movies, But…” by Joseph McBride is a candid, electrifying cine-memoir: from childhood trauma to Hollywood adventures, from obsessing over Orson Welles & Steven Spielberg to exploring truth, politics & cinema. A must-read for every film lover. Out now via SPB.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“I Loved Movies, But…” by Joseph McBride is a candid, electrifying cine-memoir: from childhood trauma to Hollywood adventures, from obsessing over Orson Welles & Steven Spielberg to exploring truth, politics & cinema. A must-read for every film lover. Out now via SPB.
Ever wonder what it’s like to spend 50+ years watching movies for a living? David Sterritt’s A Cinephile Under the Influence has the stories, the debates, the legends — and the love of cinema. Out now!
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November 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ever wonder what it’s like to spend 50+ years watching movies for a living? David Sterritt’s A Cinephile Under the Influence has the stories, the debates, the legends — and the love of cinema. Out now!
Order direct from Sticking Place Books for a discount.
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Order direct from Sticking Place Books for a discount.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Think auteur theory is old news? Daniel Kremer’s Adventures in Auteurism proves it’s just getting started—26 essays on filmmakers we should have been talking about all along.
Coming this month from Sticking Place Books.
Coming this month from Sticking Place Books.
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Think auteur theory is old news? Daniel Kremer’s Adventures in Auteurism proves it’s just getting started—26 essays on filmmakers we should have been talking about all along.
Coming this month from Sticking Place Books.
Coming this month from Sticking Place Books.
Discover "O Brother, What Might Have Been: Three Lost Screenplays": three unproduced gems by Preston Sturges, brought back to life with essays and commentary. A must-read for cinephiles & writers who love what could’ve been. Available for a discount direct from our website!
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Discover "O Brother, What Might Have Been: Three Lost Screenplays": three unproduced gems by Preston Sturges, brought back to life with essays and commentary. A must-read for cinephiles & writers who love what could’ve been. Available for a discount direct from our website!
Sticking Place Books.
From near-forgotten artists to living legends—this is where film history sticks.
Archiving the art, thought, and history of cinema.
From near-forgotten artists to living legends—this is where film history sticks.
Archiving the art, thought, and history of cinema.
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sticking Place Books.
From near-forgotten artists to living legends—this is where film history sticks.
Archiving the art, thought, and history of cinema.
From near-forgotten artists to living legends—this is where film history sticks.
Archiving the art, thought, and history of cinema.
"With an introduction by Nicholas Ray biographer Patrick McGilligan, this is a memoir of great literary merit, with, it’s true, a sensationalist thread running throughout. It reads like The Catcher in the Rye-meets-Phaedre – with a twist of Hollywood Babylon"
Buy direct from SPB!
Buy direct from SPB!
July 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"With an introduction by Nicholas Ray biographer Patrick McGilligan, this is a memoir of great literary merit, with, it’s true, a sensationalist thread running throughout. It reads like The Catcher in the Rye-meets-Phaedre – with a twist of Hollywood Babylon"
Buy direct from SPB!
Buy direct from SPB!
NEW FROM STICKING PLACE
At 21, Nicolas' Ray's son Tony Ray wrote the story he could never say out loud about being 12, falling for his stepmother Gloria Grahame & what happened next.
CIRCLE OF LIONS, the memoir 65 years in the shadows, now finally published.
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At 21, Nicolas' Ray's son Tony Ray wrote the story he could never say out loud about being 12, falling for his stepmother Gloria Grahame & what happened next.
CIRCLE OF LIONS, the memoir 65 years in the shadows, now finally published.
stickingplacebooks.com/circle-of-li...
July 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
NEW FROM STICKING PLACE
At 21, Nicolas' Ray's son Tony Ray wrote the story he could never say out loud about being 12, falling for his stepmother Gloria Grahame & what happened next.
CIRCLE OF LIONS, the memoir 65 years in the shadows, now finally published.
stickingplacebooks.com/circle-of-li...
At 21, Nicolas' Ray's son Tony Ray wrote the story he could never say out loud about being 12, falling for his stepmother Gloria Grahame & what happened next.
CIRCLE OF LIONS, the memoir 65 years in the shadows, now finally published.
stickingplacebooks.com/circle-of-li...
HANEKE ON HANEKE out now!
July 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
HANEKE ON HANEKE out now!
New from James Naremore: CINEMA THEN AND NOW (conversations w/ Craig S. Simpson)-a sweeping, candid conversation on film, canons & the digital age.
From PSYCHO to Pedro Costa, a master thinker reflects on a life in cinema.
Order direct from SPB in U.K. or U.S. for a discount!
From PSYCHO to Pedro Costa, a master thinker reflects on a life in cinema.
Order direct from SPB in U.K. or U.S. for a discount!
June 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
New from James Naremore: CINEMA THEN AND NOW (conversations w/ Craig S. Simpson)-a sweeping, candid conversation on film, canons & the digital age.
From PSYCHO to Pedro Costa, a master thinker reflects on a life in cinema.
Order direct from SPB in U.K. or U.S. for a discount!
From PSYCHO to Pedro Costa, a master thinker reflects on a life in cinema.
Order direct from SPB in U.K. or U.S. for a discount!
Coming from SPB & autobiographical provocateur Caveh Zahedi: a wild, wise, radically honest mix of essays, reviews, diary entries, film love & spiritual searching. Bresson, Kiarostami, heartbreak & indie cinema. Essential, eccentric, unforgettable.
June 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Coming from SPB & autobiographical provocateur Caveh Zahedi: a wild, wise, radically honest mix of essays, reviews, diary entries, film love & spiritual searching. Bresson, Kiarostami, heartbreak & indie cinema. Essential, eccentric, unforgettable.
David Mamet's unproduced 1992 screenplay, RUSSIAN POLAND, is out now from Sticking Place Books, hardcover & paperback, U.S. & U.K.
June 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
David Mamet's unproduced 1992 screenplay, RUSSIAN POLAND, is out now from Sticking Place Books, hardcover & paperback, U.S. & U.K.
Part memoir, part critical inquiry, Cinema Then and Now is a wide-ranging conversation with distinguished film scholar and critic James Naremore.
Coming later this month from Sticking Place Books.
Coming later this month from Sticking Place Books.
June 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Part memoir, part critical inquiry, Cinema Then and Now is a wide-ranging conversation with distinguished film scholar and critic James Naremore.
Coming later this month from Sticking Place Books.
Coming later this month from Sticking Place Books.
"DEAD MAN...[is] important to defend...this was the only Western that actually addressed Native Americans as audience members."
-Jonathan Rosenbaum in TRAVELS IN THE CITIES OF CINEMA, conversations w/ Ehsan Khoshbakht.
Available directly from Sticking Place Books at a discount.
-Jonathan Rosenbaum in TRAVELS IN THE CITIES OF CINEMA, conversations w/ Ehsan Khoshbakht.
Available directly from Sticking Place Books at a discount.
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"DEAD MAN...[is] important to defend...this was the only Western that actually addressed Native Americans as audience members."
-Jonathan Rosenbaum in TRAVELS IN THE CITIES OF CINEMA, conversations w/ Ehsan Khoshbakht.
Available directly from Sticking Place Books at a discount.
-Jonathan Rosenbaum in TRAVELS IN THE CITIES OF CINEMA, conversations w/ Ehsan Khoshbakht.
Available directly from Sticking Place Books at a discount.
“A truly bountiful treasure chest b...spurred by an indefatigable curiosity. His remarkable essay on Cassavetes and Mingus is the best and most useful thing I’ve ever read about either artist.
I can’t really praise it too highly.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum
New from Sticking Place.
I can’t really praise it too highly.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum
New from Sticking Place.
June 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“A truly bountiful treasure chest b...spurred by an indefatigable curiosity. His remarkable essay on Cassavetes and Mingus is the best and most useful thing I’ve ever read about either artist.
I can’t really praise it too highly.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum
New from Sticking Place.
I can’t really praise it too highly.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum
New from Sticking Place.
Available today, direct from Sticking Place Books.
June 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Available today, direct from Sticking Place Books.
Everyone has two jobs—one of them is being a film critic.
In EVERY MOVIE IS A MIRACLE, legendary reviewer Leonard Maltin sits down with Nat Segaloff for a candid, funny, and wide-ranging look at a life spent loving the movies. A must for film fans!
Coming Fall, 2025
In EVERY MOVIE IS A MIRACLE, legendary reviewer Leonard Maltin sits down with Nat Segaloff for a candid, funny, and wide-ranging look at a life spent loving the movies. A must for film fans!
Coming Fall, 2025
June 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Everyone has two jobs—one of them is being a film critic.
In EVERY MOVIE IS A MIRACLE, legendary reviewer Leonard Maltin sits down with Nat Segaloff for a candid, funny, and wide-ranging look at a life spent loving the movies. A must for film fans!
Coming Fall, 2025
In EVERY MOVIE IS A MIRACLE, legendary reviewer Leonard Maltin sits down with Nat Segaloff for a candid, funny, and wide-ranging look at a life spent loving the movies. A must for film fans!
Coming Fall, 2025
Out now, order direct in U.S. & U.K. for savings!
June 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Out now, order direct in U.S. & U.K. for savings!
How do classic films remain alive and authentic amidst the shifting sands of time,
societal upheaval, and technological advance?
An essential volume, out now from Sticking Place Press.
U.S. & U.K. discount direct from publisher: stickingplacebooks.com/the-archival...
societal upheaval, and technological advance?
An essential volume, out now from Sticking Place Press.
U.S. & U.K. discount direct from publisher: stickingplacebooks.com/the-archival...
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How do classic films remain alive and authentic amidst the shifting sands of time,
societal upheaval, and technological advance?
An essential volume, out now from Sticking Place Press.
U.S. & U.K. discount direct from publisher: stickingplacebooks.com/the-archival...
societal upheaval, and technological advance?
An essential volume, out now from Sticking Place Press.
U.S. & U.K. discount direct from publisher: stickingplacebooks.com/the-archival...
This dreamlike screenplay fuses classic suspense with mystical storytelling.
RUSSIAN POLAND reveals David Mamet working in an unusually lyrical, elusive register.
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
RUSSIAN POLAND reveals David Mamet working in an unusually lyrical, elusive register.
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
June 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This dreamlike screenplay fuses classic suspense with mystical storytelling.
RUSSIAN POLAND reveals David Mamet working in an unusually lyrical, elusive register.
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
RUSSIAN POLAND reveals David Mamet working in an unusually lyrical, elusive register.
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
This dreamlike screenplay fuses classic suspense with mystical storytelling. Both caper yarn and mystic meditation, RUSSIAN POLAND reveals David Mamet working in an unusually lyrical, elusive register.
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
June 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This dreamlike screenplay fuses classic suspense with mystical storytelling. Both caper yarn and mystic meditation, RUSSIAN POLAND reveals David Mamet working in an unusually lyrical, elusive register.
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
Coming June 9th from Sticking Place!
A shelf of Sticking Place Books. Add to your collection at a steep discount by ordering direct from Sticking Place Books, U.S. or U.K.!
June 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A shelf of Sticking Place Books. Add to your collection at a steep discount by ordering direct from Sticking Place Books, U.S. or U.K.!