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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

The Filmmaker's Handbook

The Tangibly Reel 1980s Movie Quiz

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1000 Harry Potter Facts

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week

A Dictionary of Film Studies

The Harry Potter Quiz Book

The Story of the Story

The Film Director Prepares

餐桌上的電影物語

The Sound of Music

The A to Z of German Cinema

The Toho Studios Story

Film and Reform

Materialist Film

Space and Time in African Cinema and Cine-scapes

Criterion Tuesdays, Vol. 2

A fantástica fábrica de filmes

31 Days of Terror (2021)

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