Feature Documentaries
You Belong To Me: Sex, Race, Murder in the American South
YOU BELONG TO ME: Sex, Race, and Murder in the South
The murder of a white doctor by Ruby McCullum in Live Oak, Florida in the early-1950s reveals shocking truths during the era of legalized segregation.
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Sections of this documentary examining three of the most influential figures of the early-film industry can be seen on YouTube
Carmen Miranda: That Girl From Rio
Books
James Bond, The Legacy
John Cork & Bruce Scivally
"By far the best of these is James Bond: The Legacy, written by longtime Bond enthusiast John Cork, with Bruce Scivally. For 320 extremely oversized pages, Cork and Scivally present everything there is to know about James Bond. I know a few things myself, some of them not so common, and every time I thought they'd go without mentioning one of them, they did, besting me at every turn. The book is filled with endless tales about Fleming, the Bond books and how they came to be written, the first inklings that Bond might be the stuff of movies, the development of each film— and the worldwide response that followed it… James Bond: The Legacy is a bargain at any price."
“Booking Time with James Bond” Tony Buchsbaum, January Magazine
"...a dense and gleaming companion to the 007 phenomenon"
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Bond Girls are Forever
John Cork & Maryam d'Abo
"Using fantastic photos, analytical discussion and primary source material, the authors show how far the Bond girl has come since the world became enamored with the first iconic image of her rising out of the sea wearing a bikini with a knife strapped on to it.”
Publishers Weekly
The James Bond Encyclopedia
John Cork & Collin Stutz
"This book offers an explosive read exploring every aspect of the 007 story created in full collaboration with Eon Productions. From Bond's history to his style and personal tastes, get up close and personal with the world's most suave spy… It is a must read for any fan."
Topsta.com
“Lovingly assembled by writers John Cork and Collin Stutz. A visual treat.”
Robert Greenburger, Comic Mix
Ian Fleming: The Book Collector
“One imagines hordes of Life’s more than 28 million readers storming their local booksellers looking for James Bond thrillers. There is one problem with this version of events: it simply isn’t true."
“James Bond Invades America: A Tale of Three Publishers”
John Cork - Queen Anne Press
Introductions to James Bond novels published by Vintage Classics
Casino Royale
"The John Cork introductions are superb. Far and away the best introductions ever written for the Bond books.”
John Cox, The Book Bond
“It wasn’t that Ian Fleming liked to provoke. It was simply in his blood. Living dangerously, yet doing so with grace and aplomb, was Ian Fleming’s natural state.”
Introductions to James Bond novels published by Vintage Classics
Live and Let Die
"The John Cork introductions are superb. Far and away the best introductions ever written for the Bond books.”
John Cox, The Book Bond
“It is too simple to think of James Bond novels as spy thrillers that take place in a world starkly different from our own. After all Live and Let Die takes place in an America divided by a growing sense of racial unrest, a nation weathering reckless demagogues, a country deeply concerned about Russian influence.”
Introductions to James Bond novels published by Vintage Classics
Goldfinger
"The John Cork introductions are superb. Far and away the best introductions ever written for the Bond books.”
John Cox, The Book Bond
“Like Auric Goldfinger, James Bond is consumed by a singular driving force. It is not women, gambling, vodka martinis, nor loyalty to the Crown. It is a restless desire to preserve the one thing that he is allowed to to destroy: life. That is why James Bond survives for us, why each generation reads his adventures, why he matters so much to us all these years later. It isn’t his licence to kill that makes him unique; it is his strange and unexpected ability to remind us how to live."