Maryland's Motion Picture Theaters
by Robert K. Headley



Another book from the series I don't like yet whose books sometimes catch my attention with their covers. This time, it's also the subject matter: old movie theatres are awesome. I wouldn't want to be in one, with its dirty, sticky floor, annoying babies, and loud enthnic minorities, but, boy, looking at one in a book sure brings back memories I wish I had had.

Freud's Drive: Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film
by Teresa De Lauretis



According to the description, the author makes "a bold and orginal argument for the renewed relevance of the Freudian theory of drives, through close readings of texts ranging from cinema and literature to psychoanalysis and cultural theory". Maybe we all need a resurrection of Freudian analysis, because even when it's way off, it's still way entertaining. But only maybe. It's also possible Freud is just burnt out these days.

Queering Bunuel: Sexual Dissidence and Psychoanalysis in his Mexican and Spanish Cinema
by Julian Daniel Gutierrez-Albilla



Even if it's awful, pretentious, and unreadable, at least you might watch a Bunuel film as a result. And that, my friends, is a win for humanity (and Bunuel, posthumously). Plus, there hasn't been a good Bunuel book out in a while, has there?