Counterpoint Film

	X Films True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker ALEX COX Alex Cox, director of such classics as Sid and Nancy and Repo Man, offers a thoughtful autobiography that examines his craft and influences, provides insights into many of his favorite films, and encourages and instructs would-be independent filmmakers. The result is a readable and startling treatise on the film innovations of today and the thrilling potential of the future of the craft. SOFT SKULL PRESS \| 978-1-59376-193-6 \| Trade Paper Original \| $17.95

	True Fiction Pictures and Possible Films HAL HARTLEY In this lushly illustrated book of interviews conducted by professor and film writer Kenneth C. Kaleta, Hal Hartley reflects on the evolution of his unique style of filmmaking, elaborating on the forces that help shape it and the ways in which his aspirations develop as times goes on. In the process, he reveals much of what it means to be an independent creative artist in a relentlessly commercial culture. SOFT SKULL PRESS \| 978-1-59376-216-2 \| Trade Paper\| $19.95

	Deathtripping Underground Trash Cinema JACK SARGEANT This exhaustive study focuses on the New York filmmakers that coalesced around the radical manifesto espoused by downtown filmmaker Nick Zedd: “None shall emerge unscathed.” Placing their work within the wider alternative film and downtown post–punk scenes, Deathtripping offers detailed analyses of the movement’s films alongside interviews with the filmmakers and their collaborators. SOFT SKULL PRESS \| 978-1-93336-895-5 \| Trade Paper \| $18.95