The 50 Most Erotic Films of All Time "What is most consistently sexy about this book is McDonagh's own narrative voice — knowledgeable and knowing, fun and game, with a sense of humor as dry as champagne." — Video Watchdog "McDonagh tempers the enthusiasm of an aficionado with the detachment of a critic." — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Filmmaking on the Fringe: The Good, the Bad, and the Deviant Directors "As Maitland McDonagh writes in her excellent book Filmmaking on the Fringe...." — Richard Corliss, Time (Aug. 26, 1996): "There's Gold in That There Schlock: Cheesy Drive-In Movies Didn't Die — They Came Back as Direct-to-Video" "...offers some offbeat meditations on sex, violence and moviemaking."— The Philadelphia Inquirer "These conversations are uncommonly frank and incisive … McDonagh's sly and savvy presence is apparent throughout, always on equal footing with her subjects, and her introductory profiles of these men are as amused as they are amusing." —Video Watchdog "McDonagh celebrates the contemporary schlock impulse, as embodied by some of its foremost auteurs. ... Even people who don't particularly like the kinds of movies under discussion here will find a lot to applaud in this one. A pop culture as prone as ours is to mistake blandness for entertainment can use all the attitude it can get." — BoxOffice Magazine "She has something to say, and she knows how to say it. ... The author provokes her subjects to confront some of the more troubling aspects of their work with bracing, sometimes brutal questions and comments. ... Highly recommended." —Bright Lights Film Journal

Broken Mirrors / Broken Minds – The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento "Essential ... will surely become the cornerstone of all subsequent Argento studies." —Clive Barker "Long overdue, it will remain the definitive text on Argento’s films and excesses for quite some time." &mdashVariety "A reason to celebrate for serious horror fans." &mdashPsychotronic "A remarkable and exciting work." &mdashPaper "Maitland McDonagh's Broken Mirrors, Broken Minds came out in 1991 and stands along with Carol Glover's Men, Women and Chainsaws as one of the most insightful treatises on modern horror cinema ever written." — James Marriott, Black Star Review Anthologies