Written with passion and commitment, [this book] holds a mirror to the society in redefining the boundaries of entertainment, as if the environment matters.

- Sudhirendar Sharma, Outlook: The Fully Loaded Magazine

Hunter Vaughan's forensic accounting uncovers Hollywood's secretly unpaid debts to the environment, demonstrating ecocriticism's power to connect political economy to movies' themes and styles, for analysis and for future makers. More than compelling: entertaining and inspiring.

- Sean Cubitt, author of <i>Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies</i>,

<i>Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret</i> is an important new book that exposes the hidden environmental costs of how we make, watch, and dispose of movies. Well-researched and written in an accessible style, it is a thought-provoking alternative history of Hollywood, delving into the disconnect between our enjoyment of screen culture and concern for its environmental impact. It will be of interest to scholars and students in a range of fields including cultural studies, communication, social science, and environmental studies.

- Alison Anderson, author of <i>Media, Environment and the Network Society</i>,

In Vaughan’s deft readings of multiple films and their production apparatuses, film theory and analysis also become “updated” into a cutting-edge discipline. <i>Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret</i> is an essential book in ecocinema and ecomedia studies and an important contribution to ecomaterialism within cultural studies more broadly.

- Adrian Ivakhiv, author of <i>Ecologies of the Moving Image: Cinema, Affect, Nature</i>,