Baseball: The Movie

Noah Gittell's Baseball: The Movie is an appreciative review of about 25 baseball-themed films, including Bad News Bears, The Natural, Field of Dreams, Moneyball, and even The Naked Gun ("To mock something well, you have to love it, and The Naked Gun loves every part of baseball"). Gittell organizes his reviews by era (1940s-1950s Post-War Boom, 1970s Watergate Era, etc.) and also explores the recent decline of baseball films (which he largely attributes to a broader Hollywood trend toward superhero movies and away from mid-budget original screenplays).