Twenty years since its release, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut remains a complex, visually arresting film about domesticity, sexual disturbance, and dreams.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) marked a transition in American film-making, and its success as a work of art, as a creative 'property' exploited by its studio, Paramount Pictures; and as a model for aspiring auteurist film-makers changed Hollywood forever.
This study offers a fresh approach to the remarkable German film The Lives of Others (2006), known for its compelling representation of a Stasi surveillance officer and the moral and ethical turmoil that results when he begins spying on a playwright and his actress lover.
The release of Denys Arcand's Le Declin de l'empire americain (The Decline of the American Empire) in 1986 marked a major turning point in Quebec cinema.
One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and stylistic motifs that would become his trademark.
Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of the greatest films of all time - the best-known of Hollywood's Golden Age and a work that has, in popular imagination, defined southern American history for three-quarters of a century.
A comprehensive guide to science fiction films, which analyzes and contextualizes the most important examples of the genre, from Un voyage dans la lune (1902), to The Road (2009).
Fromthe trashy to the epic, from the classics to today's blockbusters,this cinefiles guidebook reviews nearly 1,000 of the biggest,baddest, and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic sciencefiction!
Produced in the aftermath of the Second World War, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946) stars David Niven as an RAF pilot poised between life and death, his love for the American radio operator June (Kim Hunter) threatened by medical, political and ultimately celestial forces.
Containing more than 2,200 entries from the most current Star Wars film and TV series, discover the vital facts about iconic characters, creatures, locations, vehicles, and technology from a galaxy far, far away .
The definitive collection of Star Wars incredible cross-sections - updated with brand new vehiclesStar Wars Complete Cross Sections of Vehicles is the complete guide to the spacecraft and vehicles of the Star Wars six-film saga.
A fun, opinionated, illustrated look at Westerns-with great photographs from great moviesThis unique compendium of short essays about, and evocative photos from, the 100 greatest Western movies of all time is the authoritative new resource on the subject-and the ideal illustrated gift book for all cowboy enthusiasts and cinema fans.
Return to the epic beginning of the final Skywalker trilogy with this definitive guide to the characters, locations, and vehicles of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
"e;Du rififi chez les hommes"e; (1955), directed by the exiled American film director Jules Dassin, recounts the nail-biting tale of a Parisian gangster heist gone wrong.
In 2005, Scarecrow published Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004, a five-volume reference set commemorating 40 years of every made for TV film since See How They Run debuted in 1964.
Revealing a festival of guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked or critically savaged gems in this guide.
A Guide to New Mexico Film Locations offers a "e;call sheet"e; to explore many of the Land of Enchantment's most iconic film locales, such as those from Easy Rider or Terminator Salvation.
When The Sound of Music was released in 1965, it took the world by storm, capturing five Oscars (including Best Picture) and holding the number-one spot box-office record for five years.
Im Nebel des Grauens: Eine tiefgründige Analyse von Stephen Kings Der NebelEntdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt von Stephen Kings Der Nebel, ein Meisterwerk, das seit seiner ersten Veröffentlichung im Jahr 1980 Leser und Zuschauer gleichermaßen in seinen Bann zieht.
Fargo - that bloody tale of greed, kidnapping and murder set in the freezing tundra of Minnesota - was the Coen brothers' break-out film, scooping two Oscars and a towering snowdrift of critical and commercial acclaim.
