Explore the worlds of a galaxy far, far away with incredible cross-sections, featuring 9 years' worth of new content from Star Wars films and TV series.
An up-to-date and indispensable guide for film history buffs of all kind, this book surveys more than 500 major films based on true stories and historical subject matter.
With an introduction by Sir Roger Moore, Cinema Sex Sirens centres around a select number of actresses, from cinematic legends to some whose names are barely known by the general public who capitalised on their natural beauty during this era.
Cuando leo las opiniones de la crítica cinematográfica, o las escucho en la radio, observo que se hacen análisis demasiado endogámicos (se compara a un director con otro, a un filme con otro, etc), demasiado inmediatos.
In this book you can discover where Steven Spielberg built a prisoner of war camp in Spain, where Katherine Hepburn's Troy was in Spain, or Auderey Hepburn's Nottingham, in Spain too.
Este volumen, de gran amplitud, trata de recoger la participación del mayor número posible de redactores de Hablemos de Cine, incluyendo a los colegas extranjeros que colaboraron con nosotros en la sección Aquí Opinamos, que era la que reunía los comentarios analíticos de los films.
Die Besatzung des ,3001´ geht nicht unter, wie es das Titelfoto suggeriert, auch wenn die großen und kleinen Katastrophen des Kinoalltags regelmäßig für Grundberührung sorg(t)en.
Was als Reise nach Kroatien zu den Drehorten der Winnetou-Filme beginnt, vermischt sich bald mit Gedanken über die Bedeutung der Filmreihe für das Deutschland nach 1945 und weckt persönliche Erinnerungen, die stellvertretend für mehrere Generationen stehen.
Herausragende Filme, großes Kino – bei der Flut an bewegten Bildern, die über unsere Kinoleinwände und Fernsehbildschirme flimmern, braucht es manchmal den Blick des Kenners, um das Besondere zu finden oder in Erinnerung zu rufen.
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.
An updated edition - with completely new chapters - of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
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 .
Offering a fresh perspective on The General, arguably one of the most successful American films of the silent era, this insightful text analyses its initial critical reception and the thematic and stylistic characteristics of the film that made it difficult for critics to appreciate at the time, but led to its celebration by later generations.
Ground-breaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today.
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.
Eric Ames draws on original archival research to provide fresh perspectives on Werner Herzog's breakthrough 1972 film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes), which portrays an expedition by Spanish conquistadors led by Aguirre (played by Klaus Kinski) to find the legendary city of El Dorado.
Bringing to mind rockers and royals, Buckingham Palace and the Scottish Highlands, Britain holds a special interest for international audiences who have flocked in recent years to quality exports like Fish Tank, Trainspotting and The King's Speech.
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.
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.
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.
