Film history, theory or criticism

Why are big budget films typically made across an array of seemingly dissociated sites?

Why are big budget films typically made across an array of seemingly dissociated sites?

Leontine Sagan's M dchen in Uniform (1931) is a groundbreaking German film that showcases women's agency and desire behind and in front of the camera.

Ken Loach's 1969 drama Kes, considered one of the finest examples of British social realism, tells the story of Billy, a working class boy who finds escape and meaning when he takes a fledgling kestrel from its nest.

Xala (1974) by the pioneering Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, was acclaimed on its release for its scorching critique of postcolonial African society, and it cemented Sembene's status as a wholly new kind of politically engaged, pan-African, auteur film-maker.

Ken Loach's 1969 drama Kes, considered one of the finest examples of British social realism, tells the story of Billy, a working class boy who finds escape and meaning when he takes a fledgling kestrel from its nest.

Leontine Sagan's M dchen in Uniform (1931) is a groundbreaking German film that showcases women's agency and desire behind and in front of the camera.

Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, 1963) tells the story of an aristocratic Sicilian family adjusting to the realities of political and commercial modernity after the unification Italy during the Risorgimento.

Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, 1963) tells the story of an aristocratic Sicilian family adjusting to the realities of political and commercial modernity after the unification Italy during the Risorgimento.

Influencers are more than social media personalities who attract attention for brands, argue Grant Bollmer and Katherine Guinness.

Known as the first film teenager, Deanna Durbin was one of the most popular actresses of the 1930s and 1940s.

In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present.

In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present.

The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture.

The imagined worlds of the cinematic mise-en-sc ne are rich with textiles: fabrics drape over sets, serve as props, and develop mood and character as dress and d cor.

The imagined worlds of the cinematic mise-en-sc ne are rich with textiles: fabrics drape over sets, serve as props, and develop mood and character as dress and d cor.

Die Verbindung von Buddhismus und Psychoanalyse/Psychotherapie stößt in der westlichen Welt im Sinne eines interkulturellen Dialogs auf immer größere Beachtung.

Die Verbindung von Buddhismus und Psychoanalyse/Psychotherapie stößt in der westlichen Welt im Sinne eines interkulturellen Dialogs auf immer größere Beachtung.

'All art is propaganda,' wrote George Orwell, 'but not all propaganda is art.

This book is an engaging and comprehensive exploration that delves into the possibility of artificial intelligence developing self-awareness, the conditions under which it may occur, and the potential behaviours it may exhibit once self-aware.

This Handbook offers new and previously unexplored  comparative approaches to the field of New Cinema History.

History has been fodder for cinema from the silent era to the blockbuster present, a fact that has seldom pleased historians themselves.

History has been fodder for cinema from the silent era to the blockbuster present, a fact that has seldom pleased historians themselves.

In this book, Robert K.

Klaus Kreimeier ist einer der profiliertesten Filmkritiker in Deutschland.

An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology.

This engaging and stimulating book argues that Shakespeare's plays significantly influenced movie genres in the twentieth century, particularly in films concerning love in the classic Hollywood period.

Gaia-Ästhetiken entwerfen Figurationen der Erde und ihrer Lebensformen, welche die Menschen dezentrieren und den Fokus auf die Verbindungen zwischen Lebewesen untereinander und dem Unbelebten richten.

Eine poetische Geschichte der filmischen Avantgarde am Anfang des 20.

The annual Beijing Film Academy Yearbook highlights the best academic debates, discussions and research from the previous year, as previously published in the highly prestigious Journal of Beijing Film Academy.

This Handbook offers new and previously unexplored  comparative approaches to the field of New Cinema History.

This volume of spellbinding essays explores the tense relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, providing new perspectives on their collaboration.

In this eloquent and passionate volume, Bob Ostertag explores the common ground and points of friction among music, creativity, politics, culture, and technology.

This autobiography by an influential silent film star gives an insider's view of the motion picture industry in the early twentieth century.

Gaia-Ästhetiken entwerfen Figurationen der Erde und ihrer Lebensformen, welche die Menschen dezentrieren und den Fokus auf die Verbindungen zwischen Lebewesen untereinander und dem Unbelebten richten.

The films of Atom Egoyan immerse the viewer in a world of lush sensuality, melancholia, and brooding obsession.

Choice Outstanding TitleWar movies have long been the most influential genre in Russian cinema, so much so that in the Soviet Union's militaristic society, cinema front was used to describe the film industry itself.

In this book, Robert K.

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Widely considered to be English Canada's first queer film, Winter Kept Us Warm explores a romance between two young men at the University of Toronto in the early 1960s, a moment when homosexuality was still a crime in Canada.

This book is an engaging and comprehensive exploration that delves into the possibility of artificial intelligence developing self-awareness, the conditions under which it may occur, and the potential behaviours it may exhibit once self-aware.

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 book explores the consequences of unbridled expansion of neoliberal values within India through the lens of popular film and culture.

The new sports frontier that turns fans into would-be execs-and transforms the suits into superstars Front office executives have become high-profile commentators, movie and video game protagonists, and role models for a generation raised in the data-driven, financialized world of contemporary sports.