Film history, theory or criticism

The Rwandan genocide was one of the most shameful events of the 20th century.

Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the great dramas in TV history.

"e;Classical works have for us become covered with the glassy armor of familiarity,"e; wrote Victor Shklovsky in 1914.

The literature on snakes is manifold but overwhelmingly centered on the natural sciences.

American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence.

Strippers, zombies, fugitives and jewel thieves.

The beginning of the 21st century was a time of unprecedented events in American society: Y2K, 9/11 and the wars that followed, partisan changes in government and the rapid advancements of the Internet and mass consumerism.

The witch as a cultural archetype has existed in some form since the beginning of recorded history.

This is the first English-language book on controversial female director Catherine Breillat, whose films include Romance, A ma soeur!

This is a highly anticipated examination of the popular film and fiction consumed by Britons in the 1920s and 1930s.

This book brings together for the first time five French directors who have established themselves as among the most exciting and significant working today: Bruno Dumont, Robert Guediguian, Laurent Cantet, Abdellatif Kechiche, and Claire Denis.

Barry Hines's novel A Kestrel for a Knave, adapted for the screen as Kes, is one of the best-known and well-loved novels of the post-war period, while his screenplay for the television drama Threads is central to a Cold War-era vision of nuclear attack.

From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars - like Bono and Bob Geldof - who claim to represent them.

In this, the first full-length treatment of the child in Spanish cinema, Sarah Wright explores the ways that the cinematic child comes to represent 'prosthetic memory'.

During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak.

The Gothic and death offers the first ever published study devoted to the subject of the Gothic and death across the centuries.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe--comprised of films, broadcast television and streaming series and digital shorts--has generated considerable fan engagement with its emphasis on socially relevant characters and plots.

Spike Lee's challenging film Bamboozled (2000) is often read as a surface level satire of blackface minstrelsy.

British films of the 1970s offers highly detailed and insightful critical analysis of a range of individual films of the period.

From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars - like Bono and Bob Geldof - who claim to represent them.

Chic, sophisticated, seductive and enigmatic, the Parisienne possesses a je ne sais quoi that makes her difficult to define.

This is the first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918.

Despite its cozy image, the bungalow in literature and film is haunted by violence even while fostering possibilities for personal transformation, utopian social vision and even comedy.

Decades before the emergence of a French self-styled 'hood' film around 1995, French filmmakers looked beyond the gates of the capital for inspiration and content.

Among Golden Age Hollywood film stars of European heritage known for playing characters from the East--Chinese, Southeast Asians, Indians and Middle Easterners--Anglo-Indian actor Boris Karloff had deep roots there.

This is a book for all those who have been absorbed and moved by Brief Encounter in the seventy or so years since its first appearance.

This book critically examines images in the borderlands of the art world, investigating relations between visual art and vernacular visual culture within different images communities from the 1870s to the present day.

From a decidedly inauspicious start as a low-rated television series in the 1960s that was cancelled after three seasons, Star Trek has grown to a multi-billion dollar industry of spin-off series, feature films and merchandise.

From his debut in a six-page comic in 1939 to his most recent portrayal by Christian Bale in the blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises, Batman is perhaps the world's most popular superhero.

During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak.

Popular cinema has mostly been discussed from a 'cult' perspective that celebrates uncritically its 'transgressive' qualities.

The life of mise-en-scene offers a critical history of key debates about visual style in British film journals in the post-war period.

The concept of a public sphere has traditionally been associated with urban spaces.

Barry Hines's novel A Kestrel for a Knave, adapted for the screen as Kes, is one of the best-known and well-loved novels of the post-war period, while his screenplay for the television drama Threads is central to a Cold War-era vision of nuclear attack.

Bringing to light the long-shrouded symbolism and startling spiritual depth that renowned director Stanley Kubrick packed into every detail of his iconic films, this book excavates the subtle ways Kubrick calls attention to universal truths and shocking realities still pervading our society.

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The main question addressed in this book: why has the Hollywood sound serial received so little scholarly attention?

An accessible, comprehensive overview of contemporary Irish cinema, this book is intended for use as a third-level textbook and is designed to appeal to academics in the areas of film studies and Irish studies.

The remarkable commercial success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ in 2004 came as a surprise to the Hollywood establishment, particularly considering the film's failure to find production funding through a major studio.

The cinema of Lucrecia Martel provides a comprehensive analysis of the work of the acclaimed Argentine director, whose elusive and elliptical feature films have garnered worldwide recognition since her 2001 debut La cienaga.

This book is about how kids become engaged with brands, and how their relationship with them changes over time as they mature as consumers.

How do you make a successful documentary in an era of media turmoil, network disruption and increasing financial restrictions?

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Widespread law enforcement or formal policing outside of cities appeared in the early 20th century around the same time the early film industry was developing--the two evolved in tandem, intersecting in meaningful ways.

Cinema is a sensuous object, but in our presence it becomes also a sensing, sensual, sense-making subject.

This history of literary Arabic describes the evolution of Arabic poetry and prose in the context of music, ritual performance, the arts and architecture.

In the two decades after World War II, a vibrant cultural infrastructure of cineclubs, archives, festivals, and film schools took shape in Latin America through the labor of film enthusiasts who often worked in concert with French and France-based organizations.

By formulating a notion of 'filmic reality', The reality of film offers new ways of understanding our relationship with cinema.

Employing a wide range of examples from Uncle Tom's Cabin and Birth of a Nation to Zelig and Personal Best, Janet Staiger argues that a historical examination of spectators' responses to films can make a valuable contribution to the history, criticism, and philosophy of cultural products.