Film history, theory or criticism

Most Holocaust scholars and survivors contend that the event was so catastrophic and unprecedented that it defies authentic representation in feature films.

Spanish cinema is emerging as one of the most exciting, fascinating, and special cinemas in the world.

Karl Freund is the most important film pioneer you've never heard of.

Fans and the billion-dollar franchises in which they participate have together become powerful agents within popular culture.

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic.

In 1954, a massive irradiated dinosaur emerged from Tokyo Bay and rained death and destruction on the Japanese capital.

This collection examines the peculiarly modern phenomenon of voyeurism as it is experienced through the digital screen.

Considered one of the finest performers in world cinema, Japanese actor Takashi Shimura (1905-1982) appeared in more than 300 stage, film and television roles during his five-decade career.

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English actor Dirk Bogarde dominated the films in which he starred.

In Bolivia, politics have always shaped art, particularly when it comes to film.

Devoted to his craft--sometimes to the detriment of his reputation--cinematographer John Alton (1901-1996) was sought after by such directors as Vincente Minnelli, Richard Brooks and Anthony Mann but was disdained by others of comparable talent.

Since Hollywood's first motion-picture, stunt players have given blood, sweat, and tears to the business.

Pre-World War II Hollywood musicals weren't only about Astaire and Rogers, Mickey and Judy, Busby Berkeley, Bing Crosby, or Shirley Temple.

From the first, brief moving images of female nudes in the 1880s to the present, the motion picture camera made the female body a battleground in what we now call the culture wars.

Since the first films played in nickelodeons, controversial movies have been cut or banned across the United States.

This updated and expanded edition gives critical analyses of 23 Latin American films from the last 20 years, including the addition of four films from Bolivia.

Hollywood in the 1960s walked a tightrope between boom and bust.

With the queasy U.

Beloved, controversial, influential, the creator of such fascinating and award-winning films as My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant, and Milk, Gus Van Sant stands among the great international directors, equally at home in Hollywood and the avant-garde.

Over the course of several decades, scientific fact has overtaken science fiction as humankind's understanding of the universe has expanded.

Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of Peggy Hopkins Joyce's story, nor quickly forgotten.

One of the powerful icons of 1930s Hollywood film, Jean Harlow died a tragically early death in 1937 at age 26.

One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films.

Two World Wars engulfed Europe, Asia and the United States, leaving indelible scars on the landscape and survivors.

Frank Sinatra is an iconic figure in music, but his film career is often overlooked.

This detailed chronological analysis of British World War II movies from 1939 until the present explores how films projected recognizable stereotypes of British national character and how the times in which a film was made shaped its perspectives.

Dubbed "e;The Dollar Bills,"e; William H.

For decades, filmmakers worldwide have been remaking Hollywood movies in colorful ways.

With no formal training as an actor, Welsh-born Ray Milland (1907-1986), a former trooper in the British Army's Household Cavalry, enjoyed a half-century career working alongside some of the great directors and stars from the Golden Age of cinema.

Conflicts among Hollywood studios and exhibitors have been going on for years.

In sharp contrast to many 1960s science fiction films, with idealized views of space exploration, Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) terrified audiences, depicting a harrowing and doomed deep-space mission.

For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish and its sequels.

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While some film scores crash through theater speakers to claim their place in memory, others are more unassuming.

This book uses a black/white interracial lens to examine the lives and careers of eight prominent American-born actresses from the silent age through the studio era, New Hollywood, and into the present century: Josephine Baker, Nina Mae McKinney, Fredi Washington, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Lonette McKee, Jennifer Beals and Halle Berry.

Prolific American film producer Amedee J.

Both in life and death, Queen Victoria is among the most popular monarchs to be committed to film.

Profiling World War II veterans who became famous Hollywood personalities, this book presents biographical chapters on celebrities like Audie Murphy, "e;America's number one soldier"e;; Clark Gable, the "e;King of Hollywood"e;; Jimmy Stewart, combat pilot; Gene Autry, the "e;singing cowboy,"e; who flew the infamous Hump; the amorous Mickey Rooney; Jackie Coogan, "e;the Kid"e; who crashed gliders in the jungle; James Arness, who acquired his Gunsmoke limp in the mountains of Italy; Tony Bennett, who discovered his voice during the Battle of the Bulge; and Lee Marvin, a Marine NCO who invaded 29 islands.

Since the early days of silent film accompaniment, the piano has played an integral part in the history of cinema.

With her striking looks, the raven-haired, dark eyed Ruth Roman had an air of sophistication that made her seem sexy yet wholesome.

Set in the American Southwest, "e;desert terror"e; films combine elements from horror, film noir and road movies to tell stories of isolation and violence.

Arctic cinemas represent a noteworthy new subfield of film studies, and in the current era of unprecedented global warming, interest in the Arctic region and its cinematic portrayals has never been greater.

Oscar-winning actor, translator of Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, and director of the iconoclastic The Night of the Hunter, Charles Laughton's name alone commanded box office and theatre acclaim.

"e;Clothes make the man"e; (or woman).

Women are now central to many science fiction films--but that has not always been the case.

The apocalypse on the big screen has expanded beyond the familiar end-of-the-world movies.

Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a staple of the Batman universe, evolving into a franchise comprised of comic books, graphic novels, video games, films, television series and more.

The 1930s represented the strongest and most significant decade in Clark Gable's career.

The samurai films of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa are set in the past, but they tell us much about the present, as do his crime stories, romances, military films, medical dramas and art films.