Film history, theory or criticism

The highest artistic achievement of Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, an innovative production company that emerged in Hollywood at the end of the classic studio system, Sweet Smell of Success (1957) portended the collapse of Breen-Office censorship and was the first US entertainment film to depict McCarthy-style exploitation of the press.

John Ford's Stagecoach, starring John Wayne in the part that made him a star, remains the most famous Western ever made.

John Ford's Stagecoach, starring John Wayne in the part that made him a star, remains the most famous Western ever made.

As blockbusters employ ever greater numbers of dazzling visual effects and digital illusions, this book explores the material roots and stylistic practices of special effects and their makers.

Despite being one of Andrei Tarkovsky's most successful films, Solaris (1972) was the one he most disliked.

On release in the 1930s, Snow White became a milestone in animated film, Disney production and the US box office.

On release in the 1930s, Snow White became a milestone in animated film, Disney production and the US box office.

British films of the 1960s are undervalued.

British films of the 1960s are undervalued.

A visually stunning and heartfelt riposte to the emotional sterility of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Douglas Trumbull's eco-themed Silent Running (1972) became one of the defining science-fiction films of the seventies.

First published in 1969, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema transformed the emerging discipline of film studies.

First published in 1969, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema transformed the emerging discipline of film studies.

Claude Lanzmann's epic 1985 film 'Shoah' tells the story of the Holocaust through interviews with survivors of the extermination camps, bystanders who watched or participated in mass murder, and some of the perpetrators of genocide.

This text looks at the film 'Shane' (1983) directed by George Stevens, then one of Hollywood's most successful film-makers.

This text looks at the film 'Shane' (1983) directed by George Stevens, then one of Hollywood's most successful film-makers.

Shadows (1959), John Cassavetes' first film as director, ends with the title card - 'The film you have just seen was an improvisation'.

Shadows (1959), John Cassavetes' first film as director, ends with the title card - 'The film you have just seen was an improvisation'.

Hugely impressive in its scope, with introductory chapters on social history, the film industry and theories of realism, this indispensable history of these vital years contains unusually fresh discussions of films justly regards as important, alongside those unjustly ignored.

Hugely impressive in its scope, with introductory chapters on social history, the film industry and theories of realism, this indispensable history of these vital years contains unusually fresh discussions of films justly regards as important, alongside those unjustly ignored.

In the film 'Seven Samurai' (1954) a whole society is on the verge of irrevocable change.

In the film 'Seven Samurai' (1954) a whole society is on the verge of irrevocable change.

Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Pride, Envy, Wrath.

Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Pride, Envy, Wrath.

Beneath the extreme, taboo-breaking surface of 'Salo' (a controversial and scandalous film made in 1975), Gary Indiana argues that there's a deeply penetrating account of human behaviour which resonates as an account of fascism and as a picture of the corporate world we live in.

Beneath the extreme, taboo-breaking surface of 'Salo' (a controversial and scandalous film made in 1975), Gary Indiana argues that there's a deeply penetrating account of human behaviour which resonates as an account of fascism and as a picture of the corporate world we live in.

Otto Preminger said the history of the cinema was divided into two eras: one before and one after Rome Open City (Roma Citt Aperta, 1945).

Otto Preminger said the history of the cinema was divided into two eras: one before and one after Rome Open City (Roma Citt Aperta, 1945).

A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors.

A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors.

This volume is a study of the classic western film 'Rio Bravo', which, according to the author, remains 'beyond politics, as an argument as to why we should all want to go on living'.

This volume is a study of the classic western film 'Rio Bravo', which, according to the author, remains 'beyond politics, as an argument as to why we should all want to go on living'.

Red River (1947) is one of Howard Hawks' near-perfect films.

Red River (1947) is one of Howard Hawks' near-perfect films.

Selected by the Library of Congress as one of the most significant American films ever made, Salesman (1966 9) is a landmark in non-fiction cinema, equivalent in its impact and influence to Truman Capote's 'non-fiction novel' In Cold Blood.

Selected by the Library of Congress as one of the most significant American films ever made, Salesman (1966 9) is a landmark in non-fiction cinema, equivalent in its impact and influence to Truman Capote's 'non-fiction novel' In Cold Blood.

While digging an extension to the London Underground Railway, workmen discover an object which might be an ancient Martian spaceship and Professor Quatermass of the British Rocket Group investigates a mystery which prompts frightening revelations about the origins of humanity itself.

Dana Polan sets out to unlock the style and technique of 'Pulp Fiction'.

An attempt to locate cinema alongside philosophy, painting, geography and travel in terms of a history of modernism.

An attempt to locate cinema alongside philosophy, painting, geography and travel in terms of a history of modernism.

Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth (2006), won a total of 76 awards and is one of the most commercially successful Spanish-language films ever made.

Detailing the genesis, production history and different versions of 'Once Upon a Time in America', this study considers the film within the context of Leone's evolution as a grand cinema stylist.

Detailing the genesis, production history and different versions of 'Once Upon a Time in America', this study considers the film within the context of Leone's evolution as a grand cinema stylist.

I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody.

I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody.

Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia (1938) is one of the most controversial films ever made.

Richard Taylor asks to what extent the film can lay claim to 'authentic' history.

Richard Taylor asks to what extent the film can lay claim to 'authentic' history.

Werner Herzog's Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (1979) is one of the masterpieces of the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 70s.

Werner Herzog's Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (1979) is one of the masterpieces of the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 70s.

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