Film history, theory or criticism

This provocative collection elaborates a trans-cultural definition of being a woman in struggle.

This study of Kevin Smith's debut film breaks new ground by exploring how Clerks sits at the intersection of political and cultural trends relevant to alternative youth cultures in the early 1990s.

Men Out of Focus charts conversations and polemics about masculinity in Soviet cinema and popular media during the liberal period - often described as "e;The Thaw"e; - between the death of Stalin in 1953 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Oprah Winfrey has transcended her status as talk show host to become a cultural icon of some considerable stature.

Fertile Visions conceptualises the uterus as a narrative space so that the female reproductive body can be understood beyond the constraints of a gendered analysis.

This book explores the role and centrality of women in the development of collaborative theatre practice, alongside the significance of collective creation and devising in the development of the modern theatre.

The Palgrave Handbook of Holocaust Literature and Culture reflects current approaches to Holocaust literature that open up future thinking on Holocaust representation.

Peter Weir's haunting and allusive Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), set in 1900, tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher on a trip to a local geological formation.

Ridley Scott's dystopian classic Blade Runner, an adaptation of Philip K.

Stanley Kubrick's Dr.

Portuguese cinema has become increasingly prominent on the international film festival circuit, proving the country's size belies its cultural impact.

In the late 1990s, Rosalind Krauss, one of the principal theorists of post-modernism in the arts, began using the term post-medium in her work.

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.

New Hollywood extends from the radical gestures of the 'Hollywood Renaissance' of the late 1960s and early 1970s to the current dominance of the corporate blockbuster.

Abel Gance's film, restored through the efforts of Kevin Brownlow, is discussed here by Nelly Kaplan, who was Gance's assistant and then, later, with such productions as 'The Pirate's Fiancee', a film director in her own right.

Reframing remembrance examines films about the Nazi Occupation of France, charting how this period has been commemorated and how it has affected the articulation of French national identity.

There are certain films and shows that resonate with audiences everywhere they generate discussion and debate about everything from gender, class, citizenship and race, to consumerism and social identity.

From Tattoo to Saw, this book considers mainstream cinema's representation of the viscerally dominated and marked body.

Inspired by an alleged real case of demonic possession in 1949, The Exorcist became an international phenomenon on its release in 1973.

Modern European cinema and love examines nine European directors whose films contain stories about romantic love and marriage.

Who can forget the over-the-top, white-on-white, high-gloss interiors through which Fred Astaire danced in Top Hat?

In a world defined by the flow of people, goods and cultures, many contemporary French films explore the multicultural nature of today's France through language.

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

First published in 2003, Understanding Cinema analyzes the moving imagery of film and television from a psychological perspective.

Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968.

In this New York Times bestseller, legendary actor and star of the acclaimed documentary Val shares the stories behind his most beloved roles, reminisces about his star-studded career and love life, and reveals the truth behind his recent health struggles in a remarkably candid autobiography.

Richard Linklater's filmmaking choices seem to defy basic patterns of authorship.

Pulp Fiction was one of the films that defined American cinema of the 1990s, and remains one of the stand-out movies of its director Quentin Tarantino.

America Reflected offers eclectic film criticism and considerations of distinctive American voices from the ante-bellum era to the present.

This book is about the British film-maker Lindsay Anderson.

“Film is made for philosophy,” asserted Stanley Cavell.

Many of the greatest avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century were Ukrainians or came from Ukraine.

Matthew Solomon's study of Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film's production and reception history, placing it in the context of the turn-of-the-century Alaska Klondike gold rush, and analyses the film's narrative and formal features, particularly its references to music-hall performance styles and tropes.

In Queer African Cinemas, Lindsey B.

An exploration of how educational institutions have been portrayed in horror film, this book examines the way that scary movies have dealt with the issue of school violence, focusing on movies set in high schools, colleges, and summer camps.

This intimate book draws extensively on research in the archives of Francois Truffaut's company, Les Films du Carrosse, and on interviews with many of La Nuit am ricaine cast and crew.

The first scholarly collection devoted to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dissecting the film from diverse perspectives including gender and queer studies, disability studies, cultural studies, genre studies, and film studies.

“Written for both fans of the Coen brothers and the philosophically curious, without the technical language .

To coincide with the recent DVD release of The Spirit of the Beehive, this paperback collection of essays focuses on the work of acclaimed Spanish director, Victor Erice.

With its laser-focus on the verbal and visual infrastructure of narrative, The Metanarrative Hall of Mirrors is the first sustained comparative study of how image patterns are tracked in prose and cinema.

"e;Honorable mention Biomedicine and Neuroscience, 2011 Prose Awards"e; An examination of how the cell should be described in order to effectively process biological data "e;The fruitful pursuit of biological knowledge requires one to take Einstein's admonition [on science without epistemology] as a practical demand for scientific research, to recognize Waddington's characterization of the subject matter of biology, and to embrace Wiener's conception of the form of biological knowledge in response to its subject matter.

From the films of Larry Clark to the feminist comedy of Amy Schumer to the fall of Louis C.

This book discusses British cinema's representation of the Great War during the 1920s.

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