Film: styles and genres

Like a lovingly guided midnight tour, this book covers the seductive shadows of the most fascinating horror films and melodramas from the 1930s and 1940s.

The "e;Gothic"e; style was a key trend in Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s because of its peculiar, often strikingly original approach to the horror genre.

Star Trek has transcended science fiction through its use of elements that have crucial roles in classical utopian tradition.

Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic approach to the genre.

';Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines.

Vampires are arguably the most popular and most paradoxical of gothic monsters: life draining yet passionate, feared yet fascinating, dead yet immortal.

The comic archetype of the Little Man--a "e;nobody"e; who stands up to unfairness--is central to the films of Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin.

The horror genre mirrors the American queer experience, both positively and negatively, overtly and subtextually, from the lumbering, flower-picking monster of Frankenstein (1931) to the fearless intersectional protagonist of the Fear Street Trilogy (2021).

Madchester may have been born at the Hacienda in the summer of 1988, but the city had been in creative ferment for almost a decade prior to the rise of acid house.

This is the first book to focus on James Bond's relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond.

This book is a cultural history of the interplay between the Western genre and American gun rights and legal paradigms.

This book is a cultural history of the interplay between the Western genre and American gun rights and legal paradigms.

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads.

This is the first book to focus on James Bond's relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond.

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads.

This book provides an in-depth, holistic examination of evaluative aesthetics and criticism as they apply to film.

It is a well-known fact, perhaps legend now, that Peyton Place, the controversial, scandalous blockbuster was filmed in Camden, Maine and the surrounding towns in 1957.

"e;Bogosian is greatly and bilaterally talented.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, no Canadian band rocked harder, louder or to more hardcore fans than Teenage Head.

Discover how to knit 20 cuddly new friends with these fun projects.

What do your Eggs Benedict say about your notions of class?

Updated and expanded for a new edition, this is the perfect starter text for students of film studies.

From 1976 to the present day, there have been over 45 films adapted from the spine-tingling works of Stephen King.

The Britpop movement of the mid-1990s defined a generation, and the films were just as exciting as the music.

More than just a grow book, the Marijuana Outdoor Grower's Guide provides no-nonsense easy-to-follow instructions on how to grow marijuana the natural way, avoiding the use of dangerous chemicals.

Written for people who want to eat their high without sacrificing good taste, Baked contains 60 easy-to-follow marijuana recipes that will enable even the most timid cooks to create delectable desserts of all kinds.

Written for first-time growers, Marijuana 101 will help those who don't have endless supplies of time and money, but are still looking to find success with a small personal crop.

This guide is the culmination of 20 years of experience in marijuana cultivation and collaboration with growers from all over Europe.

A collection of tasty and healthy home-remedies using marijuana as an ingredient.

Written for the absolute beginner, Marijuana Made Simple is a no-nonsense guide to growing your own pot.

Dont trash that stash!

This book rethinks the study of European Cinema in a way that centres on students and their needs, in a comprehensive volume introducing undergraduates to the main discourses, directions and genres of twenty-first-century European film.

This book explores the use of discourse markers - lexical items where drawing a distinction between propositional and non-propositional, syntactically-semantically integrated and discourse-pragmatic uses is especially relevant.

This book offers the first full length study on the pervasive archetype of The Gothic Forest in Western culture.

This volume presents the first collection of essays dedicated to the science fiction of microbiologist Joan Slonczewski.

This volume examines contemporary reformulations of the 'Final Girl' in film, TV, literature and comic, expanding the discussion of the trope beyond the slasher subgenre.

This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty.

Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes examines how sexiness, sexuality and revisited sexual politics are used to modernize film and TV remakes.

This book explores the transmedial nature of the storyworlds created by and/or affiliated with television auteur, writer, and filmmaker, Joss Whedon.

This book investigates how persuasion relates to values in self-improvement literature, revealing the discursive practices used to persuade and engage their readers, and construct a credible persona.

This book interrogates the various manifestations of rival systems of justice in the plays and films of Martin McDonagh, in analysis informed by the critical writings of Michael J.

This book tests critical reassessments of US radical writing of the 1930s against recent developments in theories of modernism and the avant-garde.

This book engages non-digital role-playing games-such as table-top RPGs and live-action role-plays-in and from Japan, to sketch their possibilities and fluidities in a global context.

This book argues that adaptation is an underrecognized yet constitutive element of Nordic noir.

Built around close readings of 11 noir films, this book seeks to refresh our understanding of "e;film noir"e; by returning to the films themselves.

Food Discourse explores a fascinating, yet virtually unexplored research area: the language of food used on television cooking shows.

In Politics in Gotham, scholars from a variety of fields-political science, philosophy, law, and others-provide answers to the question: "e;What does Batman have to do with politics?

Contextualizing the duo's work within British comedy, Shakespeare criticism, the history of sexuality, and their own historical moment, this book offers the first sustained analysis of the 20th Century's most successful double-act.

This book is one of the first to apply the theoretical tools proposed by French philosopher Bruno Latour to film studies.

This edited collection offers an interdisciplinary study of Twin Peaks: The Return, the third season of a TV program that has attracted the attention (and appreciation) of spectators, fans, and critics for over two decades.