Film: styles and genres

Discover how the sports and competitions that bring danger and excitement to the Wizarding World were brought to life onscreen.

Cinemasaurus examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy, emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse.

Cinemasaurus examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy, emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse.

"e;Nobody does 007 encyclopedias better than Bond historian Steven Jay Rubin.

For the fiftieth anniversary of the film, W.

It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be taught.

It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be taught.

In 1896, Maxim Gorky declared cinema "e;the Kingdom of Shadows.

In 1896, Maxim Gorky declared cinema "e;the Kingdom of Shadows.

As both an extra-terrestrial and a terrestrial migrant, the alien provides a critical framework to help us understand the interactions between cultures and to explore the transgressive force of travel over geographical, cultural or linguistic borders.

As both an extra-terrestrial and a terrestrial migrant, the alien provides a critical framework to help us understand the interactions between cultures and to explore the transgressive force of travel over geographical, cultural or linguistic borders.

Hyperreality is an Alice-in-Wonderland dimension where copies have no originals, simulation is more real than reality, and living dreams undermine the barriers between imagination and objective experience.

Hyperreality is an Alice-in-Wonderland dimension where copies have no originals, simulation is more real than reality, and living dreams undermine the barriers between imagination and objective experience.

Even though horror has been a key component of media output for almost a century, the genre's industrial character remains under explored and poorly understood.

Biopics on artists influence the popular perception of artists' lives and work.

Biopics on artists influence the popular perception of artists' lives and work.

Even though horror has been a key component of media output for almost a century, the genre's industrial character remains under explored and poorly understood.

This two-volume reader is intended to accompany undergraduate courses in the history of Russian cinema and Russian culture through film.

This two-volume reader is intended to accompany undergraduate courses in the history of Russian cinema and Russian culture through film.

While other books give you tips on how to "e;write funny,"e; this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts.

Writing the Science Fiction Film describes the kinds of stories that work best as science fiction, explores the parameters of the science fiction genre, and shows what science fiction can offer to writers that other genres cannot.

Semiotics and Documentary Film: The Living Sign in the Cinema engages with very vital problems posed by Peirce's philosophy in an innovative and inter-disciplinary fashion by examining how documentary film practice can engage with the question of emergent human agency within a wider biosphere shared by human animals and non-human animals alike.

Wie kann man im Medium Film Geschichten erzählen?

In the 30 years since its original release in 1986, Jim Henson''s timeless fantasy film Labyrinth has captured the minds and imaginations of authors, artists, filmmakers, and fans across the world.

This book traces a trend that has emerged in recent years within the modern panorama of American horror film and television, the concurrent-and often overwhelming-use of multiple stock characters, themes and tropes taken from classics of the genre.

Feminist Posthumanism in Contemporary Science Fiction Film and Media: From Annihilation to High Life and Beyond places posthumanism and feminist theory into dialogue with contemporary science fiction film and media.

An up-to-date and indispensable guide for film history buffs of all kind, this book surveys more than 500 major films based on true stories and historical subject matter.

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.

New York Times-Bestselling Authors: Diehard fans share opinions and debate questions about the beloved series from the funny to the philosophical.

The most current and insightful look at the politics and culture of the Bond world as the last Daniel Craig movie hits theaters.

A Queer Film Classic on the 2005 film debut by French-Canadian director Jean-Marc Valle (best known for Dallas Buyers Club and Wild), about a young gay man who struggles to find his sense of self amidst a "e;crazy"e; family of four brothers and a homophobic father who seeks to cure him.

A Queer Film Classic on the 1992 feature documentary on lesbian experience from the 1940s to the 1960s as seen through the lens of lesbian pulp fiction.

A Queer Film Classic on Canadian director Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, her quirky and hopeful first feature film which made its premiere at Cannes and won its Prix de la jeunesse.

A Queer Film Classic on two groundbreaking gay arthouse porn films from 1972, both examples of the growing liberalization of social attitudes toward sex and homosexuality in post-Stonewall America.

Dracula and Frankenstein.

The most current and insightful look at the politics and culture of the Bond world as the last Daniel Craig movie hits theaters.

This is the record of the pilgrimage of one great artist, reflected in the experience of one small audience.

Three men go on a risky journey through a forbidden Zone in search of fulfillment.

A fascinating journey through society's changing preoccupations as reflected in horror films-plus profiles of the genre's top actors and directors.

A fascinating journey through society's changing preoccupations as reflected in horror films-plus profiles of the genre's top actors and directors.

European Film Noir is the first book to bring together specialist discussions of film noir in specific European national cinemas.