Film: styles and genres

The national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany were two of the most vital sites of filmmaking in the Eastern Bloc, and over the course of two decades, they contributed to and were shaped by such significant developments as Sovietization, de-Stalinization, and the conservative retrenchment of the late 1950s.

Subjective Realist Cinema looks at the fragmented narratives and multiple realities of a wide range of films that depict subjective experience and employ subjective realist narration, including recent examples such as Mulholland Drive, Memento, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Through in-depth and informative text written by film journalist Ian Nathan, The Coen Brothers Archivere-examines the brothers most famous work including Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Knit adorable pairs of tiny mittens for the new baby in your life with this easy-to-use guide featuring twenty irresistible designs.

This fantastic compilation from one of Search Press's best-selling authors, Sue Stratford, brings you a concoction of cute kitties and a proliferation of perfect pooches!

Knitted hats are never out of fashion, and in this collection of twenty hats to knit, Monica Russel brings you traditional, and modern, designs that you will want to wear all year round!

Knitting continues to be a very popular craft, and this book has a very wide appeal both to beginners and more accomplished knitters.

This book is filled with cute, easy knits with a vintage feel.

Make your own collection of irresistibly cute knitted animals in soft, fleecy yarn.

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

What is film noir?

What is film noir?

The Academy Awards - or "e;the Oscars"e; - have held a unique position in defining and enacting "e;prestige"e; for film industries and their publics.

An eye-opening and essential tour of the vanishing worldWhat if Atlantis wasn t a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding?

The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others.

Discover Vulcan's geography and customs in this illustrated travel guide that "e;takes readers on an extensive tour of the Federation's most logical planet"e; (Entertainment Weekly).

How do the suspense films of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Carol Reed allow us special insight into the popular mentality of their contemporaries--contemporaries who went to war against the forces of Adolf Hitler?

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

The Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance brings together the very latest international research on the performing arts across the continent and the diaspora into one expansive and wide-ranging collection.

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.

Building confidence through a careful, step-by-step approach, this book is an essential companion for students undertaking A Level Film Studies.

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

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.