Individual film directors, film-makers

A complex and at times controversial film-maker whose career spanned the second half of the twentieth century, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) remains central to the Italian cultural imagery and the object of ongoing debates and critical scrutiny at home and abroad.

In 1915, American filmmaker D.

This edited collection considers The Nightmare Before Christmas as a milestone in animation and film history, considering the different layers of meaning and history of the film from pre-production to the present day.

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

Frühling 1939: Der 18-jährige Anton Herbst lebt seit fünf Jahren mit seinem älteren Bruder Karl in London im Exil.

In this follow-up to the bestselling The Anime Chef Cookbook, immerse yourself in anime worlds and Japan's cafe culture through 50 favorite anime foods that are easy to make, fun, and delicious.

The films of Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) are at once ambiguous and singular, challenging easy categorisation in national, generic, and formal terms.

Billy Wilder's classic screwball comedy Some Like it Hot (1959), starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe, tells the story of two struggling Jazz musicians who accidentally witness a mob massacre in Chicago who then, disguised as women, join a female band to escape the gangsters' pursuit.

Though long ignored or dismissed by film critics and scholars, Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) was among the most influential auteurs of his era.

This is the first volume to focus on the diverse permutations of international surrealist cinema after the canonical interwar period.

'Sarah Sprinz creates a world that I enjoyed getting lost in.

An intimate and mischievous story collection, bursting with desire and playful humour, from legendary film director Pedro Almod var'A major literary talent KAVEH AKBAR, author of Martyr!

Gangster movie, Western, film noir, rom com, screwball, musical, even the Biblical epic.

A minute-by-minute analysis of Spike Lee's infamous film, BlacKkKlansman.

How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones?

This edited collection considers The Nightmare Before Christmas as a milestone in animation and film history, considering the different layers of meaning and history of the film from pre-production to the present day.

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

The films of Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) are at once ambiguous and singular, challenging easy categorisation in national, generic, and formal terms.

Throughout films and television series like The Piano, Bright Star, In the Cut and Top of the Lake, Jane Campion has constantly explored gender, subjectivity and narrative representation.

This book examines the television serials created by influential showrunner David Simon.

Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel, Alain Guiraudie, Sebastien Lifshitz and Celine Sciamma.

Las representaciones pictóricas, fotográficas y cinematográficas surgen de aquello que, en determinada época, es posible ver, nombrar y pensar.

Die goldene Ära des deutschen Stummfilms brachte einige der faszinierendsten Werke der Filmgeschichte hervor – von expressionistischen Meisterwerken wie Das Cabinet des Dr.