Films, cinema

Perhaps the single most important voice of cinema in the twentieth century, Andr Bazin profoundly influenced the development of the scholarship that we know now as film criticism.

In the cut-throat world of the film industry, you need every advantage you can get to rise above the competition and make a name for yourself.

In the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian society and culture underwent massive changes.

What makes young people care about themselves, others, their communities, and their futures?

In Uplift Cinema, Allyson Nadia Field recovers the significant yet forgotten legacy of African American filmmaking in the 1910s.

This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons concentrates on his key performances and acting style.

Popular culture in the 1990s often primarily reflected millennial catastrophic anxieties.

Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history.

The question of whether movies can deliver philosophical content is a leading topic in the cognitive and analytic debate on film.

Truth really is stranger than fiction -- just look at the film industry.

How have nuclear issues been covered in documentary since the end of the Cold War?

This book examines the surprisingly large number of films about ethnic minority children in China, considering key questions such as Why are ethnic minority children becoming more intriguing to Chinese filmmakers?

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The Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1905 largely on the basis of his historical novel Quo vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero.

Finding Your Career in the Modern Audio Industry equips the reader with the skills they need to turn an interest in audio, sound, or music technology into a career.

An accessible introduction to the world of The Walking Dead, this book looks across platforms and analytical frameworks to characterize the fictional world of The Walking Dead and how its audiences make use of it.

What was it like to work behind the scenes, away from the spotlight's glare, in Hollywood's so-called Golden Age?

Gender Terrains in African Cinema reflects on a body of canonical African filmmakers who address a trajectory of pertinent social issues.

The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television provides one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic villains in American popular culture.

Most histories of Soviet cinema portray the 1970s as a period of stagnation with the gradual decline of the film industry.

A comprehensive introduction to the forms and various philosophical theories of communication, this volume is composed of three sections focusing on the production of culturally relevant communication, the interpretation of communicative messages, and the effects of communication on both speaker and listener.

Individually and together, The Five Sedgwicks are among the unsung heroes of early filmmaking in Hollywood.

Religious Communication Association's Book of the YearHollywood and Christianity often seem to be at war.

Rethinking the Romance Genre examines why the romance genre has proven such an irresistible form for contemporary writers and filmmakers as they approach global issues.

Cinematic Terror takes a uniquely long view of filmmakers' depiction of terrorism, examining how cinema has been a site of intense conflict between paramilitaries, state authorities and censors for well over a century.

Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers' theatre of the 1920s and 1930s transformed the social function of theatre.

The Long Century's Long Shadow approaches German Romanticism and Weimar cinema as continuous developments, enlisting both in a narrative of reciprocal illumination.

The medieval film genre is not, in general, concerned with constructing a historically accurate past, but much analysis nonetheless centers on highlighting anachronisms.

This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film--including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, Groucho Marx and W.

Patrick McGilligan continues his celebrated interviews with exceptional screenwriters in Backstory 5, focusing on the 1990s.

When we talk of 'seeing' a film, we do not refer to a purely visual experience.

This edited collection focuses on the production cultures of successful small and medium-sized (SME) film and television companies in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK, based on a three-year research project, 'Success in the Film and Television Industries' (SiFTI) funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

This book is the first to explore the rich archive of Shakespeare in Indian cinemas, including less familiar, Indian language cinemas to contribute to the assessment of the expanding repertoire of Shakespeare films worldwide.

The possibility of life after death is a significant theme in cinema, in which ghosts return to the world of the living to wrap up unfinished business, console their survivors, visit lovers or just enjoy a well-wreaked scaring.

Filmmakers need more than heart, talent and desire to realize their dreams: they need production capital.

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light is the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense and the most widely recognized film director of all time.

We'll Always Have the Movies explores how movies made in Hollywood during World War II were vehicles for helping Americans understand the war.

This book offers an examination of the films of Roman Polanski, focusing on the impact that his life as an exile has had upon his work.

Producer's Playbook: Real People on Camera is a no-nonsense guide for producers looking to get the best performances from "e;real people"e; to tell powerful stories on video.

In this thoroughly revised edition of a classic in spirituality, Walter Brueggemann guides the reader into a thoughtful and moving encounter with the Psalms.

This book explores the impact of the body on the mediation of character in adaptations.

During the Weimar Republic, Siegfried Kracauer established himself as a trenchant theorist of film, culture, and modernity, and he is now considered one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century.

Jean Vigo is one of the legendary figures of world cinema, whose films 'L'Atalante' and 'Zero de conduite' still inspire young audiences today.

This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of how the ancient past has shaped screen stardom in Hollywood since the silent era.

American moviegoers have long turned to the Hollywood Western for reassurance in times of crisis.

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