Films, cinema

Set against the backdrop of the black struggle in society, Slow Fade to Black is the definitive history of African-American accomplishment in film--both before and behind the camera--from the earliest movies through World War II.

La ampliacion del otro y la otra en la pantalla hace las veces de prueba de existencia.

Viele Filmkenner halten Citizen Kane von Orson Welles für den besten Film aller Zeiten, praktisch alle wichtigen Filmwissenschaftler haben über ihn gearbeitet.

Federico de Cárdenas ha sido el crítico de cine más prolífico del Perú.

Laberintos narrativos es un estudio en profundidad sobre la creación de mundos posibles en el cine, las características del relato mítico y las claves del espacio cinematográfico.

En los libros de historia, y en nuestros museos, topamos, indefectiblemente, con la fórmula «a.

"En este libro se estudian diversos modos de tráfico entre películas y narrativa literaria, ya sean casos de inspiración «a distancia» o indirecta; de adaptaciones puntuales del libro a la pantalla o en sentido contrario; de convergencias, emulaciones o desencuentros entre la obra de determinados escritores y cineastas, o entre la escritura «guionística» y la literaria.

En este libro, el autor aborda el movimiento, el arte, la magia.

La marginación de las mujeres en el mundo artístico chileno, ha persistido desde siempre.

Este texto nació como tesis doctoral en Arts et média, en la Universidad de París iii, pero desde que me senté a escribir la primera palabra de la tesis pensé que quería transformar esos archivos y cuadernos en un libro, con apuntes, fichas, citas e imágenes.

Volver sobre casi un centenar de películas del cine español de la Transición sirve para comprobar el cambio que experimenta la sociedad en pocos años: desde la represión y los tabúes sexuales, el autoritarismo familiar, la idealización de lo extranjero, el machismo, la sospecha frente a lo moderno, la ausencia de debate social.

The first major biography (since 1983) of the great movie mogul George Lucas, whose marketing techniques have transformed the film business.

A collection of offbeat, funny, and often moving backstories of the many entertainers and athletes covered by award-winning Newsweek journalist Allison Samuels, Off the Record reveals the inner worlds of today's A-list black celebrities.

"e;Simon Usher is one of the most clear headed thinkers about theatre in this country.

Craftsmanship has again become fashionable in high places, just as it did in the last few recessions.

Why are we still drawn to the work of Alfred Hitchcock so long after his final film appeared?

THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER by Margaret Cezair-Thompson is an unforgettable story of love and adventure, spanning three decades of Jamaican history.

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC.

Ben Sanderson is an alcoholic who has hit rock bottom.

All boobs are created equal and are all honoured in this charming gift book.

This invaluable resource by one of the world's leading experts in French cinema presents a coherent overview of French cinema in the 20th century and its place and function in French society.

The Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020 journal is an end-of-year guide for you to say a proper farewell to the old year and make the new year one to remember!

A fascinating look at one of the most experimental, volatile, and influential decades, Film, Fashion, and the 1960s, examines the numerous ways in which film and fashion intersected and affected identity expression during the era.

Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most prolific and popular actresses of the twentieth century.

'Look, I'm hardly pretty, he seems to say.

Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism.

The Ku Klux Klan was reestablished in Atlanta in 1915, barely a week before the Atlanta premiere of The Birth of a Nation, D.

On September 23, 1947, a number of the film industry's leading writers, producers, and directors received subpoenas that summoned them to Washington to testify before the Un-American Activities Committee of the House of Representatives.

a) What recent smash hit movie secretly depicted fear of the female breast?

The original script of the award-winning off-Broadway play—“irresistibly entertaining [and] surprisingly moving” (Paul Rudnick).

Ever since the fall of the Thallonian Empire, Si Cwan has been searching for his younger sister, the only other survivor of the royal family.

Margaret Mitchell was as complex and compelling as her legendary heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, and her story is as dramatic as anything out of her own imaginationindeed, it is the basis for the legend she created.

Beer, cigarettes, and maybe a dirty magazine to pass the time.

This 365-day devotional contains a brief message, an inspirational scripture and a prayer for each day of the year.