Films, cinema

Saccharine for some, poignant for others, Jacques Demy's 'enchanted' world is familiar to generations of French audiences accustomed to watching Christmas repeats of his fairytale Peau d'ane (1970) or seeing Catherine Deneuve and Francoise Dorleac prance and pirouette in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1966).

In this ';dishysuperbly reported' (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller, Peter Biskind chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers who reinvented Hollywoodmost notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his brother, Bob, made Miramax Films an indie powerhouse.

';Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines.

This book provides a timely analysis of the relationship between jazz and recording and broadcast technologies in the early twentieth century.

L'Atalante is the work of French director Jean Vigo.

Sam Rohdie's insightful and compelling analysis of Luchino Visconti's 1960 epic of modern urban life reveals the film as one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian cinema.

Blackness Is Burning critiques the way the politics of recognition and representation appear in popular culture as attempts to "e;humanize"e; black identity through stories of suffering and triumph or tales of destruction and survival.

Since we first arrived on the planet, we've been telling each other stories, whether of that morning's great saber-tooth tiger hunt or the latest installment of the Star Wars saga.

A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the silent days to the present, this authoritative guide offers an international perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its formative social, cultural and political context A wide-ranging collection of 24 essays exploring film comedy from the silent era to the present International in scope, the collection embraces not just American cinema, including Native American and African American, but also comic films from Europe, the Middle East, and Korea Essays explore sub-genres, performers, and cultural perspectives such as gender, politics, and history in addition to individual works Engages with different strands of comedy including slapstick, romantic, satirical and ironic Features original entries from a diverse group of multidisciplinary international contributors

Though the current political situation in Palestine is more serious than ever, contemporary Palestinian art and film is becoming, paradoxically, increasingly funny.

HOWARD HUGHES'S NEW FILMGOERS' GUIDE TO SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS DELVES DEEP INTO THE LANDMARK MOVIES OF THIS EVERPOPULAR GENRE, FROM METROPOLIS TO AVATAR AND BEYOND, AND COVERS OVER 250 MORE Outer Limits explores science-fiction cinema through 26 great films, from the silent classic Metropolis to today.

Henry James and Alfred Hitchcock knew too much.

The cinema of Theo Angelopoulos is celebrated as challenging the status quo.

Cinema is often perceived as a metropolitan medium – an entertainment product of the big city and for the big city.

Shadows (1959), John Cassavetes' first film as director, ends with the title card - 'The film you have just seen was an improvisation'.

Harry Langdon was a silent screen comedian unlike any other.

Responsible for some of the greatest films of the 20th century-The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man among others-John Ford was best known for motion pictures that defined the American West and the face of wartime military.

Whether we stream them on our laptops, enjoy them in theatres or slide them into DVD players to watch on our TVs, movies are part of what it means to be socially connected in the twenty-first century.

Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory breaks new ground by redirecting the arguments of foundational texts within film theory to film sound tracks.

Electric Edwardians presents a stunning visual record of the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, combined with an illuminating discussion of the films and the social context of their production by Vanessa Toulmin, a leading authority on the collection.

From Grange Hill to Top of the Pops, Reggie Yates has been on camera nearly all of his life, but it s as a documentary filmmaker and a pretty fearless one at that where he has truly been making his mark, investigating everything from gun crime in Chicago, to life as a refugee in Iraq.

Directing and Producing for Television provides essential tools required to direct and produce effectively in a variety of settings.

This is the Star Wars ebook you're looking for.

Shulgi-simti is an important example of a woman involved in sponsoring religious activities though having a family life.

In this edited collection, an international ensemble of scholars examine what contemporary cinema tells us about neoliberal capitalism and cinema, exploring whether filmmakers are able to imagine progressive alternatives under capitalist conditions.

Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of the greatest films of all time - the best-known of Hollywood's Golden Age and a work that has, in popular imagination, defined southern American history for three-quarters of a century.

The word "e;ventriloquism"e; has traditionally referred to the act of throwing one's voice into an object that appears to speak.

This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three best known Mexican born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and Alfonso Cuaron.

The Naples-born director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino has, to date, written and directed nine films, winning an Oscar, a Bafta and a Golden Globe for The Great Beauty in 2013.

Asian cinemas are connected to global networks and participate in producing international film history while at the same time influenced and engaged by spatial, cultural, social and political transformations.

Special Make-Up Effects concentrates on the genre of horror characters and other special creations (fantasy, sci-fi, etc), giving tips about the materials, techniques, and 'tricks of the trade' necessary to create unique make-up effects.

In recent years, the representation of alternative sexuality in the horror film and television has "e;outed"e; itself from the shadows from which it once lurked, via the embrace of an outrageously queer horror aesthetic where homosexuality is often unequivocally referenced.

Film is a communal dream in which our fears and fantasies are revealed.

Spy-Fi Culture with a License to KillFrom Sean Connery to Daniel Craig,James Bond is the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time.

The 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment in the interplay of gender and genre.

Revolution and Rebellion in Mexican Film examines Mexican films of political conflict from the early studio Revolutionary films of the 1930-50s up to the campaigning Zapatista films of the 2000s.

Georges Didi-Huberman is a philosopher of images whose work is overdue for attention from English-language readers.

"e;Get Carter"e; is now widely acknowledged as the finest British gangster film of all time.

The Decline of Sentiment seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age.

Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalised groups, and this book details that process for gay men in Sydney, Australia from the 1950s to the present.

Long-anticipated remake of The Crow to hit theaters Fall, 2024 from director Rupert Sanders starring Bill Skarsgard "e;You won't find a more comprehensive, step-by-step account.

Fifteen philosophers representuing different schools of thought answer the question what is Woody Allen trying to say in his films?

If cinema can be approached as poetry and philosophy, it is because of Jean Epstein.

Develop your creative voice while acquiring the practical skills and confidence to use it with this new and fully updated edition of Mick Hurbis-Cherrier's filmmaking bible, Voice & Vision.

Ecocritique is a practice of radical questioning, as essential to the critical armoury as feminism and postcolonialism have become.

In her latest book, Ross Shepard Kraemer shows how her mind has changed or remained the same since the publication of her ground-breaking study, Her Share of the Blessings: Women's Religions Among Pagans, Jews and Christians in the Greco-Roman World (OUP 1992).

With the birth of film came the birth of a revolutionary visual language.

It has been argued that the mystical Sufi form of Islam is the most sensitive to other cultures, being accommodative to other traditions and generally tolerant to peoples of other faiths.