An updated edition - with completely new chapters - of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
Although he never left his native Krakow except for relatively short periods, Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869-1907) achieved worldwide fame, both as a painter, and Poland's greatest dramatist of the first half of the twentieth century.
Containing more than 2,200 entries from the most current Star Wars film and TV series, discover the vital facts about iconic characters, creatures, locations, vehicles, and technology from a galaxy far, far away .
From one of the most admired critics of our time, brilliant insights into the act of watching movies and an enlightening discussion about how to derive more from any film experience.
Action, African greats, alcohol, Robert Aldrich, aliens, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Robert Altman, animated, anime, apocalypses, Argentina, art, Asia minor, avant garde.
Of all the myriad stars and celebrities Hollywood has produced, only a handful have achieved the fame - and, some would say, infamy - of Orson Welles, the creator and star of what is arguably the greatest film ever, Citizen Kane.
Lionel Friedberg's career has exposed him to the extraordinary wonders of our planet and many unforgettable personalities from maverick scientists to politicians, entertainers and people who survived near-death experiences.
Las relaciones que se tejen entre el cine y el patrimonio cultural en esta ciudad son constitutivas de las prácticas de memoria; pero también de la cotidianidad, de la creación y de la historia: las imágenes en movimiento y sus narrativas, al ser puestas en contexto en un territorio específico como Bogotá, reactivan procesos de identificación, reconocimiento y apropiación.
A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year 2017 One day in November 1994, Lawrence Levy received a phone call out of the blue from Steve Jobs, whom he'd never met, offering him a job running Pixar, a little-known company that had already lost Jobs $50 million.
"Tradicionalmente descrito como italiano, comunista, homosexual, católico y poeta, Pier Paolo Pasolini, a los cuarenta años, decide dedicarse casi en exclusiva al cine, convencido de que solo así podría habitar esa realidad que decía amar con desesperación.
The 007 official cocktail book - created in association with the Ian Fleming EstateExplore Bond creator Ian Fleming's writings on the pleasures of drinking and sample 50 delicious cocktail recipes inspired by his work - developed by award-winning bar Swift.
Nadezhda Ptushkina's plays reflect her keen interest in constructing multidimensional characters that reflect the myriad ways people are affected by today's turbulent world.
Novelist, comics writer, scriptwriter, poet, occasional artist - a master of several genres and inadvertent leader of many cults - there are few creative avenues Neil Gaiman hasn't ventured down.
"e;The course of true love never did run smooth' William Shakespeare Joss Whedon's film adaptation of Shakespeare's classic comedy of friendship, hatred, power, deception and ultimately love has been acclaimed as "e;a masterpiece"e;, and features an all-star cast familiar from Whedon's previous TV series and films, including Amy Acker (Angel/Dollhouse), Alexis Denisof (Buffy/Angel), Clark Gregg (The Avengers) and Nathan Fillion (Firefly).
This book is about the perception of Japan in the sixty films set there by gaijin (foreigners) —outsiders who almost always do not speak or read Japanese.
