Films, cinema

Some of the most beloved characters in film and television inhabit two-dimensional worlds that spring from the fertile imaginations of talented animators.

Quiet Pictures approaches the films of Joanna Hogg, Lynne Ramsay, Celine Sciamma, and Lucile Hadzhalilovicthrough the lens of silence as a motif and texture.

The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer.

Behind the images and facades of stars whose fame and fascination continue to outlive them lies the naked truth.

This work presents 369 British films produced between 1937 and 1964 that embody many of the same filmic qualities as those "e;black films"e; made in the United States during the classic film noir era.

Fragile yet powerful, macho yet transgressive, Jacques Audiard's films portray disabled, marginalised or otherwise non-normative bodies in constant states of crisis and transformation.

Outrageous, outspoken, and uninhibited, Tallulah Bankhead was an actress known as much for her vices -- cocaine, alcohol, hysterical tirades, and scandalous affairs with both men and women -- as she was for her winning performances on stage.

The story of Star Trek's resurrection between the 1969 cancellation of the original series and the 1979 release of Robert Wise's Star Trek--The Motion Picture, has become legend and like so many other legends, it tends to get printed instead of the facts.

In the New Yorker, Stephen Schiff has described Fred Schepisi (b.

The fall of Saigon in 1975 signaled the end of America's longest war.

Unlike traditional music, film music sources are often difficult to locate and do not follow the patterns that researchers are trained to identify.

Create ready-to-go, fun, and delicious meals inspired by My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and more with this beautiful bento cookbook celebrating the imaginative worlds of Studio Ghibli!

What impact did walking tours and scenic films have on leisure activities?

This book bridges the gap between film theory and filmmakers' thoughts and poetics, and proposes a new way to address and elaborate film theory.

Academy Award-winning director Michael Curtiz (1886-1962)-whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mildred Pierce (1945) and White Christmas (1954)-was in many ways the anti-auteur.

The annotated and expanded screenplay adaptation of the landmark graphic novelBen and Miko s relationship is in trouble.

Parody is the least appreciated of all film comedy genres and receives little serious attention, even among film fans.

Tony Scott got his start as a film director when he joined his brother at the lucrative commercial directing company Ridley Scott Associates.

Science fiction and fantasy are often thought of as stereotypically male genres, yet both have a long and celebrated history of female creators, characters, and fans.

Mike Leigh may well be Britain's greatest living film director; his worldview has permeated our national consciousness.

In recent years, celebrities from George Clooney to Bono to Angelina Jolie have attempted to play an increasingly important role in global politics.

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Since the mid-eighties, more audiences have been watching Hollywood movies at home than at movie theaters, yet little is known about just how viewers experience film outside of the multiplex.

Federico Fellini professed a desire to create “an entire film made of immobile pictures.

Popular American films are replete with story lines which involve the father-son relationship, often as the pivotal conflict or dragon which a hero must overcome to achieve success.

Ever since the premiere for the first Mickey Mouse cartoon in 1928, Disney has played a central role in American popular culture, which has progressively expanded to include a global market.

Following the release of Ridley Scott's Gladiator in 2000 the ancient world epic has experienced a revival in studio and audience interest.

This book describes real-world killer robots using a blend of perspectives.

Genndy Tartakovsky is widely regarded as a pioneer in contemporary Western animation of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Routledge Companion to World Cinema explores and examines a global range of films and filmmakers, their movements and audiences, comparing their cultural, technological and political dynamics, identifying the impulses that constantly reshape the form and function of the cinemas of the world.

As film students and younger fans experience "e;Big Hollywood Sound"e; in Imax presentations and digital theaters, many are also discovering action and adventure movies made well before they were born.

Der US-amerikanische Kultregisseur Quentin Tarantino (*1963) ist, wie sein Biograf Wensley Clarkson bemerkte, der erste Regisseur in der Geschichte Hollywoods, der wie ein Rockstar behandelt wird.

Eastern Europeans in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Imagining New Europe provides a comprehensive study of the way in which contemporary writers, filmmakers, and the media have represented the recent phenomenon of Eastern European migration to the UK and Western Europe following the enlargement of the EU in the 21st century, the social and political changes after the fall of communism, and the Brexit vote.

Syria is now one of the most important countries in the world for the documentary film industry.

The history of Greek cinema post-1945 is best understood through the stories of its most internationally celebrated and influential directors.

Latin American women filmmakers have achieved unprecedented international prominence in recent years.

The sacred Scriptures, stylized in poetryAfter thorough readings through the Bible and study of biblical languages, The Haiku Bible started as an effort to make better sense of the complex and nuanced anthology.

The films of Alfred Hitchcock are appreciated for a variety of reasons, including the many memorable villains who menace the protagonists.

Hollywood's Italian American Filmmakers explores the different ways in which Italian American directors from the 1920s to the present have responded to their ethnicity.

Drawing from author Tim Palmer's 30 years of experience working as a cinematographer for award-winning drama series including Killing Eve, Bad Sisters, and Line of Duty, this book is the go-to guide on how to light just about any scene a cinematographer may face when shooting a TV show.

Recently, scholars in a variety of disciplines-including philosophy, film and media studies, and literary studies-have become interested in the aesthetics, definition, and ontology of the screenplay.

Das orts- und zeitunabhängige Konsumieren von filebasierten Medieninhalten Setzt sich zunehmend durch, leistungsstarke Technologien und schnelle Übertragungswege bringen Bewegtbilder auf alle Geräte.

This no-nonsense reference helps independent filmmakers recognize and solve the critical legal issues they might face throughout the course of making a film.

Martin Scorsese (b.

Get your family talking about adoption with the ultimate collection of films to help the whole family to explore their feelings in a fun and safe way.