Films, cinema

Since the first films played in nickelodeons, controversial movies have been cut or banned across the United States.

Do you want to pick up a light saber whenever you hear John Williams' Star Wars theme?

Universal Studios created the first cinematic universe of monsters--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and others became household names during the 1930s and 1940s.

This updated and expanded edition gives critical analyses of 23 Latin American films from the last 20 years, including the addition of four films from Bolivia.

As baby boomers gray, cinematic depictions of aging and the aged are on the rise.

The three decades following WWII are considered the golden age of the British thriller film.

Hollywood in the 1960s walked a tightrope between boom and bust.

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Action figures are more than toys or collectibles--they are statements on race, gender, class, body positivity and more.

Originally a successful painter from Romania, Jean Negulesco worked in Hollywood first as an art director, then as a second unit director.

Throughout cinematic history, the buildings characters inhabit--whether stately rural mansions or inner-city apartment blocks--have taken on extra dimensions, often featuring as well developed characters themselves.

Melodrama is the foundation of American cinema.

Beloved, controversial, influential, the creator of such fascinating and award-winning films as My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant, and Milk, Gus Van Sant stands among the great international directors, equally at home in Hollywood and the avant-garde.

At a time when debates about social inequality are in the spotlight, it is worth examining how the two most popular media of the 20th and 21st centuries--film and television--have shaped the representation of social classes.

The offbeat musicals Fame 1980), Pink Floyd--The Wall (1982), The Commitments 1991) and Evita (1996).

When the members of the first baseball players' union formed their own league in open revolt against the reserve clause and other restrictive practices of the National League, baseball journalism became less of a "e;curiosity shop"e; phenomenon and moved into the mainstream.

Formed by a small group of university students in the early 1980s, Studio Gainax is now one of the most adventurous and widely esteemed anime companies on the scene.

Classic horror films such as Dracula, Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray are based on famous novels.

Throughout his directorial career, Clint Eastwood's movies have presented sympathetic narratives of characters enduring personal trauma as they turn to violence to survive calamity or sustain social order--a choice that leaves them marginalized rather than redeemed.

In 2016, Star Trek--arguably the most popular science fiction franchise of all time--turned 50.

"e;Women stars in Hollywood were invariably in two categories,"e; said director Otto Preminger.

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.

From Rosemary's Baby (1968) to The Witch (2015), horror films use religious entities to both inspire and combat fear and to call into question or affirm the moral order.

The horror genre is continually being reinvented as societal fears evolve.

One of the central events of modern history, World War I has been poorly presented in English language films.

This book examines 13 movies that deal with the protagonist and his projected "e;other.

The millennials, who constitute the largest generation in America's history, may resist a simple definition; nevertheless, they do share a number of common traits and also an ever increasing presence on film and television.

In 1915, British moviegoers voted Fred Evans second only to Charles Chaplin as their favorite film comedian.

As properties of DC comics continue to sprout over the years, narratives that were once kept sacrosanct now spill over into one another, synergizing into one bona fide creative Universe.

The Saw films, often derided by critics as "e;torture porn"e; and an excuse to show blood and gore, are the highest-grossing horror series in cinema history.

There are 49 Muslim-majority countries in the world and Islam is the world's second largest religion.

Dark-haired 60s cult pop icon Pamela Tiffin debuted in Summer and Smoke (1961) and was a scene-stealing comedienne opposite James Cagney in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961) before becoming the queen of teenage drive-in movies in State Fair (1963), Come Fly with Me (1963), For Those Who Think Young (1964), The Lively Set (1964) and The Pleasure Seekers (1964).

This book explores anime auteur Hayao Miyazaki's films through the lens of the monomyth of the Heroic Quest Cycle.

From Sean Connery to Roy Rogers, from comedy to political satire, films that include espionage as a plot device run the gamut of actors and styles.

Spanning over a century of cinema and comprised of 127 films, this book analyzes the cinematic incarnations of the "e;uncanniest place on earth"e;--wax museums.

Over the course of several decades, scientific fact has overtaken science fiction as humankind's understanding of the universe has expanded.

This exploration of the ways in which pregnancy affects narrative begins with two canonical American texts, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1848) and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861).

From the Star Wars expanded universe to Westworld, the science fiction western has captivated audiences for more than fifty years.

This new biography contains excerpts from interviews and articles by and about Curtis all the way from his teens in the Bronx to his death at 85 in 2010.

Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K.

Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of Peggy Hopkins Joyce's story, nor quickly forgotten.

One of the most controversial films of its time, The Wild Bunch is the epitome of the no-holds-barred filmmaking of the 1960s and 1970s.

Hollywood, the 1970s.

Stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television.

One of the powerful icons of 1930s Hollywood film, Jean Harlow died a tragically early death in 1937 at age 26.

Mars has long served as a blank canvas for illustrating society's aspirations and anxieties--a science fiction setting for exploring our "e;future history.

This is a book about the comics genre and language, how these were used to create Batman, and how that character's longevity is largely due to the medium's unique formal qualities.

In this candid memoir, actor and director Lou Antonio recounts his five decades in television, film and theater, from live television to Broadway to Emmy-nominated Movies of the Week.

One of the most versatile actors of his generation, Edmond O'Brien made a series of iconic noir films.