Films, cinema

The tragic and mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of Elizabeth Short, or the Black Dahlia, and Marilyn Monroe ripped open Hollywood's glitzy faade, exposing the citys ugly underbelly of corruption, crime, and murder.

Twilight of the Idols revisits some of the sensational scandals of early Hollywood to evaluate their importance for our contemporary understanding of human deviance.

Andre Bazin's What Is Cinema?

In the first book devoted to Charles Burnett, a crucial figure in the history of American cinema often regarded as the most influential member of the L.

Almost every day of the year a film festival takes place somewhere in the world--from sub-Saharan Africa to the Land of the Midnight Sun.

From the very beginning of cinema, there have been amateur filmmakers at work.

The first of its sort, I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock 'n' Roll High School provides readers with a detailed production history of this beloved film that draws upon extensive interviews the author has conducted with many of the people who contributed to the movie's creation, including lead actress P.

Winner of theNext Generation Indie Book AwardWinner of the Chinese American Librarian Association Best Book Award China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 ignited a race to capture new global media audiences.

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

In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion.

American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary is a critical history of American filmmakers crucial to the development of ethnographic film and personal documentary.

In this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected and updated over two dozenessaysand pieces of reporting from his long career.

This book presents a unique framework for the inclusion of ecomedia in the English language classroom to help learners cultivate global citizenship.

"e;Film noir"e; evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and-white movies from the 1940s and '50s-melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run.

Among early Hollywood's most renowned filmmakers, Lois Weber was considered one of the era's "e;three great minds"e; alongside D.

Cult Films: Taboo and Transgression looks at nine decades of cult films history within American culture.

Off the Page examines the business and craft of screenwriting in the era of media convergence.

Representations of Joan of Arc have been used in the United States for the past two hundred years, appearing in advertising, cartoons, popular song, art, criticism, and propaganda.

While the pimps and players of blaxploitation movies dominated inner-city theaters, good old boys with muscle under their hoods and moonshine in their trunks roared onto drive-in screens throughout rural America.

What do we mean by the term "e;animation"e; when we are discussing film?

Analyzes The Donna Reed Show, which aired from 1958 to 1966, as a key moment of cultural transition.

Characterized by grandiose song-and-dance numbers featuring ornate geometric patterns and mimicked in many modern films, Busby Berkeley's (1895-1976) unique artistry is as recognizable and striking as ever.

Animators work within a strictly defined, limited space that requires difficult artistic decisions.

In 1953, the same year that Elvis Presley cut his first demo, Cash Box magazine named the Hilltoppers the top vocal group of the year.

In the mid-20th century, Mickey Spillane was the sensation of not just mystery fiction but publishing itself.

Exemplarity and Chosenness is a combined study of the philosophies of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) that explores the question: How may we account for the possibility of philosophy, of universalism in thinking, without denying that all thinking is also idiomatic and particular?

The success of low-budget independent films like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity have clearly demonstrated that successful movies can be made with very small budgets.

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

Harry Langdon was a silent screen comedian unlike any other.

Filled with a wide array of classic knitting patterns, this book is, in essence, the ultimate mitten book.

Paul Bern, known throughout the movie business as "e;Hollywood's Father Confessor,"e; earned a reputation for being a loyal and supportive friend and for becoming one of MGM's most respected and creative directors.

It could be said that the career of Canadian-born film director Allan Dwan (1885-1981) began at the dawn of the American motion picture industry.

In the early 1930s, George Raft, an actor and dancer from New York City's Hell's Kitchen, gained a name for himself playing stylish and charismatic gangsters in films like 1932's original Scarface.

Although film noir is traditionally associated with the mean streets of the Dark City, this volume explores the genre from a new angle, focusing on non-urban settings.

Filmmakers need more than heart, talent and desire to realize their dreams: they need production capital.

The carnival sideshows of the past have left behind a fascinating legacy of mystery and intrigue.

During the 1960s, a bushel of B-movies were produced and aimed at the predominantly teenage drive-in movie audience.

Visions of Glory brings together twenty-two images and twenty-two brisk essays, each essay connecting an image to the events that unfolded during a particular year of the Civil War.

In 1929, Hollywood mogul William Fox (1879-1952) came close to controlling the entire motion picture industry.

Called the most beautiful woman in movie history, Gene Tierney starred in such 1940s classics as Laura, Leave Her to Heaven and The Ghost and Mrs.

Covering a range from supernatural fiction to dark fantasy to graphic horror, these 25 interviewees discuss the creative challenges, expectations and conventions of the horror genre.

The popularity of the His Dark Materials trilogy has generated a major motion picture, a stage play, video games, and a new prequel.

Good food is as much a part of the Kentucky heritage as fine horses and bourbon whiskey.

Belligerent and evasive, Josef von Sternberg chose to ignore his illegitimate birth in Austria, deprived New York childhood, abusive father, and lack of education.

Since the publication of L.

No delicate ingenues, these.

This critical text offers a behind-the-scenes look at fifteen of the most important American war films of the last 60 years.

Evelyn Brent's life and career were going quite well in 1928.

In Cecil B.

Videoland offers a comprehensive view of the "e;tangible phase"e; of consumer video, when Americans largely accessed movies as material commodities at video rental stores.