Among the most innovative and influential filmmakers of the twentieth century, Alain Resnais (1922-2014) did not origina......more
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Longlisted for the 2022 Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, Moving Image Category Despite their considerable presence in Hollywoo......more
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The year 1955 was a watershed one for New York’s film industry: Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront took home eight Oscars, a......more
In this fully updated second edition, award-winning film director and Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Dan Mirvish giv......more
In this fully updated second edition, award-winning film director and Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Dan Mirvish giv......more
Carl Theodor Dreyer was a visionary director whose films were based less on his screenplays than on his preconceptions, ......more
Visit the realms of The Twilight Zone, journey to The Outer Limits and boldly go on a Star Trek! Read how motion picture......more
Transgressive both in its narrative and in its filmmaking, Trouble Every Day (2001) envisions the monster inside, unspea......more
In 2013 an apparently simple, back-to-basics scary movie transformed horror cinema for the rest of the decade. Based on ......more
Jia Zhangke is praised as "the most internationally prominent and celebrated figure of the Six-Generation of Chinese fil......more
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Directing Actors: A Practical Aesthetics Approach is the first book to apply the Practical Aesthetics acting technique t......more
Directing Actors: A Practical Aesthetics Approach is the first book to apply the Practical Aesthetics acting technique t......more
This book is devoted to the critical study of the cinema of John Milius, filling a major gap in the literature by combin......more
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Fragile yet powerful, macho yet transgressive, Jacques Audiard’s films portray disabled, marginalised or otherwise non-n......more
Charles Crichton, director of A Fish Called Wanda and several much-loved Ealing comedies, had one of the most remarkable......more
Seconds (1966) is John Frankenheimer’s criminally overlooked monolith of paranoia, part science fiction, part body horro......more
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This edited collection explores the narrative, genre, nostalgia and fandoms of the phenomenally successful Netflix origi......more
Richard Linklater’s celebrated Before trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) who fi......more
Richard Linklater’s celebrated Before trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) who fi......more
Maverick Slovenian cultural theorist, philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek has made his name elaborating the compl......more
This book familiarizes users with techniques needed to complete an Avid Media Composer First project. Each Lesson and ex......more
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"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." For more than five decades, the Skywalker saga has thrilled generations o......more
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In the last 40 years, actor, director and former effects artist William Butler has easily lived three lifetimes. From hi......more
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) was British-born Alfred Hitchcock’s sixth American film and the one that he at various times id......more
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) was British-born Alfred Hitchcock’s sixth American film and the one that he at various times id......more
Wes Anderson’s Symbolic Storyworldpresents a theoretical investigation of whatmakes the films of Wes Anderson distinctiv......more
Rakhshan Banietemad is one of the first female film directors in Iran. This book, the first English language study of he......more
What relates the early films of Yorgos Lanthimos with Vasilis Kekatos’s 2019 Cannes triumph The Distance Between Us and ......more
The films of John Hughes (1950-2009) have enjoyed popular and critical success alike, from his first scripts in the earl......more
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Blade Runner 2049: The Storyboards is the only book presenting all of the storyboards from the film. In 1982, film audie......more
Collaborating with actors is, for many filmmakers, the last frontier--the scariest part and the part they long for--the ......more
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*Combines perspectives from production studies, media industry studies and studies of television drama with perspectives......more
This book examines Shyam Benegal’s films and alternative image(s) of India in his cinema, and traces the trajectory of c......more
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Silent-era film scholarship has all too often focused on a handful of German directors, including Fritz Lang, F. W. Murn......more
Tim Burton is an internationally celebrated director, critically acclaimed for his fantasy horror films and the macabre ......more
Bringing together a range of international scholars, European Film Remakes discusses for the first time the textual, soc......more
An all-new hardback deluxe magazine, detailing the making of The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker......more
A provocative re-reading of Stanley Kubrick’s work and its focus on masculine desire The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts......more
A provocative re-reading of Stanley Kubrick’s work and its focus on masculine desire The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts......more
From his early horror movies, including Scanners, Videodrome, Rabid, and The Fly--with their exploding heads, mutating s......more
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The Cinema of Sofia Coppola provides the first comprehensive analysis of Coppola’s oeuvre that situates her work broadly......more
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Being There and the Evolution of a Screenplay provides an insightful look at the drafting of one of Hollywood history’s ......more
The Making of the Movie Sheena To some, she was the female Tarzan. To others, she was the sexiest pin-up of their teenag......more
The Making of the Movie Sheena To some, she was the female Tarzan. To others, she was the sexiest pin-up of their teenag......more
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Award-winning cine-maVRicks Eric R. Williams, Carrie Love and Matt Love introduce virtual reality cinema (also known as ......more
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Horror’s longstanding reputation as a popular but culturally denigrated genre has been challenged by a new wave of films......more
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This book covers Mai Masri’s three decades documenting iconic moments of Palestinian and Lebanese linked history. Her fi......more
From his early horror movies, including Scanners, Videodrome, Rabid, and The Fly--with their exploding heads, mutating s......more
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