What tensions characterized the relationships between cinema, European Leftists, and emerging postcolonial ideologies af......more
Theatricality and the Arts presents a series of investigations of the notion of ’theatricality’. Primarily, theatricalit......more
End-of-life documentaries have proliferated in the 21st century as various organisations, institutions, journalists, ind......more
Beyond Realism: Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice is the first major critical study of international naturalist cin......more
AI in the Movies analyses film representations of artificial intelligence, from their first emergence in the 1950s up to......more
This collection of essays considers the significance of graveyards in Gothic literature, film, television and video game......more
The ’action heroine’ has never been more popular than she is today, with the likes of The Hunger Games (2012), Mad Max: ......more
This edited collection assembles international perspectives from artists, academics, and curators in the field to bring ......more
This edited collection assembles international perspectives from artists, academics, and curators in the field to bring ......more
Gathered for the first time: one of America’s great humorists revisits the books and movies from his youth--often with s......more
This comprehensive, accessible introduction to one of Britain’s leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers outlines......more
This comprehensive, accessible introduction to one of Britain’s leading contemporary playwrights and filmmakers outlines......more
From Carrie and Rosemary’s Baby to Us, Hereditary, and Run, the image of the mentally ill mom as villain looms large in ......more
Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages. Though Studies in Medievalism has hosted many......more
Influencers are more than social media personalities who attract attention for brands, argue Grant Bollmer and Katherine......more
Influencers are more than social media personalities who attract attention for brands, argue Grant Bollmer and Katherine......more
Best known for Aelita (1924), the classic science-fiction film of the Soviet silent era, Yakov Protazanov directed over ......more
Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history......more
In this rich cultural history, Pamela Roberston Wojcik examines America’s ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homele......more
In this rich cultural history, Pamela Roberston Wojcik examines America’s ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homele......more
Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, 1963) tells the story of an aristocratic Sicilian family adjusting to the......more
Hollywood Online provides a historical account of motion picture websites from 1993 to 2008 and their marketing function......more
The extraordinary story of the making of Cleopatra, the film that changed the face of Hollywood Cleopatra has its place ......more
Over the last eighty years, Marlon Brando has become such an object of fascination, buried under so many accreted layers......more
James Bond the the 60s Spy Craze will explore James Bond films and the number of movies and television shows of the 1960......more
Offers a fresh approach to the problem of the human figure in an age of digital cinema....more
phantom limb /ˈfan(t)əm’lim/ n. an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated. Wasn’t the......more
phantom limb /ˈfan(t)əm’lim/ n. an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated. Wasn’t the......more
At their peak, architectural marvels such as the Sagrada Família, the Tower of London, the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, ......more
Widely considered to be English Canada’s first queer film, Winter Kept Us Warm explores a romance between two young men ......more
What distinguishes humanity from artificial beings? What do constructed creatures tell us about ourselves? From sex doll......more
What distinguishes humanity from artificial beings? What do constructed creatures tell us about ourselves? From sex doll......more
Many films and novels defy our ability to make sense of the plot. While puzzling storytelling, strange incongruities, in......more
Propaganda played an essential role in influencing the attitudes and policies of German National Socialism on racial pur......more
Examines how philosophical concepts like free will, personal identity, and goodness are given an artistic life in films ......more
From the exaggerated emotions of 1930s Egyptian melodrama to the cryptic allegories of late 20th-century Palestinian cin......more
An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technolog......more
This book challenges the association of abortion with the radical and pregnancy with the conventional by exploring the r......more
An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technolog......more
A timely examination of the often-overlooked agency, trauma, and fluidity of pregnancy and motherhood in horror...more
A timely examination of the often-overlooked agency, trauma, and fluidity of pregnancy and motherhood in horror...more
In what ways can or should art engage with its social context? Authors, readers, and critics have been preoccupied with ......more
In what ways can or should art engage with its social context? Authors, readers, and critics have been preoccupied with ......more
"This book is the most comprehensive account to date of the intellectual and artistic development of one of Hollywood’s ......more
JEAN-LUC GODARD: THE PASSION OF CINEMA VOLUME 1: TO 1968 By Jeremy Mark Robinson There’s no one else quite like Jean-Luc......more
"Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped shape......more
We are imprisoned in circadian rhythms, as well as in our life reviews that follow chronological and causal links. For t......more
Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema explores how contemporary films (2000-2020) participate in the evolution and circul......more
This book engages with the idea of the Global South through cinema as a concept of resistance; as a space of decoloniali......more
This book engages with the idea of the Global South through cinema as a concept of resistance; as a space of decoloniali......more
A special Centennial Edition celebrating 100 years of Hollywood and indigenous filmmaking in the state of Utah. "Mr. D’A......more
Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate--or so a slew o......more
Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate--or so a slew o......more
Explores the significance of postwar German representations of violence in other places and times. Germany’s twentieth-c......more
This book explicates how many films intersect black suffering and God-talk in ways that instantiate secular limitations ......more
This book explores fictional representations and narrative functions of animal characters in animated and live-action fi......more
Lawrence of Arabia, The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Gypsy, Sweet Bird of Youth, The......more
Making History Move: Five Principles of the Historical Film builds upon decades of scholarship investigating history in ......more
George A. Romero never intended to become a master of horror, but Night of the Living Dead made him a legend of the genr......more
From the toppling of the Qing Empire in 1911 to the Chinese Communist Party coming to power in 1949 to the various campa......more
Posits a new, aesthetically and politically radical, transnational German cinema-"transnational" also in the sense of co......more
From the toppling of the Qing Empire in 1911 to the Chinese Communist Party coming to power in 1949 to the various campa......more
Since the early days of motion picture production, film scores have helped define our emotional and aesthetic perception......more
Like other filmmakers in post-WWII Hollywood, John Ford (already a three-time Best Directing Oscar winner), longed for t......more
This multinational, multidisciplinary collection of essays focuses on Hallmark Channel movies and Hallmark’s position in......more
First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi’s Directed by Yasujirō Ozu has become one of the most influential books on ci......more
First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi’s Directed by Yasujirō Ozu has become one of the most influential books on ci......more
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From 1947 to 1955, Jean Peters (1926-2000) appeared in films opposite such Hollywood leading men as Tyrone Power, Marlon......more
This new and updated edition covers the full life’s work of iconic director Tim Burton, including the Netflix phenomenon......more
The director and cowriter of some of the world’s most iconic films--including Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd., Some Like ......more
This collection of essays looks at all aspects of Coppola’s "classic," as the late Dr. Anne Paolucci called it. The indi......more
Offers a bold new reading of Yiddish cinema by exploring the early diasporic cinema’s fascination with media and communi......more
How should we understand film authorship in an era when the idea of the solitary and sovereign auteur has come under att......more
From the exaggerated emotions of 1930s Egyptian melodrama to the cryptic allegories of late 20th-century Palestinian cin......more
Murder! Mothers! Men on the run! Film fans know these are just a few key ingredients of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies. When ......more
Isabelle Hesse identifies an important relational turn in British and German literature, TV drama, and film published an......more
The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-l......more
French critic Serge Daney was a central figure in film, television and media criticism of the second half of the twentie......more
This book is devoted to tracing the variety of ways that theatre, theatricality, and performance are embedded in Hollywo......more
Known as the first film teenager, Deanna Durbin was one of the most popular actresses of the 1930s and 1940s. From starr......more
Biopics and other movies and television shows based on real events are increasingly appearing at the multiplex and on st......more
The New Wave Cinema in Iran is a historical and analytical study of the Iranian New Wave Cinema (Mowj-e No) as an artist......more
The first collection dedicated to David Bowie’s acting career shows that his film characterisations and performance styl......more
From the critical and commercial fanfare his films generate, it is largely understood that Yorgos Lanthimos is one of th......more
The financial collapse of 2008 extended and deepened a prolonged, multilayered crisis that has transformed, often in une......more
Costa-Gavras: Encounters with History explores the life and work of the director intertwined with historical and socio-p......more
Rediscovered Classics of Japanese Animation is the first academic work to examine World Masterpiece Theater (Sekai Meisa......more
Jess Conrad is a name that will be instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with 1960s pop culture. Emerging from the d......more
Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror is the first book-length exploration of female creators at the cutting edge of c......more
Jess Conrad is a name that will be instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with 1960s pop culture. Emerging from the d......more
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academ......more
Across his directorial films, American filmmaker Dennis Hopper used music and sound to propel the narrative, signpost th......more
In 1980s India, the Ramsay Brothers and other filmmakers produced a wave of horror movies about soul-sucking witches, kn......more
In 1980s India, the Ramsay Brothers and other filmmakers produced a wave of horror movies about soul-sucking witches, kn......more
"Very smart and entertaining . . . dishy-yet-earnest . . . Gefter shows why Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the ’60s......more
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most prominent and productive authors of the twentieth century-and h......more