Decolonial Imaginaries in Palestinian Experimental Film and Video focuses on an underexamined group of female Palestinia......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

Cinema scholars categorize city symphony films of the 1920s and early 1930s as a subgenre of the silent film. Defined in......more

Cinema scholars categorize city symphony films of the 1920s and early 1930s as a subgenre of the silent film. Defined in......more

Situated at the intersection of film and media studies, literary theory, and continental philosophy, The Traces of Jacqu......more

Featuring a host of unpublished interviews, this is the first book to explore the greatest year in Hollywood’s history -......more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

Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies and t......more

The untold story of the world’s most famous X-rated star, who rose to fame as the face of Ivory Snow and the star of Beh......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

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists is an essential guide for sol......more

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists is an essential guide for sol......more

A collection of publications from the Journal of Beijing Film Academy. The annual Beijing Film Academy Yearbook highligh......more

Using the Hollywood studio system (1931-1960) as a historical center, this book performs close readings of classic horro......more

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A history of film distribution in the United States from the 1910s to the 1930s, concentrating on booking, circuiting, a......more

Influencers are more than social media personalities who attract attention for brands, argue Grant Bollmer and Katherine......more

Director David Lynch is best known for films that channel the uncanny and the weird into a distinct "Lynchian" aesthetic......more

A poetic, behind-the-scenes retrospective of an L.A. cinema classic. Akin to The Godfather in its scope and themes, Bloo......more

The anthology consists of essays authored by scholars of different nationalities from diverse cultures, nations and prim......more

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One of the most visually compelling films ever made, Barry Lyndon can--and should, argues the author--be seen as Stanley......more

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This open access book examines how Pinewood came to be Britain’s dominant film studio complex, focusing on key years fol......more

Best known for Aelita (1924), the classic science-fiction film of the Soviet silent era, Yakov Protazanov directed over ......more

In recent years, the enduring appeal of Alfred Hitchcock to film studies has been evidenced by the proliferation of inno......more

This collection of essays on Catalan cinematography explores one of the most vibrant minority cultures in Europe....more

Composing for Silent Film offers insight, information, and techniques for contemporary composition, arrangement, and liv......more

This collection examines the impact of streaming platforms on European cinema. It is structured from three distinct poin......more

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In this rich cultural history, Pamela Roberston Wojcik examines America’s ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homele......more

Dramatic photographic recreations of a frightening true story of survival This photobook documents J.A. Bayona’s recent ......more

Written by industry expert, R.J. Kizer, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of post-sync dialogue......more

This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar René Girard from the perspectiv......more

The trauma of Partition is an indelible part of the collective memory of the citizens of India and Pakistan and, later, ......more

Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1941, acclaimed filmmaker Severo Perez moved to Los Angeles in 1972 to pursue a career in......more

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Hollywood Online provides a historical account of motion picture websites from 1993 to 2008 and their marketing function......more

The Art of Broadsword Fighting for Stage and Screen provides historical and contemporary techniques and styles for the s......more

The Art of Broadsword Fighting for Stage and Screen provides historical and contemporary techniques and styles for the s......more

George Englund got to know Brando when they were both aspiring young actors. Hitting it off, they became best friends fo......more

This book highlights the important creative work of Belarusian theatre and filmmakers seeking to raise awareness of the ......more

The behind-the-scenes story of the quintessential film noir and cult classic, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity--its true ......more

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The extraordinary story of the making of Cleopatra, the film that changed the face of Hollywood Cleopatra has its place ......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

’Even more thrilling than the plot is the atmosphere of shuddering suspense . . . No one brews it better than Agatha Chr......more

Navigating a polarized society in their representation of social values, twenty-first-century horror films critically fr......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

What distinguishes humanity from artificial beings? What do constructed creatures tell us about ourselves? From sex doll......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

Widely considered to be English Canada’s first queer film, Winter Kept Us Warm explores a romance between two young men ......more

From the inception of cinema to today’s franchise era, remaking has always been a motor of ongoing film production. Holl......more

This book examines Chinese films made and shown abroad roughly between the 1920s and the 2020s, from the beginning of th......more

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With contributions by over 30 industry professionals, The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Sc......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

In a tour-de-force study of sixty years of cinematic entertainment, Silver Screens and Golden Dreams traces the veins of......more

An analysis of the work of filmmaker Carlos Reichenbach, based on his films made in São Paulo’s Boca do Lixo. The book e......more

An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technolog......more

An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technolog......more

This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of fi......more

This book challenges the association of abortion with the radical and pregnancy with the conventional by exploring the r......more

Acknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar, The Art of the Classic Western Movie Post......more

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"Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped shape......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