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During the past decade, the international study of non-theatrical cinematic forms has seen a strong expansion with amateur film as a central area ...

Remember a time when all of Hollywood-with the expressed encouragement and investment of the government-joined forces to defend the American way of...

Hosts and best friends Brandon Gray, Daniel Panda Pandolph, and Dan Thompson share reviews that make you feel like you're watching these holiday fa...

Overcoming obstacles of prejudice, ignorance, and stereotyping, this group has given the world some of its most beloved stars and told some of its ...

Entering the Frame is the first complete study of the cinema of Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, pioneers of archival and found-footage f...

The 2010s might be remembered as a time of increased polarization in American life. The decade contained both the Obama era and the Trump era, and ...

Just as BDL's bestselling All the Songs series-which has over 400,000 copies in print-presents a comprehensive, song-by-song view of major bands an...

Acting for the Screen is a collection of essays written by and interviews with working actors, producers, directors, casting directors, and acting ...

The first in the Media-Life-Universe trilogy, this volume explores a transdisciplinary notion of media and technology, exploring media as technolog...

Provides the first consideration of sound and the body in contemporary European art cinema Offers detailed analysis of the underexplored dimension...

Mastering Screenplay Form and Style shows you how professional screenwriters actually write scripts. This reference manual explores all aspects of ...

Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is groundbreaking edited collection which explores the contributions of Francophone African women ...

Die Tschechoslowakei bildete sich 1918 als ein neuer demokratischer Staat in Europa. Künstlerinnen und Künstler nahezu aller Bereiche entwickelten ...

Pierrot, a theatrical stock character known by his distinctive costume of loose white tunic and trousers, is a ubiquitous figure in French art and ...

The definitive reference for all Wes Anderson fans.  Loaded with rich imagery and detailed analysis of his incredible films including the classics...

With a new introduction, acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplation of slow cinema over the past fift...

No filmmaker has more successfully courted mass-audience understanding than Alfred Hitchcock, and none has been studied more intensively by scholar...

From The Wild Angels in 1966 until its conclusion in 1972, the cycle of outlaw motorcycle films contained forty-odd formulaic examples. All but one...

Explores British cinematic representations of masculinityFrom the new man to the metrosexual, British society from the 1990s to the 2000s was pre-o...

A vivid and compelling collection of quotations from the influential contemporary artist and filmmaker Shirin NeshatNeshat-isms is an exciting coll...

From New York Times bestselling paper engineer Matthew Reinhart comes a pop-up masterpiece celebrating the creatures in the Harry Potter films. Fea...

Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Contemporary Cinema, Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include Crossing Ne...

This is a very well-written and thoroughly researched study that offers interesting new insights into the transnational connections of producers an...

Includes primary research that gives detailed and unique insight into garments worn between 1680-1790. The book covers the techniques needed to en...