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Essays for teaching Chinese film, history, and societyThis volume brings a diverse range of voicesfrom anthropology, communication studies, ethnomu...

Essays for teaching Chinese film, history, and societyThis volume brings a diverse range of voicesfrom anthropology, communication studies, ethnomu...

ACTRESS. ICON. ACTIVIST. Her story, in her voice, for the first time. In this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates between storyt...

Arguably the most important popular British composer of the 20th century, John Barry (1933-2011) enjoyed a career that spanned over fifty years, in...

For over half a century, television has been the most central medium in Western democracies the political, social and cultural centrepiece of the ...

An irreverent look at the love-hate relationship between queer viewers and mainstream family TV shows like Gilmore Girls and This Is Us After per...

Mask Making Techniques: Creating 3-D Characters from 2-D Designs for Theatre, Cosplay, Film, and TV, introduces and demonstrates a variety of mask ...

For well over a century, those who create motion pictures have touched our hearts and souls; they have transported and transformed our minds, intox...

From Chaplins tramp to the Bathing Beauties, from madcap chases to skyscraper perils, slapstick comedy supplied many of the most enduring icons of ...

For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars. 50 Oscar Nights takes readers behind th...

The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, m...

TCM host Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in an ...

One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney built a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics...

Xala (1974) by the pioneering Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, was acclaimed on its release for its scorching critique of postcolonial African ...

A beneficiary of the pioneering incorporation of sound and synchronicity into cinema, the Hollywood musical became the most popular film genre in A...

Drawing on his experiences directing films in Ireland, Haiti, Brazil and South Africa, McLaughlin reflects on the potential of documentary film to ...

To anyone who wants to make a doc but doesnt have a lot of time, money, or experience, Anthony Artis says: Its time to get down and dirty!a filmmak...

The essays in this collection address the German television series Babylon Berlin and explore its unique contribution to contemporary visual cultur...

The popular German streaming series Babylon Berlina neo-noir thriller set in the final years of the Weimar Republicbuilds on the fascination with 1...

Digital Painting and Rendering for Theatrical Design explores the tools and techniques for creating dazzling, atmospheric, and evocative digitally ...