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'The life-affirming expression of an artist engaged in living to the full' The Times Smiling in Slow Motion is Derek Jarman's last journal, stretch...

Split Screen Nation traces an oppositional dynamic between the screen West and the screen South that was unstable and dramatically shifting in the ...

Focusing on the cultural and philosophic conflation between the oriental and the ornamental, Ornamentalism offers an original and sustained theory ...

Le Mans is the most discussed, debated, and beloved auto racing film of all time. The author was the prop master for the movie and experienced all ...

Since their publication, the works of the Marquis de Sade have challenged the reading public with a philosophy of relentless physical transgress...

Celebrating Shanghais rich cinematic history, the films covered here represent a lengthy time period, from the first Golden Age of Chinese Cinema i...

Florence, with its rich history, privileged place in the canon of Western art, and long-standing relationship with the moving image, is a cinematic...

The first in-depth study of its subject, this book seeks to historically account for a type of modernist film that revolves around bereavement. Ide...

Christopher Nolan occupies a rare realm within the Hollywood mainstream, creating complex, original films that achieve both critical acclaim and co...

Christopher Nolan occupies a rare realm within the Hollywood mainstream, creating complex, original films that achieve both critical acclaim and co...

?Como estan codificadas las emociones en en las ficciones del siglo XXI de America Latina y Espana? ?Hay emociones que ocupan un lugar hegemonico y...

Many studies focus on film in Africa. Few, however, study cinema as a leisure activity: one that has influenced several generations and opened up s...

The period in film history between the regimentation of the Edison Trust and the vertical integration of the Studio Systemroughly 1916 through 1920...

A collection of scholarship on monsters and their meaningacross genres, disciplines, methodologies, and timefrom foundational texts to the most rec...

Over half a century on, the 1960s continue to generate strong intellectual and emotional responses - both positive and negative - and this is no le...

Film audiences experienced a bold, breathtaking vision of the future in 1982's ground-breaking Blade Runner. With the critically acclaimed Blade Ru...

Beloved for its clever story, relatable characters, and unforgettable one-liners (She doesnt even go here!), the 2004 movie Mean Girls has increase...

Ralph McQuarrie is the most iconic artist in the history of Star Wars. He worked hand-in-hand with George Lucas to help establish the sagas visual ...

When The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released in 1975, it initially received an indifferent reception in movie theatres, but it began to gain not...

In Metro no. 191, identity is brought to the fore. The collision of personal and political is prominently explored in the ABC adaptation of Christo...

What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This is the first scholarly w...

São Paulo is the largest city in South America and the powerhouse of Brazils economy. A multi-racial metropolis with a diverse population of Asian,...

The capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia, Sydney has been represented onscreen since the earliest days of cinema. An ...

One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from King Kong and Citiz...

Toronto is a changing city that has been a source of reflection and inspiration to writers and artists whose work focuses on the conditions and pro...

Critics have traditionally characterized classic horror by its use of shadow and suggestion. Yet the graphic nature of early 1930s films only ca...

Censorship has been an ongoing issue from the early days of filmmaking. One hundred years of film censorship, encompassing the entire 20th centu...

Every year, hundreds of American film schools graduate thousands of aspiring filmmakers. Very few of them, however, leave school prepared for th...

From 1880 to 1920, the first truly national visual culture developed in the United States as a result of the completion of the Pacific Railroad....

Ronald Reagan, a former actor and one of America's most popular presidents, married not one but two Hollywood actresses. This book is three biograp...

The twelve classic comedy films examined within these pages are distinguished by an equal number of defining comic performances. Ranging from The G...