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The only Japanese director to have won the Palme d''Or from Cannes more than once, and second only to Ozu Yasujiro in the number of times he has wo...

The Becoming of Age is an examination of the ways that aging and old age are represented in popular film. Arguing that the ideas behind cinemati...

This is the first book in English on the films of Konrad Wolf (1925-1982), East Germany's greatest filmmaker, and puts Wolf in a larger European fi...

For nearly half a century, Roger Ebert's wide knowledge, keen judgment, prodigious energy, and sharp sense of humor made him America's most renowne...

Despite claims about the end of history and the death of cinema, visual media continue to contribute to our understanding of history and history-ma...

Received the Distinction Honor for the 2016 C. Calvin Smith Book Award from the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc.  In Hollywood...

Forever known for its blazing cinematic image of General George S. Patton (portrayed by George C. Scott) addressing his troops in front of a mammot...

The constellation of Hollywood stars burned brightly in the 1950s, even as the industry fell on hard economic times. Major artists of the 1940s-Jam...

Despite the insatiable public appetite for all things Star Wars, the more analytical side of the saga is all too often ignored. This book offers...

Preston Sturges's independence was at least partially responsible for his unique filmmaking style, marked by razor-sharp dialogue, wild plot tur...

This book situates the film-maker Patrick Keiller alongside the writers W.G. Sebald and Iain Sinclair as the three leading voices in 'English psych...

John Fords The Quiet Man (1952) is the most popular cinematic representation of Ireland, and one of Hollywood's classic romantic comedies. For some...

Strippers, zombies, fugitives and jewel thieves. These were just some of the characters who inhabited the weird, wild films of director Stephen ...

The tradition of British realism has changed dramatically over the last 20 years, where films by directors such as Duane Hopkins, Joanna Hogg, Andr...

Succinct, lively, and affordable, ESSENTIAL CINEMA: AN INTRODUCTION TO FILM ANALYSIS vividly illustrates principles in action as it helps you devel...

Examines how Singapore cinema functions as a national cinema'Celluloid Singapore' is a ground-breaking study of the three major periods in Singapor...

Women in Filmmaking and Their Struggle Against BiasAfter all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in ...

In 1936, director John Ford claimed to be making movies for 'a new kind of public' that wanted more honest pictures. Cassano argues that this new k...

For millions of moviegoers unable to see the original stage version of West Side Story, director Robert Wises adaptation was a cinematic gift that ...

This remarkable journey through the Hammer vault includes props, annotated script pages, unused poster artwork, production designs, rare promotiona...

Silent film was universally understood and could be exported anywhere. But when talkies arrived, the industry began experimenting with dubbing, sub...

Nick McLean was one of the most acclaimed camera operators in American cinema of the 1970s, during which time he shot many classics of the New H...

With its physical beauty and kaleidoscopic cultural background, Sicily has long been a source of inspiration for filmmakers. Twelve new essays...

For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish and its sequels. But screen vigilantes hav...

Barry Hiness novel A Kestrel for a Knave, adapted for the screen as Kes, is one of the best-known and well-loved novels of the post-war period, whi...

Over the last three decades, Scottish cinema has seen an unprecedented number of international successes. Films ranging from Local Hero to The Last...

Lukácsian film theory and cinema explores Georg Lukács writings on film. The Hungarian Marxist critic Georg Lukács is primarily known as a literary...

Laurent Cantet is of one Frances leading contemporary directors. In a series of important films, including Human Resources, Time Out, Heading South...