Film: styles & Genres

Narrative complexity is a trend in contemporary cinema. Since the late 1990s there has been a palpable increase in complex storytelling in movies. ...

Examining images of gender and violence, this book analyzes selected works of three influential artists of the Irish cinema--Ford, Sheridan and ...

This is the first full-length study of masculinity and film style. Cinema is not just an intellectual or cerebral experience. They also make us fee...

This is a critical study of the happy ending in classical and contemporary Hollywood cinema. The Hollywood happy ending has long been considered am...

The release of Skyfall in 2012 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond film franchise. It earned over one billion dollars in the worldwid...

Science fiction, fantasy and horror films have spawned more sequels than any other film genre. While the perhaps overly familiar Dracula and Fra...

The fighting female archetype--a self-reliant woman of great physical prowess--has become increasingly common in action films and on television....

In 1969—the counter-cultural moment when Easy Rider triggered a "youthquake" in audience interests—Westerns proved more dominant than ever at the b...

The story of Star Trek's resurrection between the 1969 cancellation of the original series and the 1979 release of Robert Wise's Star Trek--The ...

In the mid-1950s, to combat declining theater attendance, film distributors began releasing pre-packaged genre double-bills--including many horr...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe--comprised of films, broadcast television and streaming series and digital shorts--has generated considerable fan ...

This richly illustrated guide to dozens of California filming locations covers three decades of science fiction, fantasy and horror movies, documen...

Much of 20th century science fiction foretold technological and social developments beyond the year 2000. Since then, a key theme has been: what...

This is the first collection to look at the most recent manifestations of the ancient hero on screen. It brings together a range of perspectives on...

The Italian Gothic horror genre underwent many changes in the 1980s, with masters such as Mario Bava and Riccardo Freda either dying or retiring an...

Focusing on crime fiction and films that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this book explores the reasons writers and filmmakers inject humor...

After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural understanding of the Uni...

For many years, conspiracy theories have been among the most popular story elements in Hollywood films. According to the "conspiracy culture," G...

This analysis of how filmmakers have portrayed England's Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), and the audience's perception of Elizabeth based upon th...

Best-selling horror novelist Clive Barker had a rocky start with the first attempts to convert his stories into a visual medium. Directors and scre...