Films, Cinema

In the late 1950s and early 1960s French New Wave cinema exploded onto international screens with films like Les quatre cents coups, A bout de sou...

These were unique, complex, personal and professional relationships between master director John Ford and his two favorite actors, John Wayne an...

Take a journey through the makers and shapers of celluloid history. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, Western to new...

The Eyes Have It explores those rarified screen moments when viewers are confronted by sights that seem at once impossible and present, artificial ...

The heroine's journey echoes throughout ancient legend. Each young woman combats her dark side and emerges stronger. This quest is also a staple...

Exploring a selection of anime adaptations of famous works of both Eastern and Western provenance, this book is concerned with appreciating thei...

In this book, Keith Williams explores Victorian culture''s emergent ''cinematicity'' as a key creative driver of Joyce''s experimental fiction, sho...

In this unique study of the star, Sunny Singh examines Amitabh Bachchan''s film performances and his star persona, locating them in the context of ...

This engaging critical study moves beyond the image of the brooding, destructive man at odds with employers and his own star status to explore the ...

In this groundbreaking exploration of in-flight cinema, Stephen Groening traces the history of this transnational cinematic practice. At once a his...

Exploring the impact of travel on Arab cinema, Kay Dickinson reveals how the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai have been shaped by the history ...

Exploring the impact of travel on Arab cinema, Kay Dickinson reveals how the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai have been shaped by the history ...

How did the coming of colour change the British film industry? Unlike sound, the arrival of colour did not revolutionise the industry overnight. Fo...

How did the coming of colour change the British film industry? Unlike sound, the arrival of colour did not revolutionise the industry overnight. Fo...

From the 1950s to the 1980s the Children''s Film Foundation made films for Saturday morning cinema clubs across the UK - entertaining and educating...

Since the earliest days of cinema the law has influenced the conditions in which Hollywood films are made, sold, circulated or presented - from the...

Since the earliest days of cinema the law has influenced the conditions in which Hollywood films are made, sold, circulated or presented - from the...

How do you sell British humour to a French audience? Could piracy actually be good for the film business? Why are The Hobbit''s revolutionary techn...

Holly Golightly was undoubtedly the role that made Audrey Hepburn a movie icon. Dressed by Hubert de Givenchy and holding the infamous cigarette ho...

In this groundbreaking exploration of in-flight cinema, Stephen Groening traces the history of this transnational cinematic practice. At once a his...

How do you sell British humour to a French audience? Could piracy actually be good for the film business? Why are The Hobbit''s revolutionary techn...

The golden age of Mexican cinema, which spanned the 1930s through to the 1950s, saw Mexico''s film industry become one ofthe most productive in the...

The golden age of Mexican cinema, which spanned the 1930s through to the 1950s, saw Mexico''s film industry become one ofthe most productive in the...

One of the most celebrated figures of the New German Cinema, Hanna Schygulla acquired transnational stardom through her work with a range of direct...

In these two volumes of original essays, scholars from around the world address the history of British colonial cinema stretching from the emergenc...

''This important new volume reconstructs the forms of production, distribution and exhibition of films made in and about the colonies. It then ties...

BRITISH TRASH CINEMA is the first overview of the wilder shores of British exploitation and cult paracinema from the 1950s onwards. From obscure ho...

Martin Shingler presents the mother volume for Palgrave''s Film Stars series in three easily-navigable chapters in which he provides a summative an...

How do people access movies today? What are the most popular and powerful channels for media distribution on a global scale? How are film industrie...

How do people access movies today? What are the most popular and powerful channels for media distribution on a global scale? How are film industrie...

BRITISH TRASH CINEMA is the first overview of the wilder shores of British exploitation and cult paracinema from the 1950s onwards. From obscure ho...

Powerfully posing questions of ethics, ideology, authorship and form, documentary film has never been more popular than it is today. Edited by one ...

We both love and hate our journalists. They are perceived as sexy and glamorous on the one hand, despicable and sleazy on the other. Opinion polls ...

In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywoods glamorous golden age through the st...

Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of...