Films, Cinema

?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...

During Mexico's silent (1896-1930) and early sound (1931-52) periods, cinema saw the development of five significant genres: the prostitute melodra...

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...

It makes us jump. It makes us scream. It haunts our nightmares. So why do we watch horror? Why do we play it? What could possibly be appealing abou...

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...

For two decades after the mid-1950s, biracial popular music played a fundamental role in progressive social movements on both sides of the Atlantic...

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 ...

Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the craft and history of cinema-and for the power of a good schwanzstucker joke. This picture-dri...

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 ...

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...

For a decade Wallace Reid was the most recognized face in Hollywood, the most universally beloved actor in silent film. Today all that is widely...

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...

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...

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

Colleen Moore (1899-1988) was one of the most popular and beloved stars of the American silent screen. Remembered primarily as a comedienne in such...

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...

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

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

Hardback volume showcasing the diverse work of one of Star Trek's most talented alumni, Dan Curry, whose contributions to the TV shows and movies i...

With an acting career spanning 30 years though you wouldn t know it from his immortal look Keanu Reeves has a body of work like one of his motorcyc...

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...

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...

A chronological listing of the creative output and other antics of the members of the British comedy group Monty Python, both as a group and indivi...

Packed with previously unseen photographs, and complete with a Foreword by Steven Spielberg, Jaws: Memories from Martha''s Vineyard is one of the...

Richard Hayward was one of Irelands best-loved cultural figures of the mid-twentieth century. A popular Irish travel writer, actor and singer, he l...