Films, Cinema

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing sets out the techniques, the systems and the craft required to edit compelling professional documentary ...

The cinematographer must translate the ideas and emotions contained in a script into something that can be physically seen and felt onscreen, helpi...

Winner - 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award, Theatre Library AssociationBeginning in the 1920s, audiences around the globe were seduced not only by H...

Who benefits and who loses when emotions are described in particular ways? How do metaphors such as hold on and let go affect people's emotional ex...

The second of two official companion books for the Zack Snyder-directed Netflix films Rebel Moon taking an exclusive in-depth look at the heroes an...

In the genre of horror, elderly people are often used as a trope to evoke both a fear of death and a fear of aging. Old age is therefore equated wi...

Standing at the intersection of Native history, labor, and representation, Picturing Indians presents a vivid portrait of the complicated experienc...

By highlighting the links between cosmopolitanism and inclusive education, this book explores the potential of 21st-Century Disney films to tackle ...

Photographer Edward Curtiss 1914 orchestrally scored melodrama In the Land of the Head Hunters was one of the first US films to feature an Indigeno...

The camera's capacity to organize space within a frame produces the fundamental unit of movie making: the shot. Dramatic Effects with a Movie Cam...

Winner - 2022 Richard Wall Memorial Award, Theatre Library AssociationBeginning in the 1920s, audiences around the globe were seduced not only by H...

Standing at the intersection of Native history, labor, and representation, Picturing Indians presents a vivid portrait of the complicated experienc...

The Last Word argues that the Hollywood novel opened up space for cultural critique of the film industry at a time when the industry lacked the cap...

Complicating Articulation in Art Cinema argues that art cinema draws attention to its disjointed, multi-parted form, but that criticism has too fre...

The twelve essays in A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson offer various interpretations of Mel Gibsons work, treating this prolific but controversial...

This edited volume investigates the reconfiguration of gender in French banlieue cinema, interrogating whether the films produced over the last two...

A Critical Companion to Stanley Kubrick offers a thorough and detailed study of the films of the legendary director. Labeled a recluse, a provocate...

A Critical Companion to Stanley Kubrick offers a thorough and detailed study of the works of Stanley Kubrick. Labeled a recluse, a provocateur, and...

What does it look like? How is it done? When should I use it? Whether youre shooting a comedy, thriller, sci-fi or horror flick, youll need to know...