Films, Cinema
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Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work
Peter ShelleyCurrent price €25.30Original price €27.50Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) was an American film, television and stage actress, stage producer and film director. Respected for her acting prowess...
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The Romanian Cinema of Nationalism: Historical Films as Propaganda and Spectacle
Onoriu ColacelCurrent price €53.09Original price €58.99Prior to the collapse of communism, Romanian historical movies were political, encouraging nationalistic feelings and devotion to the state. Vla...
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Trigger: The Lives and Legend of Roy Rogers'' Palomino, 2d ed.
Leo PandoCurrent price €31.03Original price €36.50Roy Rogers' golden palomino, Trigger, was the perhaps the most famous horse in film--more popular than the man himself among certain fans. In it...
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Star Trek and the British Age of Sail: The Maritime Influence Throughout the Series and Films
Stefan RabitschCurrent price €31.03Original price €36.50Clear all moorings, one-half impulse power and set course for a mare incognitum... A popular culture artifact of the New Frontier/Space Race ...
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Western Film Series of the Sound Era
Michael R. PittsCurrent price €41.39Original price €44.99The western genre touched on ideals of honor, conquest, and freedom of spirit, and its stories packed cinemas of the early sound era. This volum...
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George Orwell on Screen: Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television
David RyanCurrent price €32.85Original price €36.50British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels:the anti-Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiec...
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The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise
McFarland & Co IncCurrent price €25.30Original price €27.50One of the top-grossing independent films of all time, The Evil Dead (1981) sparked a worldwide cult following, resulting in sequels, remakes, m...
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Tony Scott: A Filmmaker on Fire
Larry TaylorCurrent price €33.58Original price €36.50Tony Scott was a thrill seeker who lived and loved life to the fullest... He was also one of the more cutting edge filmmakers of an entire generati...
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Neil Soapy Castles: Memoir of a Life in NASCAR and the Movies
Henry Neil Soapy CastlesCurrent price €23.38Original price €27.50Henry Neil Soapy Castles grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and became involved in its pioneering auto racing scene at an early age. Graduati...
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Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture
Rosanne WelchCurrent price €24.75Original price €27.50A hit television show about a fictitious rock band, The Monkees (1966-1968) earned two Emmys-Best Comedy Series and Best Director. Capitalizing on ...
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America Through a British Lens: Cinematic Portrayals 1930-2010
James D. StoneCurrent price €33.58Original price €36.50As the British watched their empire crumble and the United States became the dominant world power, many British films warned of the dangers pose...
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Reel Vulnerability: Power, Pain, and Gender in Contemporary American Film and Television
Sarah HagelinCurrent price €128.75Original price €147.99Wonder women, G.I. Janes, and vampire slayers increasingly populate the American cultural landscape. What do these figures mean in the American cul...
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The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001
David E. WiltCurrent price €60.29Original price €66.99Mexican cinema has largely been overlooked by international film scholars because of a lack of English-language information and the fact that Sp...
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The American Martial Arts Film
M. Ray LottCurrent price €23.38Original price €27.50Martial arts have appeared in American movies since the days of Mr. Moto and Charlie Chan, but English-language martial arts films as a genre di...
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Paul Robeson: Film Pioneer
Scott Allen NollenCurrent price €33.58Original price €36.50This is the first book-length study of the 12 films starring African American Renaissance man Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Singer, actor, author, l...
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A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan
Carl RollysonCurrent price €38.27Original price €43.99Walter Brennan (1894-1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon st...
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Westerns and the Trail of Tradition: A Year-by-Year History, 1929-1962
Barrie HanflingCurrent price €29.43Original price €31.99Over the past century, the western has fluctuated in popularity. By 2010 it has come to stand, to the dismay of many, at one of its lowest point...
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Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic: Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others
Bernice M. MurphyCurrent price €24.75Original price €27.50In recent years horror and gothic themes have penetrated mainstream popular culture in a manner unseen since the horror boom of the 1970s. Prime...
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American Frontiersmen on Film and Television: Boone, Crockett, Bowie, Houston, Bridger and Carson
Ed AndreychukCurrent price €33.58Original price €36.50From the French and Indian War to the Civil War, well over a hundred years of American history is reflected through the lives of six bold and fa...
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Confessions of a Serial Biographer
Carl RollysonCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99Some critics rank biographers just above serial murderers. The author of this book, a self-described member of the Samuel Johnson school, doesn'...
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The Wizard of Oz Catalog: L. Frank Baum''s Novel, Its Sequels and Their Adaptations for Stage, Television, Movies, Radio, Music Videos, Comic Books, Commercials and More
Fraser A. ShermanCurrent price €32.85Original price €36.50L. Frank Baum's novel, The Wizard of Oz, has spawned 39 official sequels, over 100 unofficial sequels, well nearly 40 films, several TV series, mus...
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Brigitte Bardot: A Biography
Barnett SingerCurrent price €23.38Original price €27.50Actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot had a stunning career in France and America in the mid-20th century. Since the 1970s, she has dedicated h...
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German Expressionism, Film-noir and Sir Fritz Lang
Sayan LahiriCurrent price €53.51Original price €61.50Current price €53.51Original price €61.50Save 13%