Films, Cinema

This volume is the first book-length study of the extensive career and prolific works of D.A. Pennebaker, one of the pioneers of direct cinema, a d...

Lana and Lilly Wachowski have redefined the technically and topically possible while joyfully defying audience expectations. Visionary films like T...

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a mod...

The unquenchable thirst of Dracula. The animal lust of Mr. Hyde. The acquiescence of Lewis Carroll's Alice. Victorian literature--with its overtone...

Put your Christmas-movie expertise to the test with nearly 500 trivia questions, accompanied by entertaining illustrations capturing your favorite ...

This wide-ranging and insightful collection of interviews with D. A. Pennebaker (19252019) spans the prolific career of this pioneer of observation...

Amid immigrant narratives of assimilation, Indian Accents focuses on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters in American film...

Is Harpo Free? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, suc...

Focusing on an integral aspect of screenplays, this book takes students and writers at all levels through the process of understanding and writing ...

Focusing on an integral aspect of screenplays, this book takes students and writers at all levels through the process of understanding and writing ...

On November 18, 1928, the worlds most famous mouse made his very first public debut. Today, we celebrate 90+ years of Mickey in one of the most exp...

Queer Pollen discusses three notable black queer twentieth century artists--painter and writer Richard Bruce Nugent, author James Baldwin, and film...

If size counts for anything, Michael Bay towers over his contemporaries. His summer-defining event films involve extraordinary production costs and...

Research into and around women's participation in cinematic history has enjoyed dynamic growth over the past decade. A broadening of scope and inte...

Consider the usual view of film noir: endless rainy nights populated by down-at-the-heel boxers, writers, and private eyes stumbling toward inescap...

Best known for directing the Impressionist classic The Smiling Madame Beudet and the first Surrealist film The Seashell and the Clergyman, Germaine...

Since the release of Do the Right Thing in 1989, Spike Lee has established himself as a cinematic icon. Lee's mostly independent films garner popu...

Amid immigrant narratives of assimilation, Indian Accents focuses on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters in American film...

One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney built a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics...

One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney built a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics...

Throughout the history of film, censorship has existed everywherein all shapes, colours, and dimensions. The act of restricting the free production...

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. ...

Revolutionary thinking around gender and race merged with new film technologies to usher in a wave of women's documentaries in the 1970s. Driven by...

Lewis Leathers was founded in 1892 making this its 125 year, the company began its journey in London's Great Portland Street, selling ready-to-wear...

Mega-Tokyo 2032 - the members of a gigantic mega-corporation have used artificial lifeforms called Boomers to carry out their evil plans. An all-fe...

This book is a well-researched compendium that gives insight into critical issues as well as emerging perspectives in broadcasting and promises to ...