Film & movie: styles & genres books

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Revolutionary Mexico on Film: A Critical History, 1914-2014

Revolutionary Mexico on Film: A Critical History, 1914-2014...

Author: Bob Herzberg
ISBN: 9780786477586
Format: Paperback
$60.50

Drawing on studio files, newspaper critiques, internet sources and scholarly studies of Mexican cinema, this critical...  Read More >>

The Philosophy of War Films

The Philosophy of War Films

Author: David LaRocca ,  David LaRocca
ISBN: 9780813141688
Format: Hardback
$118.80

A fascinating look at the manner in which combat and its aftermath are depicted cinematically, The Philosophy of...  Read More >>

A History of 1970s Experimental Film: Britain's Decade of Diversity

A History of 1970s Experimental Film: Britain's Decade...

Author: P. Gaal-Holmes
ISBN: 9781349474912
Format: Paperback
$184.95

This comprehensive historical account demonstrates the rich diversity in 1970s British experimental filmmaking,...  Read More >>

East, West and Centre: Reframing post-1989 European Cinema

East, West and Centre: Reframing post-1989 European...

Author: Michael Gott ,  Todd Herzog
ISBN: 9780748694150
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Re-examines notions of East and West in contemporary European cinema. This book presents a comprehensive investigation...  Read More >>

From Empire to the World: Migrant London and Paris in the Cinema

From Empire to the World: Migrant London and Paris in...

Author: Malini Guha
ISBN: 9780748656462
Format: Hardback
$232.88

A study that focuses on Paris and London, two of the most represented cities on celluloid, as 'migrant cities',...  Read More >>

Black Male Frames: African Americans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003

Black Male Frames: African Americans in a Century of...

Author: Roland Leander Williams Jr.
ISBN: 9780815633822
Format: Hardback
$92.27

Charts the development and shifting popularity of two stereotypes of black masculinity in popular American film:...  Read More >>

Films on Ice: Cinemas of the Arctic

Films on Ice: Cinemas of the Arctic

Author: Scott MacKenzie ,  Anna Westerstahl Stenport
ISBN: 9780748694174
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Offers a comprehensive study of films made in and about one of the world's most breathtaking landscapes - the Arctic....  Read More >>

Fairy Tale and Film: Old Tales with a New Spin

Fairy Tale and Film: Old Tales with a New Spin

Author: S. Short
ISBN: 9781137020161
Format: Hardback
$191.95

Sue Short examines how fairy tale tropes have been reworked in contemporary film, identifying familiar themes in...  Read More >>

Religion and Spanish Film: Luis Buñuel, the Franco Era, and Contemporary Directors

Religion and Spanish Film: Luis Buñuel, the Franco Era,...

Author: Elizabeth Scarlett
ISBN: 9780472052455
Format: Paperback
$79.07

How Spanish directors have handled religious themes, with their highly-charged political implications, from the...  Read More >>

Religion and Spanish Film: Luis Buñuel, the Franco Era, and Contemporary Directors

Religion and Spanish Film: Luis Buñuel, the Franco Era,...

Author: Elizabeth Scarlett
ISBN: 9780472072453
Format: Hardback
$197.87

How Spanish directors have handled religious themes, with their highly-charged political implications, from the...  Read More >>

Opera, Exoticism and Visual Culture

Opera, Exoticism and Visual Culture

Author: Hyunseon Lee ,  Naomi D. Segal
ISBN: 9783034317825
Format: Paperback
$127.56

Using the exotic legacy of the fin-de-siècle as a lens, this volume explores the shifting relationships between...  Read More >>

Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures

Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures

Author: Ellen Cheshire
ISBN: 9780231172059
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Through a carefully selected range of thematically linked bio-pics, explores key issues surrounding their resurgence,...  Read More >>

The Gangster Film: Fatal Success in American Cinema

The Gangster Film: Fatal Success in American Cinema...

Author: Ron Wilson
ISBN: 9780231172073
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Examines the gangster film in its historical context with an emphasis on the ways the image of the gangster has...  Read More >>

Irreversible

Irreversible

Author: Tim Palmer
ISBN: 9780230336971
Format: Paperback
$52.99

A critical study of Gasper Noe's Irreversible (2002) in the context of cinema du corps, which seeks to scrutinise...  Read More >>

Studying Early and Silent Cinema

Studying Early and Silent Cinema

Author: Keith Withall
ISBN: 9781906733698
Format: Paperback
$71.16

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically...  Read More >>

Studying Early and Silent Cinema

Studying Early and Silent Cinema

Author: Keith Withall
ISBN: 9781906733704
Format: Hardback
$316.80

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Embodiment and Horror Cinema

Embodiment and Horror Cinema

Author: Larrie Dudenhoeffer
ISBN: 9781349487530
Format: Paperback
$184.95

"Using the four tissue types (connective, epithelial, nervous, and muscular), Dudenhoeffer expands and complicates...  Read More >>

Embodiment and Horror Cinema

Embodiment and Horror Cinema

Author: Larrie Dudenhoeffer
ISBN: 9781137404954
Format: Hardback
$184.95

"Using the four tissue types (connective, epithelial, nervous, and muscular), Dudenhoeffer expands and complicates...  Read More >>

Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance

Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance...

Author: Brent Phillips
ISBN: 9780813147215
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Drawing on unpublished oral histories, correspondence, and new interviews, this biography offers an entertaining...  Read More >>

Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film

Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film

Author: Ryan Bishop
ISBN: 9780748698042
Format: Paperback
$75.01

Analyses the growth of the American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends. This book uses...  Read More >>

Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema: Cliché, Convention and the Final Couple

Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema: Cliché, Convention...

Author: James MacDowell
ISBN: 9780748699773
Format: Paperback
$75.01

Offers a critical study of the 'happy ending' in classical and contemporary Hollywood cinema. This book encourages...  Read More >>

Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films

Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films

Author: Sharon Packer, MD
ISBN: 9780786472345
Format: Paperback
$61.00

Traces the intertwining paths of SF film, psychiatry, and neuroscience, showing how they cross-pollinate one another,...  Read More >>

Children's Film in the Digital Age: Essays on Audience, Adaptation and Consumer Culture

Children's Film in the Digital Age: Essays on Audience,...

Author: Karin Beeler ,  Stan Beeler
ISBN: 9780786475964
Format: Paperback
$60.50

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Welcome to Our Nightmares: Behind the Scene with Today's Horror Actors

Welcome to Our Nightmares: Behind the Scene with Today's...

Author: Jason Norman
ISBN: 9780786479863
Format: Paperback
$46.00

Offers a collection of profiles, most being published for the first time, of the process that today's top horror...  Read More >>

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