Film & movie: styles & genres books

4572 books were found.

Blockbuster History in the New Russia: Movies, Memory, and Patriotism

Blockbuster History in the New Russia: Movies, Memory,...

Author: Stephen M. Norris
ISBN: 9780253006790
Format: Hardback
$146.95

Examines the connections among cinema, politics, economics, history, and patriotism in the creation of ""blockbuster...  Read More >>

Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films and Television Programs

Surveillance on Screen: Monitoring Contemporary Films...

Author: Sébastien Lefait
ISBN: 9780810885905
Format: Hardback
$138.95

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Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film

Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and...

Author: Peter Malone
ISBN: 9780810883895
Format: Hardback
$85.95

In Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film, Peter Malone takes a close look at films in which...  Read More >>

Iranian Sacred Defence Cinema: Religion, Martyrdom and National Identity

Iranian Sacred Defence Cinema: Religion, Martyrdom and...

Author: Pedram Khosronejad
ISBN: 9781907774171
Format: Hardback
$250.80

While the cinema of post-revolutionary Iran is internationally acknowledged, the world outside Iran has been ignorant...  Read More >>

Cinematic Perspectives on Digital Culture: Consorting with the Machine

Cinematic Perspectives on Digital Culture: Consorting...

Author: Norman Taylor
ISBN: 9780230298927
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle...  Read More >>

Too Much Horror Business

Too Much Horror Business

Author: Kirk Hammett ,  Steffan Chirazi
ISBN: 9780810996595
Format: Hardback
$79.07

For as long as he can remember, Kirk Hammett has found fascination, escape and even love within the world of horror...  Read More >>

The Doctor Who Franchise: American Influence, Fan Culture and the Spinoffs

The Doctor Who Franchise: American Influence, Fan Culture...

Author: Lynnette Porter
ISBN: 9780786465569
Format: Paperback
$43.95

"Doctor Who is very much a part of British popular culture, and the Doctor has become a British icon. Nevertheless,...  Read More >>

Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of the American Western

Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of the American Western...

Author: Mary Lea Bandy ,  Kevin Stoehr
ISBN: 9780520258662
Format: Hardback
$65.95

"A study of the Western that covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films...  Read More >>

Peep Shows: Cult Film and the Cine-Erotic

Peep Shows: Cult Film and the Cine-Erotic

Author: Xavier Mendik
ISBN: 9780231163491
Format: Paperback
$66.00

From mediations on explicit imagery and profiles of prominent performers to discussions of national nudities and...  Read More >>

British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order

British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order

Author: Barry Forshaw
ISBN: 9781137005038
Format: Paperback
$84.99

"Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address...  Read More >>

British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order

British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order

Author: Barry Forshaw
ISBN: 9780230303706
Format: Hardback
$84.99

"Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address...  Read More >>

The Hollywood Family Film: A History, from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter

The Hollywood Family Film: A History, from Shirley Temple...

Author: Noel Brown (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
ISBN: 9781780762708
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The Hollywood family film is one of the most popular, commercially-successful and culturally significant forms of...  Read More >>

Heritage Film Audiences: Period Films and Contemporary Audiences in the UK

Heritage Film Audiences: Period Films and Contemporary...

Author: Dr. Claire Monk
ISBN: 9780748638246
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This book is a study of the contemporary audiences for quality period films, and their responses to these films,...  Read More >>

Shocked But Connected: Notes on Laughter

Shocked But Connected: Notes on Laughter

Author: Michael Roemer
ISBN: 9781442217560
Format: Hardback
$63.95

In Shocked But Connected, distinguished filmmaker Michael Roemer reflects on the nature of comedy and laughter....  Read More >>

Historical Dictionary of Crime Films

Historical Dictionary of Crime Films

Author: Geoff Mayer
ISBN: 9780810867697
Format: Hardback
$177.95

The Historical Dictionary of Crime Films covers the history of this genre through a chronology, an introductory...  Read More >>

Heritage Film Audiences: Period Films and Contemporary Audiences in the UK

Heritage Film Audiences: Period Films and Contemporary...

Author: Claire Monk
ISBN: 9780748668786
Format: Paperback
$75.01

A study of audiences for historical representation in film. By exploring the attitudes and habits of this audience,...  Read More >>

Reel Terror: The Scary, Bloody, Gory, Hundred-year History of Classic Horror Films

Reel Terror: The Scary, Bloody, Gory, Hundred-year History...

Author: David Konow ,  Konow
ISBN: 9780312668839
Format: Paperback
$65.97

"From ""The Cabinet of Dr Caligari"" to ""Paranormal Activity"", the author explores its all-time highs and lows,...  Read More >>

The New Pornographies: Explicit Sex in Recent French Fiction and Film

The New Pornographies: Explicit Sex in Recent French...

Author: Victoria Best ,  Martin Crowley
ISBN: 9780719073991
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century: Essays on New Adaptations

Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century: Essays on New...

Author: Lynnette Porter
ISBN: 9780786468409
Format: Paperback
$49.50

The 21st century is a good time to be Sherlock Holmes. He stars in the recent Guy Ritchie films, with Robert Downey,...  Read More >>

Transnational Television Drama: Special Relations and Mutual Influence between the US and UK

Transnational Television Drama: Special Relations and...

Author: Elke Weissmann
ISBN: 9780230297753
Format: Hardback
$84.99

This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased transnationalisation of the...  Read More >>

Undead in the West: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier

Undead in the West: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and...

Author: Cynthia J. Miller ,  A. Bowdoin Van Riper
ISBN: 9780810885448
Format: Hardback
$117.95

Undead in the West is a collection of essays that explore the many tropes and themes through which undead Westerns...  Read More >>

Studying Fight Club

Studying Fight Club

Author: Mark Ramey
ISBN: 9781906733551
Format: Paperback
$38.79

On initial release the film was met with wide hostility from critics who either failed to appreciate its satirical...  Read More >>

Critical Essays on Colombian Cinema and Culture: Cinembargo Colombia

Critical Essays on Colombian Cinema and Culture: Cinembargo...

Author: J. Suárez ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN: 9780230115170
Format: Hardback
$84.99

An expanded translation of the groundbreaking book on Colombian cinema, this work addresses not only the inadequate...  Read More >>

European Civil War Films: Memory, Conflict, and Nostalgia

European Civil War Films: Memory, Conflict, and Nostalgia...

Author: Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou (University of Salford, UK)
ISBN: 9780415523202
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of...  Read More >>

Ape-man: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to 100 Years of Tarzan

Ape-man: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to 100...

Author: Sean Egan
ISBN: 9781845830670
Format: Paperback
$41.37

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