Film & movie: styles & genres books

4572 books were found.

The Philosophy of Neo-Noir

The Philosophy of Neo-Noir

Author: Mark T. Conard
ISBN: 9780813192178
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Alienation and Alterity: Otherness in Modern and Contemporary Francophone Contexts

Alienation and Alterity: Otherness in Modern and Contemporary...

Author: Paul Cooke ,  Helen Vassallo
ISBN: 9783039115471
Format: Paperback
$168.83

Discussions of French ‘identity’ have frequently emphasised the importance of a highly centralised Republican model...  Read More >>

Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia

Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia

Author: Wheeler W. Dixon
ISBN: 9780748624003
Format: Paperback
$75.01

An overview of 20th and 21st-century film noir and fatalist film practice from 1945 onwards.  Read More >>

Horror

Horror

Author: Brigid Cherry (St. Mary's University College, UK)
ISBN: 9780415456685
Format: Paperback
$42.00

Presents a comprehensive overview of the horror film and explores how the genre works. Examining the way horror...  Read More >>

Horror

Horror

Author: Brigid Cherry (St. Mary's University College, UK)
ISBN: 9780415456678
Format: Hardback
$154.00

Presents a comprehensive overview of the horror film and explores how the genre works. Examining the way horror...  Read More >>

The Secret Life of Romantic Comedy

The Secret Life of Romantic Comedy

Author: Celestino Deleyto ,  Bethan Hirst
ISBN: 9780719076749
Format: Hardback
$183.99

The secret life of romantic comedy offers a fresh approach to one of the most popular Hollywood genres in recent...  Read More >>

India: Auteur Films, Independent Documentaries and Video Art (1890-2008)

India: Auteur Films, Independent Documentaries and Video...

Author: John Akomfranch ,  Amir Gangar
ISBN: 9788496917460
Format: Paperback
$63.23

Focuses on cinematographic works that bear witness to the audiovisual experiences in India over the first century...  Read More >>

Chaplin in the Sound Era: An Analysis of the Seven Talkies

Chaplin in the Sound Era: An Analysis of the Seven Talkies...

Author: Eric L. Flom
ISBN: 9780786440528
Format: Paperback
$60.50

"Charles Chaplin is commonly remembered as a silent film comedian. This title covers each of Chaplin's seven sound...  Read More >>

Edgar G. Ulmer: Essays on the King of the B's

Edgar G. Ulmer: Essays on the King of the B's

Author: Bernd Herzogenrath
ISBN: 9780786437009
Format: Paperback
$43.95

"Edgar G Ulmer delivered classics like """"The Black Cat"""", starring Bela Lugosi, and was nicknamed 'The King...  Read More >>

Cross-Channel Perspectives: The French Reception of British Cinema

Cross-Channel Perspectives: The French Reception of...

Author: Wendy Everett ,  Axel Goodbody
ISBN: 9783039113606
Format: Paperback
$208.43

This book is the first ever full-length study of the reception of British cinema in post-war France, challenging...  Read More >>

Western Film Series of the Sound Era

Western Film Series of the Sound Era

Author: Michael R. Pitts
ISBN: 9780786435296
Format: Hardback
$250.80

"The western genre touched on ideals of honor, conquest, and freedom of spirit, and its stories packed cinemas of...  Read More >>

Chinese Films in Focus II

Chinese Films in Focus II

Author: C. Berry
ISBN: 9781844572366
Format: Hardback
$264.00

The revised and expanded edition of this essential guide to Chinese cinema includes brings together 35 essays, including...  Read More >>

Hollywood's West: The American Frontier in Film, Television, and History

Hollywood's West: The American Frontier in Film, Television,...

Author: Peter C. Rollins ,  John E. O'Connor
ISBN: 9780813191966
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Differing characterizations of the frontier in modern popular culture reveal numerous truths about American consciousness...  Read More >>

Falling in Love Again: Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema

Falling in Love Again: Romantic Comedy in Contemporary...

Author: Stacey Abbott (University of Roehampton, UK) ,  Deborah Jermyn (University of Roehampton, UK)
ISBN: 9781845117719
Format: Paperback
$45.00

Revisits and reflects on romantic comedies. This book considers the films and issues that illustrate the diversity...  Read More >>

Amistades Peligrosas: El Discurso Homoerotico en el Teatro de Lope de Vega

Amistades Peligrosas: El Discurso Homoerotico en el...

Author: Julio Gonzalez-Ruiz
ISBN: 9781433104138
Format: Hardback
$271.00

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The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir

The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir

Author: Foster Hirsch
ISBN: 9780306817724
Format: Paperback
$43.99

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Chinese Films in Focus II

Chinese Films in Focus II

Author: C. Berry
ISBN: 9781844572373
Format: Paperback
$84.35

The revised and expanded edition of this essential guide to Chinese cinema includes brings together 35 essays, including...  Read More >>

Horror Cinema

Horror Cinema

Author: Jonathan Penner ,  Steven Jay Schneider
ISBN: 9783822831526
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Depicting deep-rooted, even archetypal fears, while at the same time exploiting socially and culturally specific...  Read More >>

Tudors and Stuarts on Film: Historical Perspectives

Tudors and Stuarts on Film: Historical Perspectives...

Author: Susan Doran ,  Thomas Freeman
ISBN: 9781403940711
Format: Paperback
$81.84

Why should films be historically accurate? Why are some monarchs popular subjects in film and others virtually ignored?...  Read More >>

Tudors and Stuarts on Film: Historical Perspectives

Tudors and Stuarts on Film: Historical Perspectives...

Author: Susan Doran ,  Thomas Freeman
ISBN: 9781403940704
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Why should films be historically accurate? Why are some monarchs popular subjects in film and others virtually ignored?...  Read More >>

British Silent Cinema

British Silent Cinema

Author: Andrew Higson
ISBN: 9780859897662
Format: Hardback
$122.91

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Images of the word: Hollywood's Bible and Beyond

Images of the word: Hollywood's Bible and Beyond

Author: David Shepherd
ISBN: 9789004157361
Format: Hardback
$366.96

Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)  Read More >>

Shakespeare, Film Studies, and the Visual Cultures of Modernity

Shakespeare, Film Studies, and the Visual Cultures of...

Author: A. Guneratne
ISBN: 9781403967886
Format: Hardback
$104.00

This book is the first in-depth cultural history of cinema's polyvalent and often contradictory appropriations of...  Read More >>

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema

Author: Kenneth R. Morefield
ISBN: 9781443800099
Format: Hardback
$90.54

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema is a fascinating introduction to spiritual aspects in the works...  Read More >>

Words and Images on the Screen: Language, Literature and Moving Pictures

Words and Images on the Screen: Language, Literature...

Author: Agnes Petho
ISBN: 9781847188434
Format: Hardback
$103.47

The screen has never been merely a canvas for the images to be displayed but also - to quote Jean-Luc Godard - a...  Read More >>

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