Film, TV & Radio books

Eithne Quinn reveals how Hollywood catalyzed racial politics in the decade after the passage of the Civil Rights...  Read More >>

In a prolific career spanning six decades, actor Burt Reynolds was a definitive American icon and one of the world's...  Read More >>

Provides the only comprehensive history of more than 350 African American entertainers in Australia and New Zealand...  Read More >>

This history of Hollywood's treatment of women's bodies traces the full span of the motion picture era. Each chapter...  Read More >>

This critical examination of Black Mirror and Electric Dreams focuses on pop culture depictions of technology and...  Read More >>

Recounts the varied representations of vigilantes in films like The Birth of a Nation, Taxi Driver, Falling Down...  Read More >>

A popular phenomenon since antiquity, the image of the haunted house is one that has translated elegantly into the...  Read More >>

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Looking at the fan magazines of Hollywood’s “classic era” with fresh regarding eyes and treating them as primary...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking collection of thirty-five essays by a wide range of academic specialists situates current scholarship...  Read More >>

Explores the technical aspects of the filmmaking process, the ways in which certain elements of cinema are creatively...  Read More >>

Explores the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, These essays turn...  Read More >>

Explores what’s happened to Mexico's film industry in recent decades. Far from just a history of the period, Screening...  Read More >>

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Thoughtful and passionate, Ang Lee humbly reveals here a personal journey that brought him from Taiwan to his chosen...  Read More >>

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""Boklit"" is a story of Ely's life from his childhood until he was captured by God in a violent near death experienced...  Read More >>

Hal Howland picks up where his popular memoir The Human Drummer leaves off, discussing the aging process, art, books,...  Read More >>

Rattlesnake wrangler Corky Dodds is the organizer of the Eden's Lair, Texas, Rattlesnake Roundup, the backdrop for...  Read More >>

Whether writing scripts for the far-flung fantasies of Doctor Who or Blake’s 7, or for the more everyday gritty...  Read More >>

Watching movies every night at home with his cats, film scholar and cat lover Daisuke Miyao noticed how frequently...  Read More >>

The most comprehensive reference text of theoretical and historical discourse on the biopic film The biopic, often...  Read More >>

The first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted...  Read More >>

Explores what’s happened to Mexico's film industry in recent decades. Far from just a history of the period, Screening...  Read More >>

These interviews trace Wes Craven's life and career, from his upbringing in a strict religious family and his life...  Read More >>