Films, movies & cinema books

While media historians have extensively analysed screen portrayals of the more sensational events of America in...  Read More >>

Since ancient times, explorers and adventurers have captured popular imagination with their frightening narratives...  Read More >>

Presents a critical appreciation of an unusually fertile period for the production of great silent films: late 1927...  Read More >>

Examines how George A. Romero’s extensive body of work participates in social critique by delving into issues such...  Read More >>

From British soldier Flora Sandes to the famed World War II Night Witches of the Soviet Air Force, women across...  Read More >>

American silent film actress Mabel Normand (1892-1930) appeared in a string of popular movies opposite stars like...  Read More >>

Examines horror films and their sequels to determine the glue that holds individual franchises together, which films...  Read More >>

Over more than three decades, Joel and Ethan Coen have produced some of the most memorable and influential American...  Read More >>

A lavishly illustrated encyclopaedia that covers every Hammer film and television production in thorough detail,...  Read More >>

Greatly expanded and updated from the 1977 original, this new edition explores the evolution of the modern horror...  Read More >>

Examining acknowledged classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and The Howling (1981), as well as overlooked gems like...  Read More >>

Essays in this book explore how classic ‘50s science fiction films have been recycled, repurposed, and reused in...  Read More >>

Spanning from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 Alice in Wonderland to Jordan Peele’s 2019 film Us, this examination of the wonderland...  Read More >>

How did beloved movie dogs become man-killers like Cujo and his cinematic pack-mates? For the first time, here is...  Read More >>

Depicts the life of Conrad Veidt (1893-1943), the defining German actor of Expressionist cinema in the 1920s. Along...  Read More >>

Although a major star in the 1910s, Theda Bara - known as ‘The Vamp’ - was largely neglected until the 1990s, when...  Read More >>

A richly detailed examination of two branches of American entertainment that focuses on the various ways that radio...  Read More >>

Offers a complete history of The Thin Man series, covering the brightest stars, tastiest scandals, headlines and...  Read More >>

When L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he created an American myth that has endured the test of time....  Read More >>

Explores 60 B horror films, divided into 12 fun and uniquely-themed categories. Chapters discuss how the Atomic...  Read More >>

Tells the story of the music and the composers who have helped define the sound of space for over a century. Musical...  Read More >>

Analyses the history of Italian film censorship from its early days to the present, discussing the most controversial...  Read More >>

Deals with the seldom-written topic featuring depictions of Imperial Japan from the time it was a totalitarian power...  Read More >>

Using the backdrop of some of the most well-known zombie properties (Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later and...  Read More >>

Critically examines how movies that feature real or imagined explorers and expeditions creatively feature the geography...  Read More >>