Film & movie: styles & genres books

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Discover the filmmaking secrets behind the magical creatures of the Forbidden Forest, the Black Lake, and beyond....  Read More >>

Discover the filmmaking secrets behind Diagon Alley, the Ministry of Magic, and the other magical locations of the...  Read More >>

It all began in the summer of 1973, when the author--then a young man fresh out of film school--traveled to Mexico...  Read More >>

A 25th anniversary history and celebration of The Shawshank Redemption, one of the most cherished American films...  Read More >>

Since the Second World War, depictions of Royal Air Force operations in film and television drama have become so...  Read More >>

This book examines how heteronormativity in higher education can be interrupted and resisted. These spaces must...  Read More >>

A range of international scholars highlight the thematic and formal coherence of James Benning's practice, whilst...  Read More >>

This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling...  Read More >>

This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling...  Read More >>

With contributions from an international range of specialists, and with considerations of works by contemporary...  Read More >>

This book examines five highly influential Francoist films produced from 1938 until 1964 and three later films by...  Read More >>

Through case studies of popular films, including Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Dawn of the Dead and The Human...  Read More >>

Hong Kong Horror Cinemaoffers new insights into the history of Hong Kong horror through case studies of classic...  Read More >>

Addressing representations of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic cinemas, this ground-breaking...  Read More >>

Focusing on the social experience of cinema and cinema-going, this collection of essays provides a detailed context...  Read More >>

The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces...  Read More >>

This is the first book in English dedicated to the actress and director Tanaka Kinuyo. Her career overlapped with...  Read More >>

Female Agency and Documentary Strategies centres on how self-portraiture and contemporary documentary manifestations...  Read More >>

In this close reading of her films and production methods, E. Dawn Hall defines Reichardt's auteur characteristics,...  Read More >>

Films like Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness established Todd Solondz as independent cinema's premier satirist....  Read More >>

New compact edition from the bestselling '100 Ideas' series  Read More >>

Offers not only an analytical study of the films of Herzog, perhaps the most famous living German filmmaker, but...  Read More >>

'When you film a documentary, life comes barrelling at you like a wild bear, so the filmic equivalent of the fight-or-flight...  Read More >>

Peek into the secret files of eleven screen sirens who drained the life (and banknotes) out of men by day while...  Read More >>