Film & movie: styles & genres books

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The 'War on Terror' and American Film: 9/11 Frames Per Second

The 'War on Terror' and American Film: 9/11 Frames Per...

Author: Terence McSweeney (Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Southampton Solent University)
ISBN: 9781474413060
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This compelling, theoretically informed and up-to-date exploration of contemporary American cinema charts the evolution...  Read More >>

International Noir

International Noir

Author: Homer B. Pettey (Professor Emeritus of Film and Comparative Literature, University of Arizona) ,  R. Barton Palmer (Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, Clemson University)
ISBN: 9781474413084
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Ranging from Japanese silent films and women's films to French, Hong Kong, and Nordic New Waves, this book explores...  Read More >>

Film Noir

Film Noir

Author: Homer B. Pettey (Professor Emeritus of Film and Comparative Literature, University of Arizona) ,  R. Barton Palmer (Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, Clemson University)
ISBN: 9781474413077
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This book traces the development of what we know as film noir from the proto-noir elements of Feuillade's silent...  Read More >>

Fantasy of Modernity: Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s

Fantasy of Modernity: Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema...

Author: Aarti Wani
ISBN: 9781107117211
Format: Hardback
$183.71

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to 1950s Bombay cinema, contextualizing the theme of love within the...  Read More >>

The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters

The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest...

Author: Jason Barr
ISBN: 9780786499632
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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The American Civil War and the Hollywood War Film

The American Civil War and the Hollywood War Film

Author: John Trafton
ISBN: 9781349573875
Format: Paperback
$59.49

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The X-Men Films: A Cultural Analysis

The X-Men Films: A Cultural Analysis

Author: Claudia Bucciferro
ISBN: 9781442265332
Format: Hardback
$253.00

This edited collection focuses on the X-Men film franchise, with essays that considers the movies as popular culture...  Read More >>

Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic

Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic

Author: Jean Bruce ,  Gerda Cammaer
ISBN: 9781551526089
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. This award-winning movie became the most popular ever produced by the National Film...  Read More >>

C.R.A.Z.Y.: A Queer Film Classic

C.R.A.Z.Y.: A Queer Film Classic

Author: Robert Schwartzwald
ISBN: 9781551526102
Format: Paperback
$19.99

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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: 9781138654167
Format: Paperback
$90.99

This title examines the way in which late 20th-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil...  Read More >>

Writing the Comedy Movie

Writing the Comedy Movie

Author: Marc Blake (Southampton Solent University, UK)
ISBN: 9781628925951
Format: Paperback
$59.99

It is often suggested that there are ‘secrets’ to comedy or that it is ‘lightning in a bottle’, but the craft of...  Read More >>

Alex Cox's Introduction to Film: A Director's Perspective

Alex Cox's Introduction to Film: A Director's Perspective...

Author: Alex Cox
ISBN: 9781843447467
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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Writing the Comedy Movie

Writing the Comedy Movie

Author: Marc Blake (Southampton Solent University, UK)
ISBN: 9781501316340
Format: Hardback
$190.00

It is often suggested that there are ‘secrets’ to comedy or that it is ‘lightning in a bottle’, but the craft of...  Read More >>

A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series

A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series

Author: Ken Hanke
ISBN: 9781138965423
Format: Paperback
$98.99

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Movies, Moves and Music: The Sonic World of Dance Films

Movies, Moves and Music: The Sonic World of Dance Films...

Author: Mark Evans ,  Mary Fogarty
ISBN: 9781845539580
Format: Paperback
$49.50

This volume investigates the relationship between movement and sound as it is revealed, manipulated and crafted...  Read More >>

Grindhouse Nostalgia: Memory, Home Video and Exploitation Film Fandom

Grindhouse Nostalgia: Memory, Home Video and Exploitation...

Author: David Church (Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University)
ISBN: 9781474409001
Format: Paperback
$67.99

In this wide-ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urban grind houses...  Read More >>

Monstrous Adaptations: Generic and Thematic Mutations in Horror Film

Monstrous Adaptations: Generic and Thematic Mutations...

Author: Richard Hand ,  Jay McRoy
ISBN: 9781784992484
Format: Paperback
$51.72

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White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan

White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of...

Author: Tom Rice
ISBN: 9780253018366
Format: Hardback
$211.20

White Robes, Silver Screens highlights the ways in which the Klan used, produced, and protested against film in...  Read More >>

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