Film & movie: styles & genres books

5216 books were found.

Travels of Bollywood Cinema:: From Bombay to LA

Travels of Bollywood Cinema:: From Bombay to LA

Author: Anjali Gera Roy (, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Kharagpur) ,  Chua Beng Huat (, Chua Beng Huat: Professor, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9780199454150
Format: Paperback
$44.95

The book examines the historical and spatial flows of Indian popular cinema from Bombay (Mumbai) and other production...  Read More >>

Politics in Popular Movies: Rhetorical Takes on Horror, War, Thriller, and Sci-Fi Films

Politics in Popular Movies: Rhetorical Takes on Horror,...

Author: John S. Nelson
ISBN: 9781612055565
Format: Hardback
$368.00

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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition

Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror...

Author: Tony Williams
ISBN: 9781628461909
Format: Hardback
$222.20

Traces the origins of the 1970s family horror film subgenre to certain aspects of American culture and classical...  Read More >>

Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film

Comedy and Cultural Critique in American Film

Author: Ryan Bishop (Professor of Global Arts and Politics and Co-director of the research group Archaeologies of Media and Technology, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton)
ISBN: 9780748698042
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film....  Read More >>

The Sci-fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz

The Sci-fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien...

Author: Chris Barsanti
ISBN: 9781578595037
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills....  Read More >>

Women and Death in Film, Television, and News: Dead but Not Gone

Women and Death in Film, Television, and News: Dead...

Author: Joanne Clarke Dillman
ISBN: 9781137457684
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Dead women litter the visual landscape of the 2000s. In this book, Clarke Dillman explains the contextual environment...  Read More >>

Welcome to Our Nightmares: Behind the Scene with Today's Horror Actors

Welcome to Our Nightmares: Behind the Scene with Today's...

Author: Jason Norman
ISBN: 9780786479863
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Warlikowski: Extra Ecclesiam: Translated by Soren Gauger

Warlikowski: Extra Ecclesiam: Translated by Soren Gauger...

Author: Jaroslaw Fazan ,  Grzegorz Niziolek
ISBN: 9783631626801
Format: Hardback
$103.63

This book joins Krzysztof Warlikowski’s theater with the dynamic changes in Polish society following 1989, using...  Read More >>

The Zombie Renaissance in Popular Culture

The Zombie Renaissance in Popular Culture

Author: L. Hubner ,  M. Leaning
ISBN: 9781137276490
Format: Hardback
$264.00

This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' – the growing importance...  Read More >>

Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema

Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde...

Author: Scott MacDonald (Professor of Film History, Professor of Film History, Hamilton College)
ISBN: 9780199388714
Format: Paperback
$85.95

With in-depth interviews of directors like Nina Davenport, Ross McElwee, Ed Pincus, and others, Avant-Doc provides...  Read More >>

Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films

Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films

Author: Sharon Packer, MD
ISBN: 9780786472345
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Phantom Ladies: Hollywood Horror and the Home Front

Phantom Ladies: Hollywood Horror and the Home Front...

Author: Tim Snelson
ISBN: 9780813570426
Format: Paperback
$102.83

Defying industry logic and gender expectations, women started flocking to see horror films in the early 1940s. The...  Read More >>

Japanese and American Horror: A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games

Japanese and American Horror: A Comparative Study of...

Author: Katarzyna Marak
ISBN: 9780786496662
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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The Hollywood Meme

The Hollywood Meme

Author: Professor Christopher A Whatley (University of Dundee)
ISBN: 9780748677474
Format: Electronic book text
$343.17

Public opinion in Scotland in 1707 was sharply divided, between advocates of Union, opponents, and a large body...  Read More >>

Making Movies into Art: Picture Craft from the Magic Lantern to Early Hollywood

Making Movies into Art: Picture Craft from the Magic...

Author: Kaveh Askari (Western Washington University, USA)
ISBN: 9781844576951
Format: Paperback
$66.99

This fascinating study charts the emergence of American cinema, from pre-cinematic entertainment in the 1890s to...  Read More >>

Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen...

Author: Ruth Barton
ISBN: 9780813147093
Format: Hardback
$92.27

This definitive biography not only restores the visionary filmmaker to the spotlight but provides an absorbing look...  Read More >>

Dashiell Hammett and the Movies

Dashiell Hammett and the Movies

Author: William H. Mooney
ISBN: 9780813562520
Format: Paperback
$102.83

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