Film & movie: styles & genres books

5216 books were found.

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood...

Author: Sam Wasson
ISBN: 9781250266293
Format: Paperback
$50.13

A book that will take its place alongside classics like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Robert Evans' The Kid Stays...  Read More >>

Vampires from Another World: The Cinematic Progeny of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds and Bram Stoker's Dracula

Vampires from Another World: The Cinematic Progeny of...

Author: Simon Bacon
ISBN: 9781476678733
Format: Paperback
$131.87

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Secrets of the Force

Secrets of the Force

Author: Edward Gross ,  Mark A Altman
ISBN: 9781250427359
Format: Paperback
$66.00

The first and only comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise.  Read More >>

The Joe E. Brown Films

The Joe E. Brown Films

Author: James L Neibaur
ISBN: 9781629337388
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Joe E. Brown was the most popular movie comedian in the 1930s, his films being bigger moneymakers than those featuring...  Read More >>

The Joe E. Brown Films (hardback)

The Joe E. Brown Films (hardback)

Author: James L Neibaur
ISBN: 9781629337395
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Joe E. Brown was the most popular movie comedian in the 1930s, his films being bigger moneymakers than those featuring...  Read More >>

Towards a Philosophy of Cinematography

Towards a Philosophy of Cinematography

Author: Alexander Nevill
ISBN: 9783030659349
Format: Hardback
$155.22

This book presents three interrelated essays about cinematography which offer a theoretical understanding of the...  Read More >>

From Tailors with Love: An Evolution of Menswear Through the Bond Films

From Tailors with Love: An Evolution of Menswear Through...

Author: Peter Brooker ,  Matt Spaiser
ISBN: 9781629337142
Format: Paperback
$71.28

A history of the James Bond wardrobe.  Read More >>

Dream State: California in the Movies

Dream State: California in the Movies

Author: Mick LaSalle
ISBN: 9781597145312
Format: Hardback
$73.92

""Longtime San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle's freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen...  Read More >>

Charles Crichton

Charles Crichton

Author: Quentin Falk
ISBN: 9781526149954
Format: Hardback
$200.00

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From Tailors with Love (hardback): An Evolution of Menswear Through the Bond Films

From Tailors with Love (hardback): An Evolution of Menswear...

Author: Peter Brooker ,  Matt Spaiser
ISBN: 9781629337159
Format: Hardback
$97.68

A history of the James Bond wardrobe.  Read More >>

After Happily Ever After: Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age

After Happily Ever After: Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic...

Author: Maria San Filippo ,  John Alberti
ISBN: 9780814346747
Format: Paperback
$71.50

In defiance of the alleged ‘death of romantic comedy’, After """"Happily Ever After"""": Romantic Comedy in the...  Read More >>

After ""Happily Ever After: Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age

After ""Happily Ever After: Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic...

Author: Maria San Filippo ,  John Alberti
ISBN: 9780814346730
Format: Hardback
$188.10

In defiance of the alleged ‘death of romantic comedy’, After """"Happily Ever After"""": Romantic Comedy in the...  Read More >>

ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May

ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May

Author: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas ,  Dean Brandum
ISBN: 9781474440196
Format: Paperback
$49.99

This collection focuses both on the films Elaine May has directed, and also emphasises her work with other high...  Read More >>

The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-And-Roll Life

The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-And-Roll Life

Author: Jonathan Taplin ,  Roger Wayne
ISBN: 9781713630340
Format: Audio
$65.97

This memoir traces Taplin's life and its intersection with several significant cultural moments, from his early...  Read More >>

Honor Among Thieves: The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville

Honor Among Thieves: The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville...

Author: Andrew Dickos
ISBN: 9781940625478
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Honor Among Thieves profiles Melville's eventful life & discusses his cinema as an essential body of work in our...  Read More >>

Heightened Genre and Women's Filmmaking in Hollywood: The Rise of the Cine-fille

Heightened Genre and Women's Filmmaking in Hollywood:...

Author: Mary Harrod
ISBN: 9783030709938
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Despite the widely publicised prejudice faced by women in Hollywood, since around 1990 a significant minority of...  Read More >>

Film Noir and the Possibilities of Hollywood

Film Noir and the Possibilities of Hollywood

Author: Nathaniel Deyo
ISBN: 9783030370602
Format: Paperback
$194.04

Built around close readings of 11 noir films, this book seeks to refresh our understanding of “film noir” by returning...  Read More >>

Discourses of Home and Homeland in Irish Children’s Fiction 1990-2012: Writing Home

Discourses of Home and Homeland in Irish Children’s...

Author: Ciara Ní Bhroin
ISBN: 9783030733940
Format: Hardback
$284.60

In the context of changing constructs of home and of childhood since the mid-twentieth century, this book examines...  Read More >>

The Digital Imaginary: Literature and Cinema of the Database

The Digital Imaginary: Literature and Cinema of the...

Author: Roderick Coover (Temple University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501379406
Format: Paperback
$64.99

""Leading creators and scholars raise provocative questions about emerging and hybrid narrative forms of digital...  Read More >>

Screening Queer Memory: LGBTQ Pasts in Contemporary Film and Television

Screening Queer Memory: LGBTQ Pasts in Contemporary...

Author: Dr Anamarija Horvat (University of Edinburgh, UK)
ISBN: 9781350187658
Format: Hardback
$190.00

In Screening Queer Memory, Anamarija Horvat examines how LGBTQ history has been represented on-screen, and interrogates...  Read More >>

Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Canons

Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Canons

Author: Julie Lobalzo Wright (University of Warwick, UK) ,  Martha Shearer (University College Dublin, Ireland)
ISBN: 9781501357114
Format: Hardback
$190.00

But is it a musical? This question is regularly asked of films, television shows and other media objects that sit...  Read More >>

Born to Be Bad, Part II

Born to Be Bad, Part II

Author: Timon Singh ,  Graham Yost
ISBN: 9781629337166
Format: Paperback
$76.56

A sequel to the best interview book with action stars out there.  Read More >>

Born to Be Bad, Part II (hardback)

Born to Be Bad, Part II (hardback)

Author: Timon Singh ,  Graham Yost
ISBN: 9781629337173
Format: Hardback
$102.96

A sequel to the best interview book with action stars out there.  Read More >>

The Moving Image as Public Art: Sidewalk Spectators and Modes of Enchantment

The Moving Image as Public Art: Sidewalk Spectators...

Author: Annie Dell'Aria
ISBN: 9783030659035
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book maps the presence of moving images within the field of public art through encounters with passersby. These...  Read More >>

Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation

Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation

Author: Linda Badley ,  Andrew Nestingen
ISBN: 9783030386603
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation deploys the tools of current adaptation studies to undertake a wide-ranging...  Read More >>

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