Film & movie: styles & genres books

Reviled on its release, Peeping Tom (1960) all-but ended the career of director Michael Powell, previously one of...  Read More >>

In closing, the editors argue for the need to continue research into how the Whedonverse(s) lend themselves to transmedial...  Read More >>

Star Wars: The Triumph of Nerd Culture engagingly reveals how the most popular film franchise of all time sprang...  Read More >>

This volume closely examines the near-ubiquitous images of state security walls, domes, and other such defense enclosures...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates that a contemporary form of political cinema has emerged, centered on the production of subjectivity...  Read More >>

Terence McSweeney provides a concise and up-to-date overview of the superhero genre. He lays out its narrative codes...  Read More >>

As violence against LGBTQ+ persons continues to be a pervasive and serious problem, this book aims to inform mental...  Read More >>

Unlike most histories of Hollywood during World War II or the genre of war movies, World War II on Film examines...  Read More >>

Examining six films in particular—Gunga Din (1939), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Heat and Dust (1983), A Passage to...  Read More >>

This book applies Heidegger’s writings to experimental fictions and film genres in order to study a being-there...  Read More >>

Côte d'Azur: Exploring the James Bond connections in the South of France The allure of the French Riviera,...  Read More >>

Since 2001, Trevor Lynch has developed a fervent following with his insightful and sometimes vicious dissections...  Read More >>

More than 100 cross-section artworks bring the vehicles of Star Wars to life. New cross-sections, amazing detail,...  Read More >>

Côte d'Azur: Exploring the James Bond connections in the South of France The allure of the French Riviera,...  Read More >>

This book provides a corpus-led analysis of multi-word units (MWUs) in English, specifically fixed pairs of nouns...  Read More >>

Der Sammelband bringt verschiedene Zugänge und Kontexte zu Twin Peaks zusammen und greift dabei auch die besonderen...  Read More >>

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In the late 1950s, Mike Nichols and Elaine May soared to superstar status as a sketch comedy duo in live shows and...  Read More >>

The Friday the 13th franchise is one of the most successful horror film franchises in history. In SEE! HEAR! CUT!...  Read More >>

Considers the ways in which fairy tales in their mediated forms deconstruct the world and offer alternative views...  Read More >>

In the late 1950s, Mike Nichols and Elaine May soared to superstar status as a sketch comedy duo in live shows and...  Read More >>

The Friday the 13th franchise is one of the most successful horror film franchises in history. In SEE! HEAR! CUT!...  Read More >>

Ther book investigates contemporary women directors who put 'a poetics of horror' to new use in their work, expanding...  Read More >>

"The history of ""Virginia's Grand Motion Picture Palace,"" the Byrd Theatre, belongs to every movie goer who has...  Read More >>

Provides thefirst academic monograph dedicated to developing a cultural understanding of the werewolf film.  Read More >>