Filmmakers
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Vincente Minnelli
The Art of Entertainment
A comprehensive scholarly examination of Vincente Minnelli, one of American cinema’s central filmmakers.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333075
New Zealand Filmmakers
The most thorough study on the filmmakers who have defined New Zealand cinema from its origins to its current successes.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330173
Howard Hawks
A significant and contemporary study of director Howard Hawks by influential film critic Robin Wood, reprinted with a new introduction.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332764
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338377
Sayles Talk
New Perspectives on Independent Filmmaker John Sayles
The first collection of original essays on the work of writer-director John Sayles, this book addresses the full range of his films from a variety of critical viewpoints.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331552
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340073
Horror International
A close look at horror films from around the world, drawing attention to neglected social, cultural, and ideological aspects of the horror genre in international cinema.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331019
Zones of Anxiety
Movement, Musidora, and the Crime Serials of Louis Feuillade
A feminist analysis of the "cinema of uncertainty" through an examination of the crime serials of Louis Feuillade and the work of actress Musidora.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814328552
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337370
More Than a Method
Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance
Insightful, focused case studies of screen performance from diverse directors with a range of contemporary styles and approaches.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330791
The Searchers
Essays and Reflections on John Ford’s Classic Western
A series of in-depth examinations of the motion picture many consider to be Hollywood’s finest western film.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330562
To Change Reels
Film and Film Culture in South Africa
An engaging inquiry into the history of South African film and its future—one that focuses on the country’s cultural history while squarely facing questions of race.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330012
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814330005
Framing Hitchcock
Selected Essays from the Hitchcock Annual
An engaging look at Alfred Hitchcock’s work from all angles, culled from an authoritative source of Hitchcock film commentary.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330616
Im Kwon-Taek
The Making of a Korean National Cinema
Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema is a collection of essays written about Im Kwon-Taek, better known as the father of New Korean Cinema, that takes a critical look at the situations of filmmakers in South Korea.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814328699
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340080
Bertolucci's The Last Emperor
Multiple Takes
In this anthology, filmmakers, psychoanalysts, film scholars, and cultural historians use a psychoanalytical approach to examine Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film The Last Emperor (1988).
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814327005
New Latin American Cinema, Volume 1
Theories, Practices, and Transcontinental Articulations
Volume One explores the formation of the New Latin American Cinema movement, its national and continental implications (including the diasporic/exilic experience) and transcontinental articulations through the writings of pioneer filmmakers and scholars.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814325858
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814327050
Hitchcock's Rereleased Films
From Rope to Vertigo
Hitchcock’s Rereleased Films contains new essays on five of Hitchcock’s most important films, revealing their artistic and cultural achievement and their centrality to understanding our culture.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814323267
Imitations of Life
A Reader on Film & Television Melodrama
This collection of important essays examines melodrama from a variety of perspectives—chronological, theoretical, international, and feminist.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814320655