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Queer Imaginings

On Writing and Cinematic Friendship

David A. Gerstner

Discovering the queer auteur and their seductive cinematic delights and possibilities.

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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350201
$94.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350218
$42.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814350225

Eye of the Taika

New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi

Matthew Bannister

Innovative study of Taika Waititi, whose Maori and Jewish roots influence his distinctive New Zealand comedic style.

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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345320
$92.99
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345337
$36.99
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345344

Barbara Hammer

Pushing Out of the Frame

Sarah Keller

Surveys the boundary-pushing career of pioneering filmmaker and artist Barbara Hammer.

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Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814348598
$94.99
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Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814348581
$35.99
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Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814348604

Luchino Visconti and the Fabric of Cinema

Joe McElhaney

Unveils the metaphoric and theoretical possibilities of fabric in the films of Luchino Visconti.

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Published: February 2021
ISBN: 9780814348260
$94.99
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Published: February 2021
ISBN: 9780814343081
$35.99
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Published: February 2021
ISBN: 9780814343098

V. F. Perkins on Movies

Collected Shorter Film Criticism

Edited by Douglas Pye

The collected shorter film criticism of one of the most brilliant English-language film critics.

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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346426
$84.99
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346433
$34.99
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346440

Archaic Modernism

Queer Poetics in the Cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini

Daniel Humphrey

Detailed textual readings evoking the archaic sensibility and modernist style of Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346068
$85.99
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814343104
$35.99
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814343111

The Cinema of Ettore Scola

Edited by Rémi Lanzoni and Edward Bowen

Brings to light Scola’s cinematic style and contextualizes his commentary on Italian society and politics.

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Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814347478
$84.99
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Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814343791
$35.99
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Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814343807

The Construction of Testimony

Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah and Its Outtakes

Edited by Erin McGlothlin, Brad Prager, and Markus Zisselsberger

Groundbreaking analyses of the vast archive of newly digitized and released outtakes from Lanzmann’s masterwork.

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Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347331
$84.99
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Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347348
$36.99
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Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347355

African American Cinema through Black Lives Consciousness

Edited by Mark A. Reid

Employs an interdisciplinary critical approach to discuss a selected group of black-oriented films.

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Published: January 2019
ISBN: 9780814345498
$84.99
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Published: January 2019
ISBN: 9780814345481
$29.99
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Published: January 2019
ISBN: 9780814345504

The Films of Jess Franco

Edited by Antonio Lázaro-Reboll and Ian Olney

The first edited volume devoted to the legendary cult director Jess Franco.

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Published: August 2018
ISBN: 9780814344934
$84.99
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Published: August 2018
ISBN: 9780814343166
$29.99
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Published: August 2018
ISBN: 9780814343173
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The Berlin School and Its Global Contexts

A Transnational Art Cinema

Edited by Marco Abel and Jaimey Fisher

Germany’s most important filmmaking movement in conversation with its peers across the globe.

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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814344903
$84.99
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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342008
$31.99
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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342015

The Best Laid Plans

Interrogating the Heist Film

Edited by Jeannette Sloniowski and Jim Leach

Explores the significance of the heist film genre.

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Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814342244
$36.99
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Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814342251

Raul Ruiz's Cinema of Inquiry

Edited by Ignacio Lopez-Vicuna and Andreea Marinescu

Investigates the work of global filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.

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Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814341063
$36.99
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Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814341070

The Boys in the Band

Flashpoints of Cinema, History, and Queer Politics

Edited by Matt Bell

William Friedkin’s 1970 motion picture The Boys in the Band is perfectly poised for the wide-ranging reassessment and innovative readings that this edited volume accomplishes.

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Published: December 2016
ISBN: 9780814341537
$34.99
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Published: December 2016
ISBN: 9780814341544
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Beyond Blaxploitation

Edited by Novotny Lawrence and Gerald R. Butters, Jr.

Beyond Blaxploitation is a groundbreaking scholarly anthology devoted to examining canonical and lesser-known films of the blaxploitation movement to demonstrate the richness, depth, and complexity of this intriguing period in motion picture history.

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Published: November 2016
ISBN: 9780814340769
$34.99
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Published: November 2016
ISBN: 9780814340776

The Apu Trilogy

New Edition

Robin Wood
Edited by Barry Keith Grant
Preface by Richard Lippe

Film critic Robin Wood offers a persuasive detailed reading of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy, widely regarded as landmarks of world cinema.

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Published: October 2016
ISBN: 9780814332771
$31.99
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Published: October 2016
ISBN: 9780814342268

Christophe Honoré

A Critical Introduction

David A. Gerstner and Julien Nahmias

Studies Honoré as an auteur who intervenes in French filmmaking practices and culture with a queer "caméra-stylo."

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Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814338636
$34.99
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Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814338643

Arthur Penn

New Edition

Robin Wood with Richard Lippe
Edited by Barry Keith Grant

A pioneering and influential look at the work of director Arthur Penn, reprinted and expanded.

Paperback
Published: June 2014
ISBN: 9780814333587
$27.99
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Published: June 2014
ISBN: 9780814339275

Queer Enchantments

Gender, Sexuality, and Class in the Fairy-Tale Cinema of Jacques Demy

Anne E. Duggan

Examines director Jacques Demy's use of the fairy tale as a means to explore issues of gender, sexuality, and class.

Paperback
Published: October 2013
ISBN: 9780814335093
$31.99
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Published: October 2013
ISBN: 9780814338544

Ingmar Bergman

New Edition

Robin Wood
Edited by Barry Keith Grant

An expanded version of Robin Wood's influential study of Ingmar Bergman, including more recent essays on the director.

Paperback
Published: December 2012
ISBN: 9780814333600
$27.99
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Published: December 2012
ISBN: 9780814338063

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