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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

Chilean Cinema in the Twenty-First-Century World

Edited by Vania Barraza and Carl Fischer

Explores the global dimension and local identity of Chile’s vibrant contemporary cinema.

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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346815
$84.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346822
$32.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346839

1968 and Global Cinema

Edited by Christina Gerhardt and Sara Saljoughi

Examines the political cinema of 1968 in relation to global events.

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Published: October 2018
ISBN: 9780814345429
$85.99
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Published: October 2018
ISBN: 9780814342930
$31.99
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Published: October 2018
ISBN: 9780814342947

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 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.

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

Red Alert

Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema

Edited by Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia

Explores the intersections of science fiction cinema and Marxism.

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Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814340110
$34.99
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Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814340127

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

Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema

Edited by Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman

Explores the proliferation of humor in recent cinema of the Middle East and its possible ramifications for cinematic representation, art, and politics.

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Published: December 2014
ISBN: 9780814339374
$31.99
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Published: December 2014
ISBN: 9780814339381

Appetites and Anxieties

Food, Film, and the Politics of Representation

Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, and Mark Bernard

Employs the foodways paradigm to analyze the ideological dimensions of food imagery and food behavior in fiction and documentary films.

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Published: December 2013
ISBN: 9780814334317
$34.99
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Published: December 2013
ISBN: 9780814338056

Hitchcock's British Films

Second Edition

Maurice Yacowar

A reissued classic that examines the structure and themes of each of Hitchcock’s British feature films.

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Published: October 2010
ISBN: 9780814334942
$34.99
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Published: October 2010
ISBN: 9780814337035
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The Collapse of the Conventional

German Film and Its Politics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Jaimey Fisher and Brad Prager

Analyzes a diverse body of films and investigates the renaissance that has taken place in German cinema since the turn of the twenty-first century.

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Published: August 2010
ISBN: 9780814333778
$42.99
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Published: August 2010
ISBN: 9780814336885

On Michael Haneke

Edited by Brian Price and John David Rhodes

Considers the films of Michael Haneke, who has emerged as a major figure in world cinema over the last fifteen years.

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Published: May 2010
ISBN: 9780814334058
$31.99
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Published: May 2010
ISBN: 9780814336991

Jane Campion

Cinema, Nation, Identity

Edited by Hilary Radner, Alistair Fox, and Irène Bessière

An innovative collection of original essays on Jane Campion, renowned female auteur filmmaker.

Paperback
Published: June 2009
ISBN: 9780814334324
$36.99

After Kieslowski

The Legacy of Krzysztof Kieslowski

Edited by Steven Woodward

Traces the legacy of Krzysztof Kieslowski in films made after his death using his scripts or ideas and in the work of other filmmakers.

Paperback
Published: February 2009
ISBN: 9780814333266
$32.99

New Zealand Filmmakers

Edited by Ian Conrich and Stuart Murray

The most thorough study on the filmmakers who have defined New Zealand cinema from its origins to its current successes.

Paperback
Published: August 2007
ISBN: 9780814330173
$37.99

Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema

Edited by Laura E. Ruberto & Kristi M. Wilson

This volume addresses the influence of Italian neorealist films on world cinema well beyond the post–World War II period associated with the movement.

Paperback
Published: February 2007
ISBN: 9780814333242
$32.99

Representing the Rural

Space, Place, and Identity in Films about the Land

Edited by Catherine Fowler and Gillian Helfield

A comprehensive and in-depth examination of the role of rural space in the cinema, contributing needed analysis to existing work on space, place, and identity in film.

Paperback
Published: September 2006
ISBN: 9780814333051
$32.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2006
ISBN: 9780814335628

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