Traces film noir's emergent connection to European cinema, its movement within a cosmopolitan culture of literary and cinematic translation, and its postwar consolidation in the US, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Grips install, set up, maintain, and ensure the safety of equipment needed on a set, such as lighting stands, cameras, and any specialty equipment needed for a shoot. This title contains information about the equipment, and reflects changes in the industry including CGI screen setup and 'cleaning up the perms'.

First or second generation Jewish immigrants who had often worked their way up from poor backgrounds, the Hollywood Moguls were remarkable entrepreneurs, the likes of whom will probably never be seen again. Sam Goldwyn, Jack and Harry Warner, Louis B Mayer, Harry Cohn, and Zukor and Lasky ruled the movie empires in the golden age of Hollywood. These Tinseltown gods liked to be seen at race ...

A.I. Artificial Intelligence was the extraordinary collaboration of two cinematic giants, Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg. This book reveals how the project originated, how it was developed and how it was finally brought to fruition. It features over 250 images by the film's conceptual artist.

Published to accompany the exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art from the 17th of November 2009 to the 26th April 2010. Illustrated with Burton's work as a filmmaker and artist.

Compresses 99 of the world's most famous movies - in just four squares. This title includes such films as Citizen Kane , Psycho , The Seventh Seal , Gone With the Wind , Dirty Dancing , Jaws , Baghdad Cafe , Rocky , Yojimbo , The Guns of Navarone , Jailhouse Rock , The Big Blue , Rebel Without a Cause , and Taxi Driver .

The most comprehensive collection of video nasty and pre certificate video sleeves ever reproduced in one volume.

Whether it be internal demons, real-life vampires, anonymous serial killers, crazed spouses, vengeful ghosts, or Satan himself, horror films have gripped audiences and filmmakers alike since the very beginnings of cinema. This title gives you an appreciation of the horror film genres.

The true story of aviation and business pioneer Amelia Earhart. The movie, starring Hilary Swank, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere and Virginia Madsen, is already getting Oscar buzz and is positioned as one of Fox's prestige films of 2009.

Focussing on several film versions and adaptations, the book discusses: King Lear in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text.

Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog's latest film about a drug-addicted cop.

Offers advice to steer performing youth to the careers of their dreams.

Iran has undergone considerable social and political upheaval since the revolution and this has been reflected in its cinema. Focusing on the practices of regulation, production and reception of films in Iran, this book explores the politics of Iranian cinema in its post-revolutionary context.

Iran has undergone considerable social and political upheaval since the revolution and this has been reflected in its cinema. Focusing on the practices of regulation, production and reception of films in Iran, this book explores the politics of Iranian cinema in its post-revolutionary context.

An introduction to the analysis of cinema. This work provides an introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, followed by the chapters on Film Genres. It is supported by a text-specific Tutorial CD-ROM with video clips.

Celebrates Hammer's female stars, including Ingrid Pitt, Martine Beswick, Caroline Munro, Barbara Shelley, Joanna Lumley, Nastassja Kinski, and Raquel Welch.

Explores the role film and television stardom has played in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging popular ethnic notions of Latina/os in the United States since the silent film era of the 1920s. This book critically surveys the careers of such film and television stars as Dolores Del Rio, Desi Arnaz, Rita Moreno, and Freddie Prinze.

Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent.

A guide from the director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the 'femme fatale' figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with 'bad' women.