Film: stilar & genrer

Film- und Fernsehproduktionen wie »Der Baader Meinhof Komplex«, »Contergan« oder auch Stefan Raab''s »TV total« rückten in den letzten Jahren nicht nur aufgrund ihrer filmischen …

Who better to teach us mindfulness and wisdom than Mr. Spock, that beacon of calm, rational thought. With quotes from STAR TREK and timely insights about modern life this book will …

Examining films about writers and acts of writing, The Writer on Film brilliantly refreshes some of the well-worn 'adaptation' debates by inviting film and literature to engage …

The life, times, and mysteries of Fred Halsted, gay porn's first film auteur, in a new, updated, and expanded edition. Fred Halsted's L.A. Plays Itself (1972) was gay porn's first …

An examination of how screen texts embrace, refute, and reinvent the cultural heritage of antiquity, this volume looks at specific story-patterns and archetypes from Greco-Roman …

Death at an early age has a tendency to preserve, and oftentimes enhance, a star's fame, whether from movies (Marilyn Monroe, James Dean) or music (Elvis Presley and John Lennon …

Exciting new critical perspectives on popular Italian cinema including melodrama, poliziesco, the mondo film, the sex comedy, missionary cinema and the musical. The book …

Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well as comparisons with the melodrama …

How, as historians, should we 'read' a film? Histories on Screen answers this and other questions in a crucial volume for any history student keen to master source use.The book …

Since the early days of cinema, the private eye has been one of its most memorable characters, often viewed as a romantic hero, a ‘lone wolf’ who confronts and tries to make sense …