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  • The Oxford History of World Cinema

    • ASIN: 0198742428
    • ISBN: 9780198742425
    • Brand: Oxford University Press USA
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

    From its humble beginnings as a novelty in a handful of cities, cinema has risen to become a billion-dollar industry and the most spectacular and original contemporary art form. In The Oxford History of World Cinema, an international team of film historians traces the history of this enduringly popular entertainment medium. Covering all aspects of ... [Read More]

  • The Best of British War Cinema: 10 Action Packed Movies

    • UPC: 011301610263
    • ASIN: B005MXQD4W
    • Brand: Shout! Factory / Timeless Media
    • Manufacturer: Shout! Factory / Timeless Media

    This superb collection of classic British War Cinema includes 10 of the most prominent examples of British film making at its finest. Crackling with suspense and drama, these well-crafted films showcase great scripts, beautiful black and white cinematography, great dialog and some of the best actors then working in film, including Dirk Bogarde The ... [Read More]

  • German National Cinema (National Cinemas)

    • ASIN: 0415420989
    • ISBN: 0415420989
    • Brand: Routledge
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    German National Cinema is the first comprehensive history of German film from its origins to the present. In this new edition, Sabine Hake discusses film-making in economic, political, social, and cultural terms, and considers the contribution of Germany's most popular films to changing definitions of genre, authorship, and film form. The book... [Read More]

  • The Best Intentions

    • ASIN: B01GKD5B04

  • World Cinema: A Critical Introduction

    • ASIN: 0415783577
    • ISBN: 0415783577
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    World Cinema: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to film industries across the globe. From the 1980s onwards, new technologies and increased globalization have radically altered the landscape in which films are distributed and exhibited. Films are made from the large-scale industries of India, Hollywood, and Asia, to... [Read More]

  • Queer Cinema, The Film Reader (In Focus: Routledge Film Readers)

    • ASIN: 0415319870
    • ISBN: 0415319870
    • Brand: Routledge
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    Queer Cinema, The Film Reader examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts. Clearly divided into an introductory overview and four topic areas, the Reader explores how recent critical thinking has approached queer sexualities in relation to the cinema. The four secti... [Read More]

  • British Cinema Collection: 8 Acclaimed Films

    • UPC: 096009864996
    • ASIN: B0080QOL10
    • Brand: classic collection
    • Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

    These eight critically-acclaimed, award-winning films feature talented casts in riveting dramas and lighthearted comedies. From scandalous affairs to sidesplitting schemes, this collection includes some of the best of Miramax British cinema. RESTORATION Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything...until an affair leads to scandal... [Read More]

  • The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions)

    • ASIN: 1138955841
    • ISBN: 1138955841
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History presents the most recent approaches and methods in the study of the social experience of cinema, from its origins in vaudeville and traveling exhibitions to the multiplexes of today. Exploring its history from the perspective of the cinemagoer, the study of new cinema history examines the circulation a... [Read More]

  • The Best Years of Our Lives (BFI Film Classics)

    • ASIN: 1844573265
    • ISBN: 1844573265
    • Manufacturer: British Film Institute

    William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) tells the story of three veterans returning from World War II and adjusting to civilian life in a manner unusual for classical Hollywood cinema, with melodrama leavened by authentic detail, personal memories and a fierce desire to capture its historical moment. Sarah Kozloff's illuminating study of... [Read More]

  • 8-Film British Cinema Collection V.5

    • UPC: 096009318048
    • ASIN: B00LD0VBD6
    • Brand: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
    • Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

    Jekyll & Hyde Michael Caine battles forbidden love as Dr. Jekyll and its violent consequences as Mr. Hyde. Co-starring Cheryl Ladd. The Leading Man In a London theater, a Hollywood heartthrob (Jon Bon Jovi) and a beautiful actress (Thandie Newton) engage in a twisted love plot orchestrated by a cheating husband. Love & Rage Daniel Craig star... [Read More]

  • Star Wars: The Best of the Original Trilogy

    • ASIN: 1785851942
    • ISBN: 1785851942
    • Manufacturer: Titan Comics

    The making of the Star Wars original trilogy, as told by the cast and crew.The iconic characters from the original Star Wars trilogy are the main event in this new collection that explores the heroes and villains that we all know a love. Rediscover fan favourites from Luke Skywalker and Han Solo to Boba Fett and Darth Vader with exclusive behind-th... [Read More]

  • The Geek's Guide to SF Cinema: 30 Key Films that Revolutionised the Genre

    • ASIN: 1472139852
    • ISBN: 1472139852
    • Manufacturer: Robinson

    'Awesome. Everything you've ever wanted to know about big-screen sci-fi' - James King, film critic'Don't leave Planet Earth without it' - Dan Jolin, film critic'A wonderfully accessible, fascinating, flat-out treasure chest of science fiction cinema, from an author whose love of the subject leaps off the page' - Simon Brew, Editor, Den of GeekWhy d... [Read More]

  • Tarkovsky: Cinema As Poetry

    • ASIN: 0571147097
    • ISBN: 0571147097
    • Brand: Faber & Faber
    • Manufacturer: Faber & Faber

    Attempting to convey the cultural milieu from which Tarkovsky comes, the author of this book, a Russian film critic, had personally known Tarkovsky since the very beginning of his career. She has had access to the archives of Mosfilm Studios where the early drafts and notes on his films are kept.

  • The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image

    • ASIN: 1904832504
    • ISBN: 1904832504
    • Brand: Brand: Hirshhorn Museum/D Giles Limited
    • Manufacturer: Hirshhorn Museum/D Giles Limited

    This volume offers an in-depth exploration of contemporary moving-image art, examining the ways in which "the cinematic" has blurred cultural distinctions between reality and illusion. Cinema was the unrivaled art form of the twentieth century; in the art world, the use of film and video and the appropriation of cinematic language and devices for w... [Read More]

  • British Cinema Collection 2 - 4 Films: The Inheritance, Love Among the Ruins, Anna Karenina, & St. Ives

    • UPC: 096009115449
    • ASIN: B009ERK1ZO
    • Manufacturer: Miramax Echo Bridge

    THE INHERITANCE From Louisa May Alcott comes this passionate story of forbidden love and dangerous rivalry in 19th century New England. Beautiful orphan Edith Adelon lives as a paid companion to the wealthy Hamilton family's daughter, Amy. When Edith falls in love with an eligible bachelor—visiting to court a Hamilton cousin—she struggles to m... [Read More]

  • Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone (Cinema and Society)

    • ASIN: 1845112075
    • ISBN: 1845112075
    • Brand: Frayling, Christopher
    • Manufacturer: I.B. Tauris

    “Christopher Frayling's Spaghetti Westerns is a particularly entertaining and enjoyably readable book. Frayling is obviously both a film buff and film critic, so he is able to appreciate Spaghetti Westerns as popular entertainments, to celebrate their cinematic stylishness, while simultaneously knowledgeably exploring their many social and politi... [Read More]

  • American Kamasutra

    • ASIN: B07LFM5GJL

  • All the Best Lines: An Informal History of the Movies in Quotes, Notes and Anecdotes

    • ASIN: 1781853061
    • ISBN: 1781853061
    • Manufacturer: Head of Zeus

    An informal history of the movies told through some of cinema's best-loved scenes, from the early days of Hollywood to the present dayPithy put-downs, hard-boiled snarlings, words of love and regret—they're all here in this collection of 500 memorable movie quotes, embracing both one-liners ("My name is Pussy Galore") and slices of snappy dialog... [Read More]

  • A Picture of Murder (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 4)

    • ASIN: B07D4G28KY
    • Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer

    Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell.Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a maca... [Read More]

  • Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future

    • ASIN: 1859843328
    • ISBN: 1859843328
    • Brand: Brand: Verso
    • Manufacturer: Verso

    Abbas Kiraostami planted Iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 1997 for his film A Taste of Cherry. In this book Hamid Dabashi examines the growing reputation of Iranian cinema from its origines in the films of Kimiyai and Mehrjui, through the work of established directors such as Kiraos... [Read More]

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