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Sync: Stylistics of Hieroglyphic Time

Sync: Stylistics of Hieroglyphic Time


James Tobias



Book Description In Sync, James Tobias examines the development of musical sound and image in cinema and media art, indicat...
Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia

Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia


Diana Dimitrova



Review “This volume contributes to our understanding of the links between relations in society in the distant past...
$30 writing school

$30 writing school


Michael Wareham Dean



About the Author Michael W. Dean is a true multimedia artist. He is the director of the films D.I.Y. OR DIE: How to Survi...
Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire

Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire


Frenchy Lunning



Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire...
Special effects: still in search of wonder

Special effects: still in search of wonder


Michele Pierson



Review It is something of a cliché to think of special effects as 'movie magic,' but Pierson helps us to understand th...
The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Edition (Star Trek: All)

The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Edition (Star Trek: All)


Debbie Mirek, Denise Okuda, Michael Okuda



Amazon.com Review This new version of the Star Trek Encyclopedia is a reissue of the 1997 edition, plus a 128-page supple...
Rebel without a cause: approaches to a maverick masterwork

Rebel without a cause: approaches to a maverick masterwork


John David Slocum



Rebel without a cause: approaches to a maverick masterwork...
Performing Whiteness: Postmodern Reconstructions in the Cinema

Performing Whiteness: Postmodern Reconstructions in the Cinema


Gwendolyn Audrey Foster



From the Back Cover "Performing Whiteness crosses the boundaries of film study to explore images of the white body in rel...
Sell Your Own Damn Movie!

Sell Your Own Damn Movie!


Lloyd Kaufman



Review "Some may know and love him best as the co-founder of Troma, Tromadance and the creator of The Toxic Avenger. Others...
Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination: A Handbook to Jesus on DVD

Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination: A Handbook to Jesus on DVD


Jeffrey Lloyd Staley, Richard G. Walsh



About the Author Jeffrey L. Staley has published widely in New Testament studies, including Reading with a Passion: Rheto...
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography

Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography


Rob Lowe



Review "A lovely autobiography, equal parts dish and pathos."--Vanity Fair "[Lowe] writes viscerally and insightfully...He ...
Possessed Child Narratives in Literature and Film: Contrary States (Crime Files S.)

Possessed Child Narratives in Literature and Film: Contrary States (Crime Files S.)


Adrian Schober



About the Author Adrian Schober has a PhD in Literature and Film from Monash University, Australia. ...
Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)

Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)


Heather Addison



Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)...
Pro Tools 9: The Mixer's Toolkit

Pro Tools 9: The Mixer's Toolkit


Kevin Ward, Nathan Adam



Review "Well recommended for those serious about software" - Lighting & Sound Jan 07 I have a lot of Pro Tools books, but ...
Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema

Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema


Warren Buckland



Review A timely and insightful guide to some of the more complex and labyrinthine currents in recent cinema, drawing on a...
Sensualities Textualities and Technologies: Writings of the Body in 21st Century Performance

Sensualities Textualities and Technologies: Writings of the Body in 21st Century Performance


Josephine Machon, Susan Broadhurst



About the Author SUSAN BROADHURST is Reader in Drama and Technology and Head of Drama at Brunel University, UK.  ...
A Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (No. 5)

A Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers (No. 5)


Scott Macdonald



Review "Both MacDonald and his subjects are thoughful, articulate, engaging. The result is a work that is as readable as ...
The Animated Bestiary: Animals, Cartoons, and Culture

The Animated Bestiary: Animals, Cartoons, and Culture


Paul Wells



Review Wells has proven himself to be a leading scholar of animation and has here produced a solid piece of scholarship t...
A Spanish Labyrinth: Films of Pedro Almodovar, The

A Spanish Labyrinth: Films of Pedro Almodovar, The


Mark Allinson



Review The work as a whole is exceptional, taking novice and scholar alike through the intricacies of man and work...-Bri...
Cinema and the swastika: the international expansion of Third Reich cinema

Cinema and the swastika: the international expansion of Third Reich cinema


David Welch, Roel Vande Winkel



Review "Cinema and the Swastika was rightfully awarded the Willy Haas Award for outstanding publication on...
Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order

Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order


Derek Bose



Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order...
Up from invisibility: lesbians, gay men, and the media in America

Up from invisibility: lesbians, gay men, and the media in America


Larry P. Gross



From Publishers Weekly In this era of Ellen and Will and Grace, it's hard to remember that only half a century ago gays c...
Viewers like you?: how public TV failed the people

Viewers like you?: how public TV failed the people


Laurie Ouellette



From Library Journal Conservatives have branded public television as elitist, while liberals decry its dependence on cor...
Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis

Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis


Barry Salt



About the Author Barry Salt has a PhD in theoretical physics, and has worked as a film cameraman, among other things. He ...
The Warriors' Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

The Warriors' Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa


Stephen Prince



Review The Warrior's Camera is not only a thoughtful, stimulating and rigorous study but also a major addition to both Ku...
From Caligary to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film

From Caligary to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film


Siegfried Kracauer



Review One of the great works of film history, this look at early German cinema . . . is still a musthave. -- H.J. Kirchh...
Business and Legal Forms for Theater

Business and Legal Forms for Theater


Charles Grippo



Review “Anyone who is tempted to follow the gleeful example of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Babes in Arms...
Animation (Pocket Essential series)

Animation (Pocket Essential series)


Mark Whitehead



Review “These miniature guides are packed to the margins with important facts and enlightening commentary.”...
Brazil on screen: cinema novo, new cinema, utopia

Brazil on screen: cinema novo, new cinema, utopia


Lúcia Nagib



Review 'Brazil on Screen' takes on the challenge of presenting in an organised and elucidating manner, in clear prose tha...
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller: A Step-by-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller: A Step-by-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters


James N. Frey



From The author’s fifth guide to writing “damn good fiction” offers a useful and entertaining look ...
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller


John Truby



From Publishers Weekly Teacher and screenplay doctor Truby (responsible for popular screenwriting software Blockbuster) b...
The Art of Plotting: Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to Your Screenplay

The Art of Plotting: Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to Your Screenplay


Linda J. Cowgill



About the Author Linda J. Cowgill teaches at the Los Angeles Film School and Loyola Marymount University. Her books Secre...
How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000 (And Not Go to Jail)

How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000 (And Not Go to Jail)


Bret Stern



About the Author Bret Stern started making feature films the day after college. He and some fanatical friends waited for th...
Shakespeare's culture in modern performance

Shakespeare's culture in modern performance


Maria Jones



About the Author Maria Jones is a Senior Lecturer in English, University of Wolverhampton. ...
Transcultural Cinema

Transcultural Cinema


David Macdougall



Review With the voice of an essayist that combine the artistic sensibility of a Bresson with the writerly craft of a Bart...
Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers

Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers


Rebecca Hillauer



About the Author Rebecca Hillauer is a freelance print and radio journalist who lives in Germany. ...
Transcultural Cinema

Transcultural Cinema


David Macdougall, Lucien Taylor



Review With the voice of an essayist that combine the artistic sensibility of a Bresson with the writerly craft of a Bart...
From Plato to Lumière: Narration and Monstration in Literature and Cinema

From Plato to Lumière: Narration and Monstration in Literature and Cinema


Andre Gaudreault



Review 'This translation of From Plato to Lumière will be greeted enthusiastically by English scholars who have not ...
Warren Oates: a wild life

Warren Oates: a wild life


Susan Compo



About the Author Susan Compo is a lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern Cali...
The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema

The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema


Richard Leonard



The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema...
Black & white & noir: America's pulp modernism

Black & white & noir: America's pulp modernism


Paula Rabinowitz



Review "Rabinowitz's analysis yields provocative insights." -- Choice " Black & White & Noir draws our attention to the c...
Ire in the Soul: Bollywood's Angry Years

Ire in the Soul: Bollywood's Angry Years


Nikhat Kazmi



Ire in the Soul: Bollywood's Angry Years...
Early Modern Tragedy, Gender and Performance, 1984-2000: The Destined Livery

Early Modern Tragedy, Gender and Performance, 1984-2000: The Destined Livery


Roberta Barker



Early Modern Tragedy, Gender and Performance, 1984-2000: The Destined Livery...
The Voice in Cinema

The Voice in Cinema


Michel Chion



Review [A] creative look at sound in the cinema. (R. Blackwood Choice ) Review For two decades, Michel Chion has been...
The Voice in Cinema

The Voice in Cinema


Michel Chion



Review "[A] creative look at sound in the cinema." -- R. Blackwood, Choice Review "For two decades, Michel Chion has...
Steven Spielberg: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Steven Spielberg: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)


Kathi Jackson



Review "Aimed at high school students and general readers, this accessible biography describes the life and career of movie...
Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture

Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture


Chris Robé



About the Author CHRIS ROBÉ is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Florida Atlantic University. He has ...
European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe

European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe


Claudia Sternberg, Daniela Berghahn



Review "An important contribution filled with original work and insightful analyses." -- Randall Halle, Klaus W. Jonas Pr...