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Critical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader

Critical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader


Justin Lewis, To Miller



Review “Critical Cultural Policy Studies is a trailblazing collection of first-rate essays by the leading figures ...
Storytelling: Branding in Practice, Second Edition

Storytelling: Branding in Practice, Second Edition


Christian Budtz, Klaus Fog, Philip Munch, Stephen Blanchette



Review Aus den Rezensionen: "Dieses Buch … beschäftigt sich mit dem ‘Storytelling‘ als Kommunika...
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...
Shakespeare (DK Eyewitness Books)

Shakespeare (DK Eyewitness Books)


Peter Chrisp



Amazon.com Review William Shakespeare was born into an utterly fascinating time and place: 16th-century England. Eyewit...
Doctor Who Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury (Big Finish Short Trips)

Doctor Who Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury (Big Finish Short Trips)


Paul Cornell



Doctor Who Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury (Big Finish Short Trips)...
Doctor Who Short Trips: The Muses (Big Finish Short Trips)

Doctor Who Short Trips: The Muses (Big Finish Short Trips)


Jacqueline Rayner



Doctor Who Short Trips: The Muses (Big Finish Short Trips)...
Remediation: understanding new media

Remediation: understanding new media


Jay David Bolter, Richard Grusin



Review "The authors do a splendid job of showing precisely how technologies like computer games, digital p...
War and Popular Culture: Resistance in Modern China, 1937-1945

War and Popular Culture: Resistance in Modern China, 1937-1945




About the Author Chang-tai Hung is Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies at Carleton College, and the aut...
King of Shadows

King of Shadows


Susan Cooper



From Publishers Weekly Cooper (The Dark Is Rising) brilliantly weaves past and present together, using London's Globe The...
Shakespeare's Theory of Drama

Shakespeare's Theory of Drama


Pauline Kiernan



Review "Kiernan offers persuasive and illuminating argument..." The Sixteenth Century Journal "Shakespeare's Theory of ...
Television Network Prime Time Programming, 1985-2007

Television Network Prime Time Programming, 1985-2007


Mitchell E. Shapiro



About the Author Mitchell E. Shapiro, a professor in the School of Communication at the University of Miami (Florida), is...
Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order

Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order


Derek Bose



Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order...
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...
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...
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...
Performing Masculinity

Performing Masculinity


Antony Rowland, Rainer Emig



About the Author RAINER EMIG is Chair of English Literature and Culture at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. His r...
In Other Los Angeleses: Multicentric Performance Art

In Other Los Angeleses: Multicentric Performance Art


Meiling Cheng



Review "Will be a 'must read' for anyone studying performance art or the art and culture of Southern California.... Cheng...
Denzel Washington: Actor

Denzel Washington: Actor


James Robert Parish



Denzel Washington: Actor...
Thatcher and After: Margaret Thatcher and Her Afterlife in Contemporary Culture

Thatcher and After: Margaret Thatcher and Her Afterlife in Contemporary Culture


Elizabeth Ho, Louisa Hadley



About the Author LOUISA HADLEY is Tutor in English Literature at Concordia University, Canada. She is the author of The F...
Broadcasting Finance in Transition: A Comparative Handbook (Communication and Society)

Broadcasting Finance in Transition: A Comparative Handbook (Communication and Society)


Jay G. Blumler, T. J. Nossiter



Review "Broadcasting Finance in Transition is an extremely useful book; the authoritative discussions by its distinguishe...
Restyling Factual TV: News, Documentary and Reality Television

Restyling Factual TV: News, Documentary and Reality Television


Annette Hill



Review "Restyling Factual TV is a major contribution to our understanding of audience responses to the reality formats on t...
How to Sell Your Screenplay: The Real Rules of Film and Television

How to Sell Your Screenplay: The Real Rules of Film and Television


Carl Sautter



About the Author Carl Sautter has written for the television series Moonlighting and Beverly Hills 90210. ...
My Weird School #6: Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind!

My Weird School #6: Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind!


Dan Gutman



About the Author Dan Gutman has always been a baseball fanatic. He played in Little League as a kid, and one of the first ...
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) (Cambridge Music Handbooks)

Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) (Cambridge Music Handbooks)


John Whenham



Review 'John Whenham approaches his task with an appropriately passionate sobriety, his impeccable scholarship presents a...
Playing the Waves: Lars von Trier's Game Cinema (Amsterdam University Press - Film Culture in Transition)

Playing the Waves: Lars von Trier's Game Cinema (Amsterdam University Press - Film Culture in Transition)


Jan Simons



About the Author Jan Simons is associate professor of new media studies at the University of Amsterdam. ...
Screenwriting For Dummies (For Dummies (Career Education))

Screenwriting For Dummies (For Dummies (Career Education))


Laura Schellhardt



Review "Ideal for general readers, the book uses everyday examples and addresses social issues such as sweatshops and fai...
Transforming Tales: How Stories Can Change People

Transforming Tales: How Stories Can Change People


Rob Parkinson



Review "'A very interesting and unusual book...The central theme of stories for change is challenging and exciting and it...
Ultimate Film Guides: The Godfather

Ultimate Film Guides: The Godfather


Bill Malyszko



From the Back Cover From a penniless director, a has been star and an unknown lead came a film that won three Oscars, gener...
Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Female Pages

Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Female Pages


Michael Shapiro



Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Female Pages...
Television at the Movies: Cinematic and Critical Responses to American Broadcasting

Television at the Movies: Cinematic and Critical Responses to American Broadcasting


Jon Nelson Wagner, Tracy Biga Maclean



Review Having mated with its mother, radio, television set out to kill the father, the Movies — and this book by J...
The Magazines Handbook (Media Practice)

The Magazines Handbook (Media Practice)


Jenny Mckay



Review 'To my mind, it provides a very useful resource ... it will certainly give aspirant journalists a sense of the ind...
The Producer's Business Handbook, Second Edition

The Producer's Business Handbook, Second Edition


John J. Lee, Rob Holt



Review "Using clear non-jargon, Lee takes us carefully through every facet of production, big and small, showing clearly ...
Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home

Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home


Barbara Klinger



Review "Beyond the Multiplex is a well-organized, even-keeled, and lucid account of the home as an exhibition space that ...
Swimming Upstream: A Lifesaving Guide to Short Film Distribution

Swimming Upstream: A Lifesaving Guide to Short Film Distribution


Sharon Badal



Review "Sharon Badal's information gathering uniquely appreciates the difficult balance between the art and business of f...
New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics: Structuralism, Poststructuralism and Beyond (Sightlines)

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics: Structuralism, Poststructuralism and Beyond (Sightlines)


Robert Stam



About the Author Robert Stam is Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. Robert Burgoyne is Associate Professo...
Laughter In The Living Room: Television Comedy And The American Home Audience (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)

Laughter In The Living Room: Television Comedy And The American Home Audience (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)


Michael V. Tueth



Laughter In The Living Room: Television Comedy And The American Home Audience (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)...
Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies Used by Major Studios and Independents

Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies Used by Major Studios and Independents


Robert Marich



Review "Bob Marich is one of the most respected trade journalists covering the movie industry today. "Marketing to Movieg...
Crescendo of the Virtuoso: Spectacle, Skill, and Self-Promotion in Paris during the Age of Revolution (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)

Crescendo of the Virtuoso: Spectacle, Skill, and Self-Promotion in Paris during the Age of Revolution (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)


Paul Metzner



About the Author Paul Metzner is an independent scholar with a Ph.D. in History. ...
Transnational Television Worldwide: Towards a New Media Order

Transnational Television Worldwide: Towards a New Media Order


Jean K. Chalaby



Review Mediaweek - review by Nick Mawditt (Head of Research - CNBC Europe): "it will be worth your while to appreciate t...
Chinatown (BFI Film Classics)

Chinatown (BFI Film Classics)


Michael Eaton



Amazon.com Review How did an avant-garde director, a script doctor with only one major screenplay to his credit, the pro...
Possessed: Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the Invention of Cinema (Cinema and Modernity Series)

Possessed: Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the Invention of Cinema (Cinema and Modernity Series)


Peter Jansen, Stefan Andriopoulos



Review “Not only a groundbreaking study of early twentieth-century German film and literature, Stefan Andriopoulos...
Reality Television (The Praeger Television Collection)

Reality Television (The Praeger Television Collection)


Richard M. Huff



Review "Demonstrating that television's reputed decline may actually be a permanent conditions, Huff, the television editor...
A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)


Neil H. Donahue



Review (A) reliable resource for nonspecialists, accurately reflecting historical and contemporary scholarship. CHOICE B...
Hollywood Drive: What it Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry

Hollywood Drive: What it Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry


Eve Light Honthaner



Review "Whether you're attending film school, already have a foot in the door, or are just thinking of getting into the b...
Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass Culture)

Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass Culture)


Michael Kackman



Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass Culture)...
Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisited

Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisited


Deirdre Boyle



Review "An archival treasure and a lively read....Boyle writes with both compassion and crystal-clear insight. This revol...
Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs

Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs


Len Masterman



Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs...
Michael Mann (Pocket Essential series)

Michael Mann (Pocket Essential series)


Mark Steensland



Review “These miniature guides are packed to the margins with important facts and enlightening commentary.”...