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Action and adventure cinema
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Routledge, 2003
This reader of key writing on action cinema from the silent period to the 21st century is divided into thematic sections addressing major areas such as...
Film genre reader III
Paperback. English.
Published
Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press; Chesham: Combined Academic [distributor], 2003
More than 30 essays by some of film's most distinguished critics are included in this volume, which presents the latest developments in genre study, including...
Grindhouse nostalgia: memory, home video and exploitation film fandom
Paperback. English.
Published
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016
Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that...
The return of the epic film: genre, aesthetics and history in the twenty-first century
eBook. English.
Published
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
This title offers a fresh way of thinking about a body of films which has dominated our screens for a decade. With contributions from top scholars in...
The biopic in contemporary film culture
eBook. English.
Published New York Routledge 2014
2014
The biographical film or biopicis a staple of film production in all major film industries and yet, within film studies, its generic, aesthetic, and cultural...
The avant-garde feature film: a critical history
eBook. English.
Published
Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland, 2012
Here is a critical and historical overview of unconventional and aesthetically challenging films, all of feature length. The author focuses on the particular...
The return of the epic film: genre, aesthetics and history in the twenty-first century
Hardback. English.
Published
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
This title offers a fresh way of thinking about a body of films which has dominated our screens for a decade. With contributions from top scholars in...
The avant-garde feature film: a critical history
Paperback. English.
Published
Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland, c2012
Here is a critical and historical overview of unconventional and aesthetically challenging films, all of feature length. The author focuses on the particular...
The children's film: genre, nation and narrative
eBook. English.
Published
Wallflower, [2017]
This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to the children's film, examining its recurrent themes and ideologies, and common narrative and stylistic...
Falling in love again: romantic comedy in contemporary cinema
Paperback. English.
Published
London: I. B. Tauris, 2009
This anthology updates, revisits and reflects on today's romantic comedies. It considers the films and issues that illustrate the diversity of the genre...
