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  • Avatar The Way of Water The Visual Dictionary

    by Joshua Izzo, Zachary Berger, Dylan Cole, Reymundo Perez, Ben Procter ...
    Dive into the depths of Avatar: The Way of Water with this definitive guide.Created in close collaboration with James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and written by experts who worked on the film, this authoritative book is packed with stunning exclusive details. This must-have visual guide showcases the characters, creatures, vehicles, weapons, and locations from the latest adventure in ... Read more

    RM 111.89

  • National Conversations

    Public Service Media and Cultural Diversity in Europe

    Edited by Karina Horsti, Gunilla Hultén, Gavan Titley ...
    Public service broadcasting is in the process of evolving into 'public service media' as a response to the challenges of digitalization, intensive competition and financial vulnerability. While many commentators regard public service as being in transition, a central dimension of its mission - to integrate and unify the nation while respecting and representing plurality - is being reemphasized and ... Read more

    RM 179.99

  • Front Row at the Movies 5

    by Shirrel Rhoades ...
    Series series Front Row at the Movies
    More than 175 reviews of the most notable films of 2011. Plot synopses, backgrounds, interviews, quotes, and insightful appraisals by the film critic for the Cooke Communications newspaper chain. “One of my favorite entertainment writers…” says book reviewer Rosemary Mason. ... Read more

    RM 7.80

  • At a Theater or Drive-in Near You

    The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film

    by Randall Clark ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Cinema
    Millions of Americans have been thrilled, scared, titillated, and shocked by exploitation movies, low budget films with many scenes of sex, violence, and other potentially lurid elements. The term derives from the fact that promoters of such films exploit the contents in advertising that plays up the sexual or violent aspects of the films. This is the first comprehensive study of the American ... Read more

    RM 262.64

  • World Film Locations: Los Angeles

    Volume 2

    Edited by Gabriel Solomons, Jared Cowan, Fabrice Ziolkowski ...
    World Film Locations: Los Angeles Volume 2 is an engaging and highly visual city-wide tour of both well known and slightly lesser known films shot on location in one of the birthplaces of cinema and the ‘screen spectacle’. It pairs 50 synopses of carefully chosen film scenes with evocative full-colour film stills.When the World Film Locations series was launched in 2011, with volumes on Los ... Read more

    RM 66.89

  • The Laughing Dead

    The Horror-Comedy Film from Bride of Frankenstein to Zombieland

    Edited by A. Bowdoin Van Riper, Cynthia J. Miller ...
    Hybrid films that straddle more than one genre are not unusual. But when seemingly incongruous genres are mashed together, such as horror and comedy, filmmakers often have to tread carefully to produce a cohesive, satisfying work. Though they date as far back as James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein (1935), horror-comedies have only recently become popular attractions for movie goers.In The Laughing ... Read more

    RM 350.29

  • La comedia clásica norteamericana

    by Guillermo Balmori Serrano ...
    De todos los géneros cinematográficos que se dieron cita durante la edad dorada de Hollywood, la comedia clásica es uno de los más queridos por el público y el que más adeptos tiene hoy en día. Son películas que nos sumergen en el mejor de los mundos. Todo en ellas es hermoso y atractivo. Los personajes son ingeniosos, agradables, elegantes, con encanto y una personalidad arrolladora. Los lugares ... Read more

    RM 45.29

  • Le petit guide photo-cinéma

    by Bruno R. de Coninck ...
    Du plus modeste court-métrage au dernier film d’action en vogue, chaque oeuvre cinématographique trouve ses racines dans la photographie.Derrière tous les effets spéciaux, les cascades et les artifices, le cinéma, c’est d’abord et avant tout la lumière, le cadrage, la composition… En d’autres mots, c’est l’art de capturer une histoire et de la raconter en images.Du maniement de votre caméra à la ... Read more

    RM 173.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blake Edwards

    Film Director as Multitalented Auteur

    by William Luhr, Peter Lehman ...
    Series series Contemporary Film Directors in America
    BLAKE EDWARDSBlake Edwards: Film Director as Multitalented Auteur is the first critical analysis to focus on the dramatic works of Blake Edwards. Best known for successful comedies such as The Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards wrote, produced, and directed serious works in radio, television, film, and theater for seven decades. Although hit films such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s ... Read more

    RM 93.09

  • Global Art Cinema

    New Theories and Histories

    Edited by Rosalind Galt, Karl Schoonover ...
    "Art cinema" has for over fifty years defined how audiences and critics imagine film outside Hollywood, but surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to the concept since the 1970s. And yet in the last thirty years art cinema has flourished worldwide. The emergence of East Asian and Latin American new waves, the reinvigoration of European film, the success of Iranian directors, and the ... Read more

    RM 162.29

  • The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy

    Edited by Peter C. Kunze, William V. Costanzo ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy offers a rich sampling of the most current research and evolving trends in a vast and growing field-the study of humor and comedy in movies, television, streaming content, social media, and other forms of mediated comedy. The thirty new essays in this volume, written by leading scholars and emerging researchers, are guideposts to where the field is now and ... Read more

    RM 620.99

  • Purple Rain

    Music on Film Series

    by John Kenneth Muir ...
    Series series Limelight
    In the summer of 1984, a small, low-budget film came out of nowhere and unexpectedly debuted at the number one slot at the box office, unseating reigning champion Ghostbusters and making its star, Prince, a household name. By the end of the year, the film was a multiple-award winner, a trend setter in terms of fashion, and recognized on many prominent critical “top ten” lists. Purple Rain: Music ... Read more

    RM 35.61

  • If You Like the Terminator

    Here Are Over 200 Movies, TV Shows and Other Oddities That You Will Love

    by Scott on Von Doviak, Scott Von Doviak ...
    The Terminator began life as a low-budget B movie seemingly destined for a short run at malls and drive-ins before blossoming into a billion-dollar franchise that launched the careers of director James Cameron and star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The original 1984 film not only spawned three sequels, a weekly television series, and countless novels, comic books, and videogames, it also redefined the ... Read more

    RM 52.69

  • Horror Films FAQ

    All That's Left to Know About Slashers Vampires Zombies Aliens and More

    by John Kenneth Muir ...
    Series series FAQ
    Horror Films FAQ explores a century of ghoulish and grand horror cinema, gazing at the different characters, situations, settings, and themes featured in the horror film, from final girls, monstrous bogeymen, giant monsters and vampires to the recent torture porn and found footage formats. The book remembers the J-Horror remake trend of the 2000s, and examines the oft-repeated slasher format ... Read more

    RM 78.99

  • The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film and Media

    Edited by Peter Alilunas, Patrick Keilty, Darshana Sreedhar Mini ...
    The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film and Media collects 36 chapters in six broad sections related to the study of adult film and media: History; Methodologies and Pedagogies; Representations; Production, Spectatorship, and Distribution; Area Studies and Transnationalism; and Law, Health, Policy, and the State. These chapters offer a survey of the discipline, with overviews of the primary ... Read more

    RM 532.69

  • Best of Terror 2023

    Top 500 Horror Movies

    by Steve Hutchison ...
    The following recommendations represent the top 18% of 2852 horror movies reviewed, rated, and ranked by Steve Hutchison.Each article includes a picture, a release year, a synopsis, a three-paragraph review, five ratings, and a checkbox to keep track of what you’ve seen. ... Read more

    RM 30.15

  • Diccionario de guionistas americanos

    by Carlos García Brusco ...
    Todo el mundo parece coincidir en que el oficio de guionista debe ser un poco triste; vayan por delante dos ejemplos: Preston Sturges, tras sus triunfos en Broadway, recaló en Hollywood y acabó tan harto de escribir para otros que aceptó el pago simbólico de un dólar para poder debutar como director. Frank Tashlin decidió convertirse en director porque comprobar lo que otros hacían con sus guiones ... Read more

    RM 45.29

  • Hollywood Justice

    Selbstjustiz im amerikanischen Film 1915 - 2015

    by Peter Vogl ...
    Niemand ist mehr sicher. Morde, Diebstahl und Vergewaltigungen sind an der Tagesordnung. Die Polizei ist entweder überfordert oder sieht absichtlich weg. Bis ein anständiger Bürger sagt: "Es ist genug." Vigilanten: Sie sind keine bloßen Rächer, sondern vehemente Verfechter von tödlicher Selbsthilfe, die einer gerechten Sache dient. Charles Bronson in "Death Wish" ("Ein Mann sieht rot"), Clint ... Read more

    RM 57.89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cult Epics

    Comprehensive Guide to Cult Cinema

    Edited by Nico B ...
    Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Cult Epics – the controversial arthouse, horror and erotica video label – this commemorative hardcover book covers essential releases from filmmakers such as Tinto Brass, Fernando Arrabal, Radley Metzger, Walerian Borowcyzk, Jean Genet, Abel Ferrara, George Barry, Rene Daalder, Agusti Villaronga, Jorg Buttgereit, Gerald Kargl, Nico B, Irving Klaw, and pinup ... Read more

    RM 70.49

  • Star Trek anecdotes & curiosities

    by Matsuteia ...
    Series Book 1 - Anecdotes & curiosities
    We all know the Star Trek saga, and all about this universe and about this science fiction, but maybe not everyone knows that…Why in the original Star Trek’s serie are there two pilot episodes instead of just one?Or how teleportation was born?And as are the plots of the 10 episodes ever made?Well! in this collection of anectodes and curiosities you can find answers and much more. ... Read more

    RM 6.99

  • Sadist Cinema

    A Serbian Film

    by Fwah Storm ...
    Series Book 1 - Sadist Cinema
    In 2010 the world was subjected to a new and brave entry into the world of foreign cinema. A film that caused panic and outrage across the globe, and has resulted in multiple bans of the film, as well as a few arrests.Since then ‘A Serbian Film’ has earned itself a cult status, and mentions of its name still enduce fear into the hearts of movie goers around the world! ‘SADIST CINEMA’ is a short ... Read more

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  • Fan Phenomena: Audrey Hepburn

    Edited by Jacqui Miller ...
    The satirical American newspaper the Onion recently ran a story with the headline 'College-Aged Female Finds Unlikely Kindred Spirit In Audrey Hepburn,' lampooning modern American girls’ continued fascination with the star (along with their habits of hanging posters of Breakfast At Tiffany’s in their dorm rooms).What gives this slight starlet such staying power? A talented actress, an icon of ... Read more

    RM 70.79

  • Film Music in the Sound Era

    A Research and Information Guide, Volume 2: People, Cultures, and Contexts

    by Jonathan Rhodes Lee ...
    Series series Routledge Music Bibliographies
    Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927–2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies, studies of musicians and filmmakers, genre studies, theory and aesthetics, and other key aspects of film music studies. Broad coverage of works from around the globe, paired with robust indexes ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Outlander: Blood of My Blood Fan-Theorie Handbuch

    Bestätigte Vorhersagen, entschlüsselte Easter Eggs und die versteckten Verbindungen, die nur wahre Outlander-Fans erkennen

    by Thomas MacDougall ...
    Was wäre, wenn alles, was Sie über Jamie und Claires Liebesgeschichte zu wissen glaubten, nur der Anfang war?Dieses umfassende Handbuch enthüllt die verborgenen Tiefen hinter Starz' bahnbrechender Prequel-Serie, die die gesamte Outlander-Geschichte neu schreibt.Perfekt für treue Outlander-Fans, die ein tieferes Verständnis suchen, geht diese Analyse weit über oberflächliche Romantik hinaus und ... Read more

    RM 39.17 or Free with Kobo Plus