Product Description: This how-to guide provides the in-depth instructional details that every entry-level film technician needs to know to maximize their exposure and career advancement in the various fields from "behind the camera"―exactly what they need to get a foot in the door and get ahead...read more

Product Description: British comedy cinema has been a mainstay of domestic production since the beginning of the last Century and arguably the most popular and important genre in British film history. This edited volume will offer the first comprehensive account of the rich and popular history of British comedy cinema from silent slapstick and satire to contemporary romantic comedy...read more

Product Description: Vivimos en sociedades que han proclamado desde hace tiempo, además del derecho a la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres, su compromiso para que este derecho sea real y efectivo, sin embargo, en pleno siglo XXI, todavía se siguen observando discursos y prácticas sociales que ponen sin pudor en entredicho este principio igualit...read more

Product Description: This insightful account analyzes and provides context for the films and careers of directors who have made Latin American film an important force in Hollywood and in world cinema.

Product Description: Through their trademark blend of kaleidoscopic melodrama, lavish production values and gyrating dance sequences, Bollywood films are winning over a growing audience and earning an increasingly significant place in global popular culture...read more

'As early as the late 19th century, films have portrayed educators of young children in a variety of roles within the cinematic classroom. This work provides a broad index of over 800 films which feature educators as primary characters. Organized alphabetically by title, each entry contains a short plot summary and many also include cast/crew details '--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: Veinte especialistas europeos ponen al dia la discusion sobre la produccion filmica espanola desde los anos noventa en adelante, resaltando las relaciones intermediales entre cine, literatura, artes visuales y pintura.

Product Description: Running Scared responds to the absence of critical attention to male sexuality in film by bringing representations of phallic masculinity into the spotlight. In his analysis of films, novels, paintings, photographs, popular music, jokes, and videos, Peter Lehman investigates the patriarchal culture that keeps the male body-and especially male genitals-out of sight...read more

Product Description: Here, assembled into one comprehensive annual volume, is a rundown of the previous year's most intriguing gay, lesbian, and transgendered films, illustrated guides that are Out, Outrageous, Provocative, and Proud. A defiant challenge to films today, they each get sweaty with Gay Cowboys, Gay Nazis, Nude Marines, Ballsy Detectives, Hit Men, Porn Stars, and Women in Love...read more

A fascinating account of the evolution of the 'teen movie' analyzes more than one hundred films for and about teenagers, discusses the relationship between teen movies and the youth movement, and offers a comprehensive filmography of teen flicks. Original.

Product Description: Petrine Day Mitchum tells stories in page-turning detail, covering topics such as behind-the-scenes portraits of both famous movie horses and those virtually unknown; personal accounts from their trainers, owners, and co-stars; simple and complex horse stunts, from a fall in mid-gallop to a race across a bridge during a live explosion; and historic black-and-white photographs and richly coloured contemporary stills...read more

From Abbo of Fleury to Zosimus of Syracuse. Both the famous and obscure are included in this A to Z of saints. This fourth edition includes more saints from European countries, such as Eric of Sweden and Benedict (the African) of Sicily, and those more recently canonized.

Describes Melvin Van Peebles's struggle to conceptualize, finance, film, and distribute his movie, which eventually became the top-grossing independent film of 1971.

Product Description: Of all the major Hollywood stars, Katharine Hepburn was the least conventional, conforming to none of the stereotypes of female superstardom. She was not an exotic outsider in Hollywood like Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich; nor was she a victim of the studios like Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe; and she was certainly not a creature of the system like Joan Crawford and Lana Turner...read more

All too often Hollywood portrays Native Americans either as bloodthirsty savages, ever ready to scalp the innocent and pure, or as noble shamans, calmly sharing their accumulated wisdom with the white man. Rarely has the Indian's own view of himself or his culture been represented in films or other visual media.This collection of essays offers both in-depth analyses of specific films and overviews of Hollywood's depiction of Native Americans from the days of silent films to Disney's Pocahontas. Together, the writers explore the many ways in which the differing portrayals -- negative, sympathetic, or realistic -- have reflected larger changes in American society and their impact on our collective cultural life.