This book brings a fresh perspective on the role of the spectacular in classical sound cinema by focusing on one decade of cinema (the 1930s), in two ..
The American Film History Reader brings together 18 essays dating back to early efforts to historicize the medium through to contemporary work focusin..
Rudolf Arnheim (1904-2007) was a pioneering figure in film studies, best known for his landmark book on silent cinema Film as Art. He ultimately becam..
The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films offers readers a long overdue, comprehensive look at the rich history of fairy tales and..
First published in 1988. This book shows how censorship as a set of institutions, practices and discourses was involved in the struggle over the natur..
Tracing the international consumption, distribution, and cultural importance of silent film serials in the 1910s and 1920s, Canjels provides an exciti..
First published in 1974, this book collects interviews with leading Czechslovak filmmakers conducted mostly between 1967 and 1969. This was a period o..
First published in 1975, this book examines the career of one of the leading post-war Czech filmmakers Miloš Forman through his own testimony. After r..
First published in 1975, this book examines the career of one of the leading post-war Czech filmmakers Miloš Forman through his own testimony. After r..
Assembling new approaches to the study of U.S. newsfilm in cinema and television, this book makes a critical intervention in the field of film and med..
This volume examines race filmmaking from numerous perspectives. By reanimating a critical but neglected period of early cinema—the years between the ..
A historian’s view of the relationship between American history and the American film industry, this book is a witty and perceptive account of Hollywo..