Wayne State University Press, May 2021. Paper Back. In defiance of the alleged death of romantic comedy, After Happily Ever After: Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age edited by Maria San Filippo attests to rom-com's continuing vitality in new modes and forms that reimagine and rejuvenate the genre in ideologically..... More
Delmonico Books, November 2023. Hardcover. A visual tribute to Agnès Varda's three lives as a photographer, filmmaker and artist, with previously unseen archival materials, texts and personal reflections from Jane Birkin, Martin Scorsese, JR and more French filmmaker Agnès Varda was a trailblazer who broke new artistic and cinematic ground..... More
University of Texas Press, July 2008. Trade Paperback. Authoring a film adaptation of a literary source not only requires a media conversion but also a transformation as a result of the differing dramatic demands of cinema. The most critical central step in this transformation of a literary source to the..... More
Creation Books, November 2002. Paper Back. An edited collection of writings from the first 19 volumes of the bestselling Creation Cinema Collection, which documents the world of cult, exploitation, and underground cinema by genre, and arguably forms the best library of alternative film studies in the world. Forming a crucial..... More
University of Texas Press, March 2015. Trade Paperback. Frederick Aldama's The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez (2014) was the first full-scale study of one of the most prolific and significant Latino directors making films today. In this companion volume, Aldama enlists a corps of experts to analyze a majority of Rodriguez's..... More
The Tears Corporation/Creation, October 1995. Trade Paperback. Film/Poetry. Opening with an essay on Robert Frank's Pull My Daisy ("The first truly Beat film" -- Jonas Mekas) and related interviews with Alfred Leslie and Frank, Jack Sargeant's encyclopedic survey of "Beat cinema" interlaces essays on seminal films and their milieux with..... More
University Press of Mississippi, January 2013. Hardcover. The 1969 film Ma Nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's) catapulted its shy academic film director, Eric Rohmer, born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer (1920-2010), into the limelight and sold over a million tickets in France, earning a nomination for an Academy Award. Ma..... More
University of California Press, February 1966. Trade Paperback. More
Grove/Atlantic, November 1992. Oversized Hardcover. Jacket clipped. More
Grove/Atlantic, November 1992. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Oversized hardcover. First/first. Stated; First Edition, 1992. Complete number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . [240 pages]. More
Delmonico Books, September 2023. Hardcover. Irreverent, heartfelt, shocking and laugh-out-loud funny--a colorful celebration of the work of subversive auteur John Waters Known for pushing the boundaries of good taste, John Waters (born 1946) has created a canon of high-shock-value, high-entertainment movies that have cemented his position as one of the..... More
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, May 2014. Hardcover. Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon's most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced with new ones..... More
Chronicle Books (CA), March 2006. First Thus. Paper Back. Sexy, stylish, and powerfulfrom Lillian Gish to Katharine Hepburn, Myrna Loy to Lauren Bacall, Jean Harlow to Grace Kelly, each of the legendary actresses featured in this book left an indelible mark in film history and define roles for women on..... More
SUNY Press, February 2014. Hardcover. The director of such classic Hollywood films as In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, and Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray nevertheless remained on the margins of the American studio system throughout his career, and despite his cult status among auteurist critics and cinephiles, he..... More
Rutgers University Press, May 1993. Paper Back. It was a surprise to everyone, including director Eric Rohmer, that My Night at Maud's was a success. The film violated almost all the rules of popular filmmaking. It had no crime, no explicit sex, no violence, and no action. As English Showalter..... More
Penguin Books, December 1977. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. Bookstore stamp. Pages toned. More
University Press of Mississippi, May 2012. Hardcover. "Show it! Two little words. It's better than five hundred words of discussion." In the early twentieth century, the art world was captivated by the totally original paintings of Henri Rousseau, who, seemingly without formal art training, produced works that astonished not only..... More
University Press of Mississippi, March 2017. Hardcover. In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the importance of poetry, music, and the visual arts in relation to his work; his..... More
Rutgers University Press, November 2023. Paper Back. Watching While Black Rebooted: The Television and Digitality of Black Audiences examines what watching while Black means in an expanded U.S. televisual landscape. In this updated edition, media scholars return to television and digital spaces to think anew about what engages and captures..... More
Berkley Medallion book, April 1971. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. First mass market paperback edition with light shelf wear & rubbing. Textblock edges tinted lightly First published in hardcover by Random House, 1969. [383 pages]. More
Faber & Faber, July 2023. Hardcover. The screenplay of the new film by Wes Anderson. ASTEROID CITY (adapted from a "hypothetical" play) takes place in a fictional desert town, circa 1955. Synopsis: the itinerary of the annual Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across..... More
Avon/ Flare/ Darien House, 1974. First Thus. Paper Back. First Flare Edition. Quarto. [256 pages]. More
Da Capo Press, March 1976. Trade Paperback. This is the first major consideration of the life and films of the great director, Louis Bunuel. The distinguished Spanish film critic and author, Francisco Aranda, traces Bunuel's phenomenal career of more than forty years--from the sensational classics Un Chien andalou in 1929..... More
Running Press Adult, October 2018. Hardcover. Turner Classic Movies presents a bucket list of the best and most beloved holiday films of all time, complete with spirited commentary, behind-the-scenes stories, and photos spanning eight decades of Christmastime favorites. Nothing brings the spirit of the season into our hearts quite like..... More
BFI Publishing. Trade Paperback. As is. Light foxing on the edges of the print block. More
