In this thoughtful introduction, Nichols provides a context for the paradoxes that confront film studies today.
Using movies to explore the unconscious realms of society in order to reach a better understanding of what drives it, this book examines filmmakers and films that center on schizophrenic themes of alienation, paranoia, breakdown, fantasy, ...
Few people would argue with the films selected for detailed notices and reviews in this book.
Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen is a detailed look at the depiction of teens on film and its impact throughout film's history.
Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen is a detailed look at the depiction of teens on film and its impact throughout film's history.
This edition is thoroughly updated to include all the important movies of the past several years, as well as a new introduction by A Times film critic, A. O. Scott.
The book covers examples of Italian, French, German and American movies that strongly characterized the 1960s.
Stephen King revisits five of his favorite short stories that have been turned into films. This collection features new commentary and introductions to all of these stories in a treasure-trove of movie trivia.
Roger Ebert manages in these essays to combine a truly populist appreciation for our most important form of popular art with a scholar’s erudition and depth of knowledge and a sure aesthetic sense.
Roger Ebert manages in these essays to combine a truly populist appreciation for our most important form of popular art with a scholar’s erudition and depth of knowledge and a sure aesthetic sense.