مؤلف: Barry Keith Grant

This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the musical, horror, comedy, and the thriller. It introduces the topic in an a …

Frederick Wiseman is among America’s foremost documentary filmmakers. The recipient of many awards, including three Emmys, Wiseman has made more than thirty feature-length documentaries during a care …

This revealing history of the American film musical synthesizes the critical literature on the genre and provides a series of close analytical readings of iconic musical films, focusing on their cult …

This revealing history of the American film musical synthesizes the critical literature on the genre and provides a series of close analytical readings of iconic musical films, focusing on their cult …

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Collects all published film criticism by Andrew Britton, a singular voice in film studies whose promising career was cut short by his untimely death.For fifteen years before his untimely death, Andre …

In Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films, Barry Keith Grant questions the idea that Hollywood movies reflect moments of crisis in the dominant image of masculinity. Ar …

An expanded version of Robin Wood’s influential study of Ingmar Bergman, including more recent essays on the director.At a time when few reviewers and critics were taking the study of film seriously, …

The fourth classic monograph by Wood to be republished by Wayne State University Press, this volume will be welcomed by film scholars and readers interested in American cinematic and cultural history …

Documenting the Documentary offers clear, serious, and insightful analyses of documentary films, and is a welcome balance between theory and criticism, abstract conceptualization and concrete analysi …

Robin Wood s writing on the horror film, published over five decades, collected in one volume.Robin Wood one of the foremost critics of cinema has laid the groundwork for anyone writing about the hor …

Fascinating overview and analysis of Rod Serling s original The Twilight Zone.CBS s The Twilight Zone (1959 1964) remains a benchmark of serious telefantasy and one of the most iconic series in the h …

The impact of unique material collections that have helped shaped research, practice, and education in film and media studies.This intriguing volume sheds light on the diverse world of collecting fil …

  New Zealand has produced one of the world’s most vibrant film cultures, a reflection of the country’s evolving history and the energy and resourcefulness of its people. From early silent featu …

Frederick Wiseman is America’s foremost chronicler of public institutions. His films have focused on city, state, and local governments; hospitals; asylums; creative organizations and museums; school …

Offering an accessible introduction to the study of film genres and genre films, this book examines the use of genre in cinema from its beginnings to the present day.This book explains the various el …

Offering an accessible introduction to the study of film genres and genre films, this book examines the use of genre in cinema from its beginnings to the present day.This book explains the various el …

Monster Cinema introduces readers to a vast menagerie of movie monsters. Some are gigantic, like King Kong or the kaiju in Pacific Rim, while others are microscopic. Some monsters appear uncannily hu …

"[A] well-plotted survey." Total Film In 100 American Horror Films, Barry Keith Grant presents entries on 100 films from one of American cinema’s longest-standing, most diverse and most pop …

"[A] well-plotted survey." Total Film In 100 American Horror Films, Barry Keith Grant presents entries on 100 films from one of American cinema’s longest-standing, most diverse and most pop …

Documentary films constitute a major part of film history. Cinema”s origins lie, arguably, more in non-fiction than fiction, and documentary represents the other – often submerged and barely visible …

In the 1970s, British filmmaker Ken Russell (1927–2011) quickly gained a reputation as the enfant terrible of British cinema. His work, like the man himself, was regarded as flamboyant, excessive, an …

In the 1970s, British filmmaker Ken Russell (1927-2011) quickly gained a reputation as the enfant terrible of British cinema. His work, like the man himself, was regarded as flamboyant, excessive, an …

A reissued classic that examines the structure and themes of each of Hitchcock s British feature films.Originally published in 1977 and long out of print, Maurice Yacowar s Hitchcock s British Films …

Film critic Robin Wood offers a persuasive detailed reading of Satyajit Ray s The Apu Trilogy, widely regarded as landmarks of world cinema. The Apu Trilogy, written by influential film critic Robin …

Rediscovering a momentous cinema movement, its canonization, and its recasting through global discourse.The last of the so-called new waves in film, New German Cinema of the 1970s and early 1980s rep …

New York, more than any other city, has held a special fascination for filmmakers and viewers. In every decade of Hollywood filmmaking, artists of the screen have fixated upon this fascinating place …

The profound cultural and political changes of the 1960s brought the United States closer to social revolution than at any other time in the twentieth century. The country fragmented as various chall …

The Dread of Difference is a classic. Few film studies texts have been so widely read and so influential. It s rarely on the shelf at my university library, so continuously does it circulate. Now thi …

It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial …