Richard Kern 
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The captivity narrative, the earliest genre of American popular literature, continues to be of cultural significance in late 20th-century Hollywood. Many popular films of the last four decades incorp …

Although ostensibly presented as “light entertainment, ” the work of writer-director-producer Joss Whedon takes much dark inspiration from the horror genre to create a unique aesthetic and perform a …

The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to …

Suspicious of what he called the spectator“s “sticky” adherence to the screen, Roland Barthes had a cautious attitude towards cinema. Falling into a hypnotic trance, the philosopher warned, an audie …

Watching Doctor Who explores fandom“s changing attitudes towards Doctor Who. Why do fans love an episode one year but deride it a decade later? How do fans“ values of Doctor Who change over time? A …

Traces the history of film production in Northern Ireland from the beginnings of a local film industry in the 1920s and 1930s, when the first Northern Irish “quota quickies“ were made, through the …

It would be unthinkable now to omit early female pioneers from any survey of photography“s history in the Western world. Yet for many years the gendered language of American, British and French phot …

Barbara Stanwyck“s illustrious career began in the 1920s and spanned sixty years. During that period she starred in major films of many genres and worked with some of the most distinguished Hollywoo …

Michael Le Grice, a pioneer of “structural film“ in the 1970s and whose first video and computer works were exhibited in the late 1960s, provides a collection of his most notable essays. The essays …

This is an exploration of the representation of Ireland and the Irish in British and US cinemas, as well as Irish-made films. The book offers readings of a wide range of key films such as The Butcher …