Robin Wood 
Howard Hawks [EPUB ebook] 

In the last decade lifestyle television has become one of the most dominant television genres, with certain shows now global brands with formats exploited by producers all over the world. What unites …

This is the third book in the  »Understanding the Moving Image » series. Like other books in the series, it aims to provide a strong critical and theoretical base for the study of the media. It has b …

In Against Transmission Barker rethinks the history of audio-visual media as a history of analytical instruments. Rather than viewing media history as the commonly told story of synthetic media (medi …

How does an actor embody a character? How do they use their body as an instrument of expression? Rethinking the Actor »s Body offers an accessible introduction to the fields of neurophysiology and em …

In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, a source of information and entertainment for mil …

This illuminating study charts the changing role of the Hollywood film sequel over the past century. Considering a range of sequels in their industrial, historical and aesthetic contexts, from The So …

The quirky, strange and utterly sagacious meditations of David Caradine written during the making of Quentin Tarantino »s contemporary classic in which Carradine played the lead role. When Carradine …

Like Michael Powell »s Peeping Tom , Steven Soderbergh »s sex, lies and videotape presents us with a protagonist who can only connect with others through the lens of a camera. Graham is an enigmatic …

The digital video revolution has blurred the lines between professional and amateur equipment, with some Hollywood movies being shot and edited using the same technology that families use for their v …

Upon its release in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock »s Psycho divided critical opinion, with several leading film critics condemning Hitchcock »s apparent encouragement of the audience »s identification with …