Geoff Dyer 
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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 …

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 …

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 …

A heist thriller with a dazzling twist in the tail, this film ”The Usual Suspects” has seen its reputation grow until it is now a major cult movie. Ernest Larsen examines the film”s sophistcated n …

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 …

Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 In a culture preoccupied with newness and a fashion system largely predicated upon it, what is the significance of wor …