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Through South Korean filmic and literary texts, this book explores affect and ethics in the healing of historical trauma, as alternatives to the measures of transitional justice in want of national u …

It»s a Gift is Norman Mc Leod»s classic comedy of disasters, in which W.C. Fields plays a general-store proprietor who buys an orange-ranch by mail and transports his family to California. This …

Throughout her career, Natalie Wood teetered precariously on the edge of greatness. Trained in the classical Hollywood studio style, but best mentored by Method directors, Wood was the ideal actress …

This comprehensive study reconstructs the production history of The Blue Angel (1930), showing how director Josef von Sternberg»s virtuoso visual style was amply supported by an immensely talented …

Straight Skin, Gay Masks and Pretending to Be Gay on Screen examines cinematic depictions of pretending-to-be-gay, assessing performances that not only reflect heteronormative and explicitly …

This is the first major book-length study of the work of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann, one of the most exciting and controversial personalities working in World Cinema today. Luhrmann»s reputa …

This text ranges widely over key films and moments from stages of Luis Bunuel»s career. It locates and re-appraises Bunuel»s films with particular emphasis on the national cinemas and varied …

Shyam Benegal is the best known and most prolific contemporary film-maker from India»s arthouse or »New Cinema» tradition. This work traces a career with its beginnings in political cinema and a …

In a world, in which camcorders and CCTV are witness to our every move and Big Brother and The Blair Witch Project are phenomenally popular and widely imitated, the divide between reality and liction …

Most people are too busy to keep up with all the good movies they’d like to see, so why should anyone spend their precious time watching the bad ones? In Why It’s OK to Love Bad Movies, philosoph …