Art Shay 
Chicago’s Nelson Algren [EPUB ebook] 

This work examines major box office hits like ”The Full Monty” as well as critically acclaimed films like ”Under the Skin”. It explores the role of distribution and exhibition, the Americanisatio …

How do you sell British humour to a French audience? Could piracy actually be good for the film business? Why are The Hobbit”s revolutionary technologies not mentioned in some adverts? Exploring the …

As blockbusters employ ever greater numbers of dazzling visual effects and digital illusions, this book explores the material roots and stylistic practices of special effects and their makers. Gather …

In the conference Africa and the History of Cinematic Ideas held in London in 1995, film-makers, cultural theorists and critics gathered to debate a range of issues. Views were exchanged on such topi …

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 t …

John Ford”s masterpiece The Searchers (1956) was rated fifth greatest film of all time in Sight and Sound”s most recent poll of critics. Its influence on many of America”s most distinguished conte …

This is an examination of the concepts of spectatorship in the light of historical accounts of audience reception. The book looks at how audiences have historically talked about Hollywood movies, and …

An area of natural beauty comprised of undulating river valleys, waterfalls, dense woodland and mountain summits, the Brecon Beacons National Park covers some 520 square miles of South and Mid Wales …

Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in the regional dynamics of political change. Where do the private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, ha …

From his no-frills childhood in the icy wastes of Minnesota, to some of the hottest water Hollywood had to offer, via the cutting edge of ”60s and ”70s counter-culture in New York, LA and London, T …