Crime films / by Leitch, Thomas M.

Table of Contents: “…The problem of the crime film --…”
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Aesthetics and film / by Thomson-Jones, Katherine

Table of Contents: “…1. Film as an art -- 2. Realism -- 3. Authorship -- 4. …”
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Film and ethics : what would you have done? /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; acknowledgements; introduction; chapter one -- "rape, ultra-violence and beethoven"; chapter two -- confessions of a nazi spy; chapter three -- the unwritten moral code in recent indian cinema; chapter four -- morality, politics and self-interest; chapter five -- the film spectator as "bricoleur"; chapter six -- the wire; chapter seven -- the ethics of intimacy; chapter eight -- from filth to fame; contributors; index.…”
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Borderland films : American cinema, Mexico, and Canada during the Progressive era / by Brégent-Heald, Dominique, 1973-

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Sport and film / by Crosson, Seán

Table of Contents: “…1. Reading the sport film -- 2. Early cinema and the emergence of the sports film -- 3. …”
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Film landscapes : cinema, environment and visual culture /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter nine -- lynchian landscapes and the legacy of the american sublime section iv: communicable environments, contestable spaces; chapter ten -- figuring landscapes in australian artists'' film and video; chapter eleven -- the animated landscape; chapter twelve -- "sheffield film studies and sheffield studies film"; postscript -- synaptic landscapes; filmography; bibliography.…”
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The film photonovel : a cultural history of forgotten adaptations / by Baetens, Jan

Table of Contents: “…Excavating the film photonovel -- A brief history of the film photonovel -- Word and image, telling and showing -- Clear grids, blurred lines -- Action? …”
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Film as philosophy /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction. Film and/as Philosophy: An Elective Affinity?; 1. …”
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Film programming : curating for cinemas, festivals, archives / by Bosma, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Reflection -- Cinephilia as a curatorial element -- the network of intermediaries -- Curating film theatres -- Curating Film festivals -- Curating film archives -- Case studies -- Conclusion: final words.…”
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Films that work : industrial film and the productivity of media /

Table of Contents: “…Archives and Archaeologies: The Place of Non-Fiction Film in Contemporary Media /…”
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X films : true confessions of a radical filmmaker / by Cox, Alex, 1954-

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The Epic in Film : From Myth to Blockbuster. by Santas, Constantine

Subjects: “…Epic films History and criticism.…”
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Film music : a history / by Wierzbicki, James Eugene

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Music and the "silent" film (1894-1927). Origins, 1894-1905 ; The nickelodeon, 1905-1915 ; Feature films, 1915-1927 -- Music and the early sound film (1894-1933). …”
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China on Film : a Century of Exploration, Confrontation, and Controversy. by Pickowicz, Paul

Table of Contents: “…The Theme of Spiritual Pollution in Chinese Films of the 1930s; Chapter 3. Melodramatic Representation and the May Fourth Tradition of Chinese Cinema; Chapter 4. …”
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Film Firsts. by Alter, Ethan

Table of Contents: “…Jaws -- Star wars -- Superman: the movie -- Star trek: the motion picture -- Tron -- Parting glances -- She's gotta have it -- The thin blue line -- Sex, lies, and videotape -- Blade runner: the director's cut -- Pulp fiction -- Showgirls -- Toy story -- Psycho -- The matrix -- The Blair witch project -- Crouching tiger, hidden dragon -- The lord of the rings trilogy -- Funny ha ha -- Bubble -- The hurt locker -- Avatar -- Life in a day -- Margaret -- Red state -- Conclusion: five film firsts to come.…”
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Film cultures / by Harbord, Janet

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Breaking with the aura? Film as object or experience; Chapter 2 -- Spatial effects: film cultures and sites of exhibition; Chapter 3 -- Film festivals: media events and spaces of flow; Chapter 4 -- Marketing film and audiences; Chapter 5 -- Postmodern praxes: production on the national and global stage; Chapter 6 -- Aesthetic encounters; Chapter 7 -- Digitalization and its discontents; References; Index.…”
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The film handbook / by De Valk, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Film language and aestetics. Renaissance of (digital) film -- Developing mise-en-scene -- Directing the actor -- Cinematography: painting with motion -- Sound underpinning image -- Editing: temporality & structure -- Film theory in practice. …”
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The Religious Film Christianity and the Hagiopic. by Grace, Pamela

Table of Contents: “…THE RELIGIOUS FILM -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The Religious Film and the Hagiopic -- CHAPTER 2 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER 3 CRITICAL OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER 4 KING OF KINGS (1961) Spectacle and Anti-Spectacle -- CHAPTER 5 THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943) The Religious Comfort Film -- CHAPTER 6 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973) AND JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (2000) The Religious Musical -- CHAPTER 7 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (1964) AND JESUS OF MONTREAL (1989) The Alternative Hagiopic…”
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Film Violence : History, Ideology, Genre. by Kendrick, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. What Do We Mean by 'Film Violence'?; 2. A History of Film Violence; 3. …”
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Film and the historian : the British experience / by Gillett, Philip (Philip John)

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Film stories. Volume IV by Roemer, Michael, 1928-

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Balboa films : a history and filmography of the silent film studio / by Jura, Jean-Jacques, 1950-

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Film cartoons : a guide to 20th century American animated features and shorts / by McCall, Douglas L., 1971-

Subjects: “…Animated films United States.…”
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Wildlife films / by Bouse, Derek

Table of Contents: “…Chronological Highlights from the History of Wildlife and Natural History Films.…”
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Films on Ice Cinemas of the Arctic. by MacKenzie, Scott

Table of Contents: “…COSMOPOLITAN INUIT: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON GREENLANDIC FILM -- 7. ARCTIC CARNIVALESQUE: ETHNICITY, GENDER AND TRANSNATIONALITY IN THE FILMS OF TOMMY WIRKOLA -- PART II HOLLYWOOD HEGEMONY -- 8. …”
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Film sequels : theory and practice from Hollywood to Bollywood / by Jess-Cooke, Carolyn, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The age of the $equel: beyond the profit principle -- Before and after the blockbuster: a brief history of the film sequel -- Screaming, slashing, sequelling: what the sequel did to the horror movie -- "It's all up to you!"…”
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Filming the fantastic : a guide to visual effects cinematography / by Sawicki, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the second edition: new age, old school --- Composition and lighting -- Forced perspective -- Matte painting -- Stop motion -- Formats and film -- The cineon system -- Digital cinema -- The moving camera -- Blue and green screen -- Miniatures vs. computer graphics -- So you don't have a million dollars -- Big effects, little money -- You can't always get what you want -- Welcome to the circus -- The man behind the curtain.…”
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Film and Genocide /

Table of Contents: “…Film and atrocity : the Holocaust as spectacle / Sophia Wood -- Documenting the Holocaust in Orson Welles's The Stranger / Jennifer L. …”
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Film and ethics : foreclosed encounters / by Downing, Lisa

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Political film : the dialectics of third cinema / by Wayne, Mike

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Film essays : with a lecture / by Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948

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Film remakes / by Verevis, Constantine

Subjects: “…Film remakes History.…”
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Chinese Film : Realism and Convention from the Silent Era to the Digital Age. by McGrath, Jason

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Women and Film. by Kaplan, A.

Table of Contents: “…Silence as female resistance in Marguerite Duras's Nathalie Granger (1972)Female politics in the symbolic realm: Von Trotta's Marianne and Juliane (The German Sisters) (1981); The American experimental woman's film: Yvonne Rainer's Lives of Performers and Film about a Woman Who(1972 4); The realist debate in the feminist film: a historical overview of theories and strategies in realism and the avant-garde theory film (1971 81); The.…”
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Film noir : hard-boiled modernity and the cultures of globalization / by Fay, Jennifer, Nieland, Justus

Table of Contents: “…Preface : down these mean streets, again -- Film noir and the culture of internationalism -- Critical debates : genre, gender, race -- Film noir style and the arts of dying -- Fragments of one international noir history…”
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Rubble films : German cinema in the shadow of the Third Reich / by Shandley, Robert R.

Table of Contents: “…Dismantling the dream factory : the film industry in berubbled Germany -- Coming home through rubble canyons : The murderers are among us and generic convention -- It's a wonderful Reich : private innocence and public guilt -- The sword that smote you : Jewish filmmakers and the visual reconstruction of Jews in German film -- The trouble with rubble : DEFA's social problem films -- Comedic redemption and the end of rubble film discourse -- Conclusion : the vanishing rubble rilm in postwar historiography.…”
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Visionary Film : the American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000. by Sitney, P. Adams

Table of Contents: “…From Trance to Myth; 6. The Lyrical Film; 7. Major Mythopoeia; 8. Absolute Animation; 9. …”
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Film dialogue / by Jaeckle, Jeff

Table of Contents: “…Preface / Sarah Kozloff -- Introduction : a brief primer for film dialogue study / Jeff Jaeckle -- [Part I.] Dialogue and genre. …”
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Steampunk film : a critical introduction / by McAllister, Robbie

Subjects: “…Fantasy films History and criticism.…”
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Hands on film : actants, aesthetics, affects / by Monahan, Barry

“…Film culture in transition.…”
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