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"Investigates the importance of cinema-going to social life in post-war Italy, and unpacks the complex relations between film texts and their consumption, individual and collective memory, and national, regional, and gendered identities"--

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Provides an historical and theoretical framework to understand the different typologies and meanings of costume in film, going beyond content and identity of a character.

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A personal and fascinating account of the career and achievement of an important, much-loved director; Jack Clayton. -- .

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This is the first-ever critical work on Jack Rosenthal, the highly regarded BAFTA-winning British television dramatist. His career began with Coronation Street in the 1960s and he became famous for such plays as The Knowledge, The Chain, Spend, Spend, Spend and Bar Mitzvah Boy, as well as the pilot for the series Londons Burning.

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This entirely new collection of essays is the first book to examine the trilogy as a whole - as well as related products such as The Animatrix and the computer game.

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Few media franchises can match The Matrix for enthusiasm of reception and subsequent proliferation. The Matrix films are rich with mythological and religious references, as well as drawing upon futuristic fiction. This book gathers original articles that comment on the various implications of the Matrix trilogy.

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Jacques Audiard is the first book on one of the most important French directors working today. Focusing on the representation of the physical body, French society and broader transnational contexts, it reveals how Audiards cinema occupies a space both within and beyond the imaginary of French cinema.

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The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language. -- .

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A complete survey - the first in English - of Jacques Rivette's sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day. -- .

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A complete survey - the first in English - of Jacques Rivette's sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day. -- .

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This book provides a film-by-film look at the thirty-two movies James Cagney made during the 1930s, from his supporting role in Sinners Holiday (1930) to the end of the decade as an established star of Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and The Roaring Twenties in 1939.

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This book provides full production information, plot synopses, review excerpts, and critical commentary for Dean's roles in Fixed Bayonets (1951), Sailor Beware (1951), Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952), East of Eden (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956).

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This reference book provides comprehensive coverage of his life and career. The volume begins with a brief biography and chronology, followed by an extensive annotated bibliography of works by and about him.

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The bio-bibliography of one of America's most loved actors, spanning six decades of his career. Following a biographical section, it features listings of his credits for stage, screen, radio and television, as well as his own writings.

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Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for three films in 1927-28, Seventh Heaven, Sunrise, and Street Angel, Janet Gaynor may be better known for her roles as the endearing orphan, Judy Abbott, in Daddy Long Legs (1931) and the small town girl-turned actress, Esther Blodgett, in A Star Is Born (1937).

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"An analysis of Japanese horror films from the 1990s and 2000s using Deleuzian concepts"--

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People today remember Jayne Mansfield as a famous Hollywood movie star. Through her constant exposure in the press, she gave the public the false impression that she was a major movie star.

This book charts the captivating life and career of Jayne Mansfield.