Film

A concise guide to the formal analysis of film. This book moves systematically through the elements that make up most films, focusing on aspects of the art of cinema that are common across history and national cinemas.

Provides thorough coverage of films and filmmakers, including actors and actresses, directors, writers and other production artists. Entries include a detailed essays, biographies, filmographies, comprehensive credits, major awards, and updated bibliographies, as well as photographs.

This reference provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history.

Broad in scope, this interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on historical film features essays that explore the many facets of this expanding field and provide a platform for promising avenues of research.
Offers a unique collection of cutting edge research that questions the intention behind and influence of historical film.
Essays range in scope from inclusive broad-ranging subjects such as political contexts, to focused assessments of individual films and auteurs.
Prefaced with an introductory survey of the field by its two distinguished editors.
Features interdisciplinary contributions from scholars in the fields of History, Film Studies, Anthropology, and Cultural and Literary Studies

Features manifestoes from the global history of cinema, providing historical and theoretical account of the role played by film manifestos in filmmaking and film culture. Focusing equally on political and aesthetic manifestoes, Scott MacKenzie uncovers a unique history of the cinema, exploring a series of documents that postulate ways in which to re-imagine the cinema.

Single volume encyclopedia of Chinese film. Part 1 - Historical essays. Part 2 - Bibliography, Select websites, glossary and indexes.

This collection brings together over 200 critical essays in this rapidly evolving field of study. Global in scope, wide-ranging in its inclusion of topics, and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars, this is an essential resource for the analysis of contemporary media studies.

Examines the current state of filmmaking - how film language, technique and aesthetics are being utilized for today’s ‘digital film’ productions. It reflects on how critical analysis of film underpins practice and story, and how developing an autonomous ‘vision’ will best aid student creativity.

This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children.

14 volumes divided by decade. Entries include studio, director, cast, brief summary, suggested subject headings, and abbreviated bibliographic information for reviews. Indexes are separate volumes and thoroughly reference names, subjects, and places

Comprehensive listings of over 250,000 video titles, divided by title, subject, series and names.

A collection of the quintessential international releases by distributor Janus films. Book indexes a collection of 50 DVDs (located in the IMC). Each film is detailed including credits, cast list, and a description of the film.

Single volume encyclopedia of international film. Brief entries on film as art, technology, biography, and nationality up to 1972. 14 page bibliography by subject name. Indexes include films, title changes, and names.

This book features a selection of DVD and Blu-ray disc covers, supplemental art, and never-before-seen sketches and concept art commissioned for Criterion releases, plus a gallery of every Criterion DVD and Blu-ray disc cover since the collection's first laserdisc thirty years ago.