Representations of Antiquity in Film

Kevin M. McGeough

Representations of Antiquity in Film offers an introduction to how the ancient world is represented in film and especially Hollywood cinema. McGeough considers the potential that movies have for helping us think about antiquity and their relationship to more traditional academic historical work. The...

The Singing Voice in Contemporary Cinema

Mark Evans, Diane Hughes

This volume focuses on the singing voice in contemporary cinema from 1945 to the present day, and rather than being restricted to one particular genre, considers how the singing voice has helped define and/or confuse genre classification. Typically heard in song, the singing voice is arguably the mo...

Sounding Funny

Mark Evans, Philip Hayward

Comedy has been a feature of cinema since its inception. From mickey-moused accompaniments to slapstick scenes, ironic musical statements, clever musical allusions and jokes, well-worn sound effects, and even laugh tracks, sound has been integral to the development of the comedy on screen. This volu...

Movies, Moves and Music

Mark Evans, Mary Fogarty

Over the last 40 years, while the musical film has faded from its historical high-point to a more isolated and quirky phenomenon, the dance film has displayed refulgent growth and surprising resilience. It has spawned profitable global enterprises (Billy Elliot), has fashioned youthful angst as soci...

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

Stephen Rebello

A behind-the-scenes account of the creation of Psycho, including the difficulties Hitchcock experienced in overcoming studio politics, censorship and collaborators. Financing the film himself, Hitchcock had no major stars, no exotic locations and no top screenwriters. Rebello draws upon Hitchcock...

Quintessential Tarantino

Edwin Page

Edwin Page discusses eight films which Tarantino has written, directed, or both – in an attempt to find out how the former video store clerk has realised his ultimate fantasy and become one of the most powerful players in Hollywood. Includes: Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Pu...

Indecent Exposures

Gwynne Edwards

From the savage visionary satire of Luis Buñuel's 1960s productions to the steamy pop sensuality of Pedro Almodóvar's early work during the 1980s, Spanish cinema enjoyed one of its most vibrant and iconoclastic phases. In their attempts to chart the currents of hypocrisy and repression running th...

Raising Kane

Pauline Kael

Going Steady

Pauline Kael

She is a good critic, wonderful in the ways she combines intimate practical knowledge with unbuyable and human personal reflections.
John Updike

Pauline Kael on the movies makes most critics of anything else seem like well intentioned bores... What is rare is the w...