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In his unblinking but fair-minded memoir, Mewshaw grants us the sizable pleasure of passing time with some of the twentieth century's finest and most interesting writers.".
Reveals how Spanish film musicals, long dismissed as unworthy of critical scrutiny, illuminate Spain's relationship to modernity
A fresh and provocative approach to representations of exotic women in Victorian Britain.
First published in 1999. An eclectic dictionary that covers Spanish industry, media, culture, entertainment, politics, and the arts. With entries ranging from Abascal, Nati, a top model of the Spanish jet set to Zonas Humedas, wetlands with special importance due to their location for routes of migratory birds.
Encourages a deep reading of a selection of essential Spanish films.
You've never used a video guide like this before. You loved Chariots of Fire and you want to see something like it. Where do you start? Look up Chariots of Fire in the index, and find it in Drama. There you'll see it listed under White Flannel Films: Welcome to the glory days of the British empire when the ruling class rode horses on large country estates, servants were in plentiful supply, and only an adulterous lover questioned the status quo. As in other costume dramas, the period details are celebrations of all that was brilliant and luxurious, with the camera sweeping over British, Indian, or African countryscapes and exquisite turn-of-the-century interiors. But all this lush upholstery...
Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960–1990 examines how political violence and resistance was represented in arthouse and cult films from 1960 to 1990. This historical period spans the Algerian war of independence and the early wave of post-colonial struggles that reshaped the Global South, through the collapse of Soviet Communism in the late ‘80s. It focuses on films related to the rise of protest movements by students, workers, and leftist groups, as well as broader countercultural movements, Black Power, the rise of feminism, and so on. The book also includes films that explore the splinter groups that engaged in viol...
100 Years of Spanish Cinema provides an in-depth look at themost important movements, films, and directors of twentieth-centurySpain from the silent era to the present day. A glossary of film terms provides definitions of essentialtechnical, aesthetic, and historical terms Features a visual portfolio illustrating key points of many ofthe films analyzed Includes a clear, concise timeline to help students quicklyplace films and genres in Spain’s political, economical, andhistorical contexts Discusses over 20 films including Amor Que Mata, Un ChienAndalou, Viridana, El Verdugo, El Crimen de Cuenca, and Pepi, Luci, Born
Screen World, volume 40, features outstanding films and performers. Academy Awards Best Picture "Rain Man" with Dustin Hoffman (Academy Award for Best Actor) and Tom Cruise. Academy Award for Best Actress Jodie Foster for her role in "The Accused". Outstanding new actors such as Robert Downey, Jr., Natasha Richardson, Julia Roberts, Christian Slater, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland. Includes pictorial and statistical record of the 1988 movie season.