From early masterpieces such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Metropolis (1927) to
the post-1945 films of Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders, German film constitutes a crucial part of the history of world cinema. It helped to shape Hollywood ...
This comprehensive historical account demonstrates the rich diversity in 1970s British experimental filmmaking, acting as
a form of reclamation for films and filmmakers marginalized within established histories. An indispensable book for practitioners, historians and critics alike, it provides new interpretations ...
Beginning in 2009, The Museum of Modern Art offered a weekly series of film screenings
titled An Auteurist History of Film. Inspired by Andrew Sarris’ seminal work The American Cinema, which developed on the idea of auteur theory first discussed ...
The witch as a cultural archetype has existed in some form since the beginning of
recorded history. Her nature has changed through technological developments and sociocultural shifts—a transformation most evident in her depictions on screen. This book traces the figure ...
Fantasy Film proposes an innovative approach to the study of this most popular cinematic genre.
Engaging with the diversity of tones, forms and styles that fantasy can take in the cinema, the book examines the value and significance of fantasy ...
Facts101 is your complete guide to Film History, An Introduction. In this book, you will
learn topics such as NATIONAL CINEMAS, HOLLYWOOD CLASSICISM, AND WORLD WAR I, 1913-1919, FRANCE IN THE 1920s, GERMANY IN THE 1920s, and SOVIET CINEMA IN ...
Although it was never completed, Georg Büchner's drama fragment Woyzeck occupies a pivotal place in
the development of modern drama: its stature and influence have been recognized by representatives of naturalism, expressionism, epic theater, the theater of the absurd, and ...
Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing
genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large group of films. In recent years, a lively body of work has developed around historical cinema, much of ...
