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Have Fun with Your Thumb by flipping the pages of this book to see a jack-o-lantern and a skeleton doing a funny dance.A Halloween flipbook for boys and girls and kids of all ages.Perfect Halloween party favor gift bag idea to hand out to kids trick-or-treating.

Kill the Dog exposes the lies of all the other screenwriting books, and presents authentic, essential instruction and motivation on what it takes to become a successful Hollywood screenwriter.

A love letter to women-led comedies. Based on Elizabeth Teets's program series called "Isn't She Great" at the Hollywood Theater, this anthology is a collection of the most beloved female-centric comedies and the audiences who adore them. From 9 to 5 to Romy and Michelle to the iconic Elle Woods, the essays in this collection build on our devotion to these films and continue the conversation around funny women and how these characters have shaped so many talented writers. As Elizabeth Teets reminds us, there is a specific power in a funny woman. A woman who dares to laugh at the world and at herself. These movies made us strong and smart and sexy (and bend and snap a lot). At the end of the day, we remind ourselves when the world only tries to let us have a little, a little money, a little confidence, a little joy to go out and get the whole enchilada.Isn't She Great is for anyone who loves movies and feels the glamour in pink. Cult cinema and film criticism will never be the same.

This book argues that over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the cinema in Britain became the site on which childhood was projected, examined, and understood. Through an analysis of these projections; via case studies that encompass early cinema, pre and post-war film, and contemporary cinema; this book interprets the child in British cinema as a device through which to reflect upon issues of national culture, race, empire, class, and gender. Beginning with a discussion of early cinematic depictions of the child in Britain, this book examines cultural expressions of nationhood produced via non-commercial cinemas for children. It considers the way cinema encroaches on the moral edification of the child and the ostensible vibrancy and vitality of the British boy in post-war cinema. The author explores the representational and instrumental differences between depictions of boys and girls before extending this discussion to investigate the treatment of migrant, refugee, and immigrant children in British cinema. It ends by recapitulating these arguments through a discussion of internationally successful British blockbuster cinema. The child in this study is a mobile figure, deployed across generic boundaries, throughout the history of British cinema and embodying a range of discourses regarding the health and wellbeing of the nation.

Movies That Made Me Gay is a wonderfully well-informed, witty and acerbic take on iconic Hollywood films, film-stars, and indie cult favorites from an author who is himself a Black gay icon; and is also a touching and extremely readable personal memoir of growing up gay in the early '60s, surviving the AIDS pandemic of the '80s (legendary Vito Celluloid Closet Russo was a dear friend) and the adaptation of his novel 'Blackbird' into a feature film starring Mo'nique in 2014, and still thriving today."Duplechan is a master film critic, alternately praising and scathing, with a gushing heart and acerbic wit, all the while giving the reader little known facts about the classic and not-so-classic movies that shaped his colorful life. Personal anecdotes round out this well-crafted journal of the ultimate movie fan who, above all, despite the oft caustic pen, is a romantic sentimentalist."Sam Harris, author of Ham: Slices of a Life, and The Substance of All Things."Once I started reading I couldn't stop, like eating a bucket of salted cashews. But it's far more educational than nuts."Christopher Bram, author of Gods and Monsters"Fasten your seatbelts for a wild ride through "gay" movie history with Larry Duplechan at the wheel. His enlightening, bitchy, unfiltered, pithy, and sentimental observations coaxed me to take another look at countless films, and it will for you!"Michael Gregg Michaud, author of Sal Mineo, A Biography and Inventing Troy Donahue."...full of fresh ideas, good history, and smart jokes. I laughed out loud a lot. Best of all, he weaves a fine autobiography into his movie talk, one that's honest, real, complex, and moving."Christopher Bram, author of Gods and Monsters¿¿"Larry Duplechan is the storyteller you want to sit next to at the party. His deep dive into movies that molded our youth and haunt our adulthood is funny, acerbic and personal. I dare anyone to read this book without making a list of films to see or see again. I say two snaps up!"Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories¿¿"Black gay men's autobiographies are still vanishingly rare - the more so due to the catastrophe of the AIDS crisis. Larry's wise and witty telling of his life through his love of films both classic and obscure is to be cherished."Patrik-Ian Polk, creator of Noah's Arc

Keyshawn is a troubled young man haunted by a skewed outlook of the white race. Irrational thinking is an understatement as the walls of prejudice are closing in on him. Instead of looking deep within himself, Keyshawn blames all of his woes on the white man. His dilemma extends beyond the current state of race relations between Blacks and whites. Keyshawn believes he is being specifically targeted, and that the white race, acting as one single entity is planning his demise. His two best friends Rassaan and Mustafa try to reason with him. An intense debate between the three reinforces Keyshawn's notions that whites want him out of the way. Keyshawn's Mama recognizes that something is amiss with her son. Keyshawn tries to conceal the despair that's dogging him, but Mama knows better. Keyshawn is being vague; he is reluctant to tell Mama about his perceived existential threat. Through Mama's prodding, Keyshawn finally fesses up, it's the white man. Mama is confused, is Keyshawn under direct threat or is it imagined? Mama wants Keyshawn to get help this infuriates Keyshawn. Keyshawn is the real threat, a threat to himself. Keyshawn is so consumed by what he contends the white man has inflicted on him, he has no other recourse.

Action Scenarios: The Essential Guide to Action in Film examines all of the ways in which action is manifested in cinema, or what author Tico Romao calls the "action scenarios" of film. Loaded with detail, nuance, rare insight, and historical analysis, Action Scenarios explores how and why filmmakers use these action scenarios as a function of character development, story narrative, and much more.

Breaking the Mold: Independent Cinema in the Late 80s is a must-read for anyone who is passionate about cinema and wants to know more about the incredible world of independent filmmaking.In this book, you will discover the fascinating history of independent cinema in the late 80s and the impact it has had on the movie industry. You'll learn about the challenges and triumphs of independent filmmakers and the role that film festivals like Sundance played in launching the careers of some of the most talented directors of our time.But Breaking the Mold is much more than a history lesson. This book provides a deep dive into the artistry and innovation of independent cinema, with detailed analyses of iconic films like Do the Right Thing, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and My Own Private Idaho. You'll gain insight into the creative process behind these groundbreaking films and hear from the filmmakers themselves about their experiences and motivations.You'll also get an inside look at the business side of independent filmmaking, with a focus on funding and distribution. From the challenges faced by independent filmmakers to the rise of independent studios within Hollywood, this book covers it all. You'll even get to hear directly from the financiers and distributors themselves about their strategies and approaches to making independent films successful.But what really sets Breaking the Mold apart is its focus on the future of independent cinema. With the rise of streaming services and new avenues for funding and distribution, independent filmmaking is more exciting and dynamic than ever before. This book offers a thought-provoking analysis of the potential for growth and success in independent cinema, and features interviews with filmmakers who are pushing the boundaries of the medium in new and exciting ways.Whether you're a film student, a cinephile, or simply someone who loves great movies, Breaking the Mold is the ultimate guide to the world of independent cinema in the late 80s and beyond. With its engaging prose, insightful analysis, and exclusive interviews, this book is a must-read for anyone who is passionate about the art of filmmaking. So, get your copy today and discover the incredible world of independent cinema for yourself!

This book focuses on the analysis of sensorial representations of violent images in contemporary films that portray embodied violation in urban environments of street clashes and prisons in Northern Ireland and Brazil during the late twentieth century. There is an emphasis on the representation of senses and how they play a significant role in structuring narratives and mapping the cinematic landscapes of conflict. Whether on the streets and prisons of Belfast, Derry, São Paulo or Rio, the attention is on the endangered body and its fragility or strength. Analyzing films through the novel framework of sensorial perspective enables the understanding of urban and prison landscapes as part of a somatic geography that affects the corporeal engagement of the participants. As a multicultural study, this is an essential book for those interested in the relationship between cinema and history while taking into consideration the interactive roles of the senses and perception.

"From October 1948 to October 1953, The New Yorker published humorist S.J. Perelman's "Cloudland Revisited" series: twenty-two reviews of once-popular books and silent films whose expiration dates had passed. All but forgotten even at the time, they were nonetheless part of Perelman's youth and made an indelible mark on him. ln the comic genius's biting satire they live once again: Gertrude Atherton's sensationalist fantasy Black Oxen; Sax Rohmer's supervillain blockbuster The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu; the "underwater" silent film adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea; Edgar Rice Burrough's 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes; and George Barr McCutcheon's 1901 historical fantasy novel Graustark-the Game of Thrones of its era-which launched numerous sequels and film adaptations. Here for the first time all twenty-two of Perelman's reappraisals are collected. With self-deprecating humor and frequent embarrassment, Perelman reflects on how rereading and rewatching brings us in contact with how we, like an old book or film, have both changed and remained the same. This paperback includes a tribute to Perelman's art by another New Yorker favorite, Adam Gopnik"--Provided by publisher

In dem in verschiedenen Schwarztönen gehaltenen Buch sind neben einer Einführung des taiwanesischen Künstlers Chen Chieh-jen zu seinem jüngst fertiggestellten Film Worn Away (2022-23), Skizzenzeichnungen und handschriftliche Notizen zu finden sowie eine Auswahl an Videostills. Jedes Buch enthält ein Lesezeichen aus Papier, auf dem das Bild eines RFID-Einweg-Armbands gedruckt ist. Im Film spielt das Armband eine bedeutende Rolle. Der Künstler hat zudem per Hand den chinesischen Filmtitel auf jedes Lesezeichen gestempelt.

Till-Christopher Bamberg's obsession with special effects films began, as it does for many others, in his early youth. At the age of nine he saw THE THING (1982) by John Carpenter and was at the same time shocked and fascinated by how the things were made that were seen there. He was also one of those who watched the credits to the end to find out which artists worked on the film and in which profession. Everything about the making of a film interested him. Today he has turned his passion into his vocation. Within his website science-fiction-filme.com" he interviewed many artists of the film like Chris Walas, Rocco Gioffre, Alec Gillis, Syd Dutton and many others. He cooperates with several film magazines, such as CINEMA MUSICA, the only magazie for movie scores in Europe, or NEON ZOMBIE, where he creates interviews and background stories. He also works together with a German film label (Wicked Vision Distribution) and made special effects documentaries for the releases of SPACE TRUCKERS (1996) and THE RIFT (1990). On this occasion he spoke with Paul Gentry, Steve Howarth and Colin Arthur. He also writes booklets for other labels. Together with two co-authors he wrote the book DIE ALPTRAUMFABRIK (The Nightmare Factory), in which he interviewed Steve Johnson or Jack Sholder, among others. This is his first book project alone. When he is not working on a film-related project, the 43-year-old lives in a quiet town in northern Germany with his wife and two sons.

Lost Transmissions weaves amongst brambled pathways to take in the haunted soundscapes of electronica, the rise of the occult in the 1970s, cinema and television's dystopian dreamscapes and hauntological work which creates and gives a glimpse into parallel worlds. It is a recording of a personal journey that delves amongst both the esoteric fringes and mainstream of culture, and which at times holds a shadowed scrying mirror up to the modern world and some of its ills, while also reflecting visions of a hopeful future in its depths.Alongside other experimenters in electronic sound the book explores Boards of Canada's invoking of "the past inside the present"; Paul Weller's visiting of Ghost Box Records' elsewhere universe; work by Cosey Fanni Tutti, Hannah Peel and the reformed Radiophonic Workshop, and their collaborations across time with electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire; Dominik Scherrer and Natasha Khan's summoning of "pastoral spook" via a hidden language of angels; and takes a trip in the company of fairground and rural ghosts conjured up on records released by Castles in Space.Alongside these it examines the paranormal and "worlds beyond" via the semi-lost supernatural-orientated television series Leap in the Dark which included work by Alan Garner and David Rudkin, Sharron Kraus' contemporary investigations into the preternatural and the conjuring of modern-day phantasms in Luciana Haill's artwork.The book also includes an intertwined consideration of the "deluxe dystopias" that can be found in films such as Rollerball and Andrew Niccol's Gattaca and prescient views of the future's past & media collusion in film and television including Nigel Kneale's work and the overlooked corners of science fiction.

After the first successful volume of Eastern Heroes Magazine, it's great to announce the New Volume 2. Issue No1. Softback Edition. InsideJackie Chan the Lost Interviews Back in 1879/80, Jackie made two appearances on The Dinah Shore show, where an up-and-coming Jackie Chan was showcasing some behind-the-scenes of his movie "The Young Master" Along with Raymond Chow and some of his stunt team. He made a second appearance in 1980 to promote his starring role in "Battle Creek Brawl". These episodes were only transmitted once and have since been lost. Darren was fortunate enough to see have seen these in a bad quality archive tape and transcribed both interviews.Also insideFrom Stunts to Laughter Jackies Chan's latest offering is "Ride On". a full movie review from Simon Pritchard.Thorsten Boose will look at The History of Jackie Chan with Horses after the success of "Ride On".The Art of Dubbing: How Jackie's Voice Was Brought to Life Paul Dre looks at the man behind the dubbing.Collecting Jackie Chan Japanese Movie Pamphlets - Mike Nesbitt showcases some of the rare Jackie Chan Movie advertisements.Five Fingers of Discs Johnny Burnet looks at all the new Jackie Chan release.Jackie Chan his top ten cameos - Paul BramhallPlusFans of the 36 Chambers Alan Donkin interviews Paul Bramhall

What in the cultural zeitgeist causes a movie to be made? Is it current affairs, a popular event or trend, a best-selling book, a genre of filmmaking or the will of a Hollywood director? In the case of the vastly entertaining cult movie, THE WANDERERS, from 1979, the answer would be all above. The setting of the movie is the Bronx, circa early in the 1960s, but the ambience is the unresolved 1950s when teen gangs frightened American urban dwellers and teenage behavior distressed parents everywhere. The popular singer Dion grew up in the Bronx during the 1950s and in 1961 he climbed the record charts with one of his biggest hits, THE WANDERER. The song struck a nerve in someone else who also grew up in 1950s Bronx, author Richard Price. He ended up writing a book called THE WANDERERS, which incorporated Dion's song into the storyline. Years later, director Philip Kaufman, picked up the book on recommendation from his son and decided to turn it into a movie. Films about gangs and juvenile delinquency had been popular with teens since the early 1950s with The Wild One and Blackboard Jungle. By the 1970s, soon to be middle-age Americans, became wildly nostalgic for the 1950s, resulting a slew of Broadway plays, television shows and movies that mixed greasers, early rock 'n' roll and naïve sexual fumblings into a cultural tsunami. This book is about the times, the song, the book, the director, the genre of teen-gang films and, most definitely, the last great "greaser feature," THE WANDERERS. As a journalist, Steve Bergsman has contributed to more than one hundred magazines, newspapers and wire services over the past four decades. As an author, he has written more than a dozen books. His most recent book was EARTH ANGELS: THE SHORT LIVES AND CONTROVERSIAL DEATHS OF THREE R&B PIONEERS.

What in the cultural zeitgeist causes a movie to be made? Is it current affairs, a popular event or trend, a best-selling book, a genre of filmmaking or the will of a Hollywood director? In the case of the vastly entertaining cult movie, THE WANDERERS, from 1979, the answer would be all above. The setting of the movie is the Bronx, circa early in the 1960s, but the ambience is the unresolved 1950s when teen gangs frightened American urban dwellers and teenage behavior distressed parents everywhere. The popular singer Dion grew up in the Bronx during the 1950s and in 1961 he climbed the record charts with one of his biggest hits, THE WANDERER. The song struck a nerve in someone else who also grew up in 1950s Bronx, author Richard Price. He ended up writing a book called THE WANDERERS, which incorporated Dion's song into the storyline. Years later, director Philip Kaufman, picked up the book on recommendation from his son and decided to turn it into a movie. Films about gangs and juvenile delinquency had been popular with teens since the early 1950s with The Wild One and Blackboard Jungle. By the 1970s, soon to be middle-age Americans, became wildly nostalgic for the 1950s, resulting a slew of Broadway plays, television shows and movies that mixed greasers, early rock 'n' roll and naïve sexual fumblings into a cultural tsunami. This book is about the times, the song, the book, the director, the genre of teen-gang films and, most definitely, the last great "greaser feature," THE WANDERERS. As a journalist, Steve Bergsman has contributed to more than one hundred magazines, newspapers and wire services over the past four decades. As an author, he has written more than a dozen books. His most recent book was EARTH ANGELS: THE SHORT LIVES AND CONTROVERSIAL DEATHS OF THREE R&B PIONEERS.

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While histories of Czech cinema often highlight the quality of Czechoslovak New Wave films made in the 1960s, post-socialist Czech cinema receives little attention. Through a methodology of historical reception, Stories between Tears and Laughter explores how attitudes towards post-socialist Czech cinema have shifted from viewing it as radical "art cinema" and more towards popular cinema. By analyzing publicity materials, reviews, and articles, Richard Vojvoda offers a new perspective on the notions of cultural value and quality that have been shaping the history of post-socialist Czech cinema.

This edited volume offers a wide-ranging picture of Argentine women filmmakers¿ contribution to the film industry from the 1980s to the present by bringing together the work of highly acclaimed and emerging directors. Through thirteen critical essays by leading scholars in the field of Argentine cinema, the book acknowledges that contemporary women filmmakers have transformed the cinema of Argentina by questioning, challenging and debunking hegemonic patriarchal systems of representation. With a focus on women¿s voices and experiences, the contributions redress both the under-representation of women and girls onscreen and the perpetuation of stereotypes, while exploring the innovative aesthetics used by these filmmakers.

FVM Magazine Dynamic Issue Special Edition With Gail PorterDAndra SimmonsKevin WillsDr. Matt HarringtonPablo Adame Luz LuzbSabina MarthinsenSandi BogleDonna Williams SalibIrina JacobsonKirk Richards Liz McConaghyLilly PalmerAndrea Jane Bunker