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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorAnime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle
Susan J. Napier · 463 pages
This new edition of the groundbreaking popular book from Susan J Napier , Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, is a must-have for both seasoned and new fans of anime. Japanese animation is more popular than ever following the 2002 Academy Award given to Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. It confirmed that anime is more than just children's cartoons, often portraying important social and cultural
The Silence of the Lambs
Yvonne Tasker · 95 pages
In this study Yvonne Tasker explores the way the film weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual politics of genre.
Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics
Mark Kermode · 387 pages
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay · 360 pages
A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink, all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once l
How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, Multimedia: Language, History, Theory
James Monaco · 533 pages
"How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, Multimedia explores the medium as both art and craft, sensibility and science, tradition and technology. After examining film's close relation to such other narrative media as the novel, painting, photography, television, and even music, Monaco discusses those elements necessary to understand how films convey meaning and, more importantly, how we can best discer
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Walter Benjamin · 45 pages
"An attempt by literary critic Walter Benjamin to analyze the changed experience of art in modern society."--Page 4 of cover.
The Matrix
Joshua Clover · 104 pages
The Matrix (1999) was a true end-of-the-millennium movie, a statement of the American Zeitgeist, and a prognosis for the future of big-budget Hollywood filmmaking. Starring Keanu Reeves as Neo, a computer programmer transformed into a messianic freedom fighter, The Matrix blends science fiction with conspiracy thriller conventions and outlandish martial arts created with groundbreaking digital tec
Your Movie Sucks
Roger Ebert · 338 pages
The *Chicago Sun-Times* critic follows up on 2000's *I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie* with more reviews for movies he has given 1½ stars and lower to.
The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever
Alan Sepinwall · 306 pages
"12 shows that started a revolution in TV drama: The Sopranos. Oz. The Wire. Deadwood. The Shield. Lost. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 24. Battlestar Galactica. Friday Night Lights. Mad Men. Breaking Bad. These 12 shows, and the many more they made possible, ushered in a new golden age of television--one that made people take the medium more seriously than ever before" -- P. [4] of cover.
The Devil Finds Work
James Baldwin · 144 pages
Baldwin’s personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics. Offering an incisive look at racism in American movies and a vision of America’s self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and The Exorcist. Here are our lo
Reel Views 2
James Berardinelli · 627 pages
Thoroughly revised and updated for 2005! Includes a new chapter on the best special edition DVDs and a new chapter on finding hidden easter egg features.
Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In (Updated Edition)
Joe Bob Briggs · 248 pages
This brand-new, updated art book-sized hardcover edition of the long out-of-print collection by cult film host Joe Bob Briggs features new writing, movie reviews, and fan letters not seen in over 40 years, plus new artwork by comic book artist Mike Norton and an introduction by Stephen King. Cult genre film host Joe Bob Briggs' collection of wisecracking takes on drive-in movies and redneck life i
Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
Maureen Ryan · 348 pages
I Lost It at the Movies
Pauline Kael · 365 pages
Discusses films such as On the waterfront, East of Eden, Blackboard jungle, Room at the top, Look back in anger, The entertainer, Sons and lovers, Saturday night and Sunday morning, Hud, The earrings of Madame de ..., The golden coach, Smiles of a summer night, La grande illusion, Forbidden games, Shoeshine, Beggar's opera, The seven samurai, Breathless, The cousins, West Side story, L'Avventura,
On Photography
Susan Sontag · 207 pages
On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977. In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and present-day role of photography in capitalist societies as of the 1970s. Sontag discusses many examples of modern photography, among these, she contrasts Diane Arbus's work with
The Braindead Megaphone
George Saunders · 257 pages
George Saunders's first foray into nonfiction is comprised of essays on literature, travel, and politics. At the core of this unique collection are Saunders's travel essays based on his trips to seek out the mysteries of the "Buddha Boy" of Nepal; to attempt to indulge in the extravagant pleasures of Dubai; and to join the exploits of the minutemen at the Mexican border. Saunders expertly navigate
Wallflower at the Orgy
Nora Ephron · 208 pages
A collection of interviews of American pop culture icons of the 1960s and 1970s offers revealing profiles of such notables as Helen Gurley Brown, Jacqueline Susann, Julia Child, Ayn Rand, Craig Claiborne, Bill Blass, and Mike Nichols.
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud · 215 pages
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
Maggie Nelson · 304 pages
Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel.
Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Neil Postman · 222 pages
With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant--and harrowing--warning against the tyranny of machines over man in the late twentieth century. We live in a time when physical well-being is determined by CAT scan results. Facts need the substantiation of statistical study. The human mind needs "deprogramming" while computers c
The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan · 160 pages
This book takes readers behind the scenes of the making of THE HUNGER GAMES with exclusive interviews and information on the screenwriting, casting, and elaborate sets and costumes, as well as the actors' performances and directors' vision.