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Documentary Film
Zoë Druick
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Documentary Film Introduction Since the 1990s, there has been a veritable explosion of documentary films and digital media productions accompa...
Eastwood, Clint
Dennis Bingham
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Clint Eastwood Introduction Clint Eastwood (b. 31 May 1930–), a dominant figure in cinema for nearly five decades, has enjoyed three exceptiona...
Eisenstein, Sergei
Masha Salazkina, Katarina Mihailovic
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Sergei Eisenstein Introduction Sergei Eisenstein (Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein, b. Riga, Latvia, 1898–d. Moscow, 1948) remains one of the m...
Ethnographic Film
Pamela Wilson
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Ethnographic Film Introduction The relationship between visual media and anthropology has a long history growing out of the imperializing impu...
Exhibition and Distribution
Gregory Waller
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Exhibition and Distribution Introduction The operation of movie theaters, the dangers and appeals of the social experience of moviegoing, the ...
Exploitation Film
Ernest Mathijs
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Exploitation Film Introduction Exploitation film is a type of cinema, often cheaply produced, that is designed to create a fast profit by refe...
Fan Studies
Henry Jenkins
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Fan Studies Introduction Fan studies is a field of scholarly research focused on media fans and fan cultures. Fans might be broadly defined as...
Fellini, Federico
Peter Bondanella
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Federico Fellini Introduction Federico Fellini (20 January 1920–31 October 1993) was not only the most famous Italian director of the 20th cen...
Festivals
Marijke de Valck, Skadi Loist
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Festivals Introduction Film festivals are a ubiquitous phenomenon. Estimates vary between five hundred and three thousand film festivals takin...
Film Noir
William Luhr
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Film Noir Introduction Film noir emerged out of a nexus of American sociopolitical crises, including the Great Depression, World War II, and th...
Film Sound
Paul Young
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Film Sound Introduction Prior to the groundbreaking work by Rick Altman, John Belton, Michel Chion, Mary Ann Doane, Claudia Gorbman, Kaja Silv...
Film Theory
Krin Gabbard
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Film Theory Introduction Film theory came into its own in the late 1960s and early 1970s, thanks primarily to essays published in journals such...
French Cinema
Ginette Vincendeau
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
French Cinema Introduction As befits the country of the cinema’s official “birth,” France boasts a long tradition of writing on film. In the 19...
Gangster Films
Fran Mason
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Gangster Films Introduction The study of gangster films extends back to the 1970s when the development of film studies as an academic discipli...
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgendered (GLBQT) Cinema
Niall Richardson
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgendered (GLBQT) Cinema Introduction Mainstream cinema’s dominant subject has always been heterosexuali...
German Cinema
Caryl Flinn
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
German Cinema Introduction German film has had a uniquely prolific and diverse history. Its output ranges from experimental efforts during the ...
Greek Cinema
Dan Georgakas
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Greek Cinema Introduction Greek film studies have followed in the wake of the erratic history of Greek cinema. From 1900 through the end of Wor...
Griffith, D.W.
Russell Merritt
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
D. W. Griffith Introduction David Wark Griffith (b. 1875–d. 1948) continues to generate a broad range of critical reaction. Although acknowledg...
Hawks, Howard
Michael J. Anderson
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Howard Hawks Introduction Critical and scholarly writing on Howard Hawks (b. 1896–d. 1977) has oscillated historically between moments of compa...
Haynes, Todd
Ruth Goldberg
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Todd Haynes Introduction Born in Los Angeles, California, on 2 January 1961, Todd Haynes is one of America’s most important and original indepe...
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