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Game of Thrones
Jeffrey Chown, Kate Mead
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Game of ThronesIntroductionHit television shows over the last twenty years have inspired impressive amounts of academic inquiry, particularly The Sopr...
Gance, Abel
Paul Cuff
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Abel GanceIntroductionAlthough Abel Gance (1889–1981) is now recognized as a major figure of early cinema, he often struggled to find acceptance of hi...
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...
Garbo, Greta
Philip Hallman
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Greta Garbo Introduction Greta Garbo (b. 1905–d. 1990) is arguably the most famous female movie star Hollywood produced during the late silent...
Garland, Judy
Matthew Tinkcom
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2018-05-24
Judy GarlandIntroductionJudy Garland (10 June 1922–22 June 1969) was the performance name of the singer, dancer, actress and public figure born France...
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 ...
Gilliam, Terry
Hilary Donatini
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2021-08-25
Terry GilliamIntroductionWith a directorial career spanning over forty years, Terry Gilliam (b. 1940) remains rooted in the sensibilities of his early...
Global Television Industry
Denise Bielby, Kristen Bryant
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Global Television IndustryIntroductionTelevision was introduced as an experimental technology in the 1920s and 1930s in Europe, Asia, the former Sovie...
Godard, Jean-Luc
Douglas Morrey
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Jean-Luc GodardIntroductionFew filmmakers have attracted as much academic and critical writing as Jean-Luc Godard. Perhaps only Alfred Hitchcock is co...
Godfather Trilogy, The
Fran Mason
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
The Godfather TrilogyIntroductionThe Godfather Trilogy forms an important body of work in American cinema, not only because the films, particularly Pa...
Godzilla
Kathryn Page-Lippsmeyer
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2018-08-28
GodzillaIntroductionThe 1954 Godzilla (Gojira) is a landmark monster film, and the film franchise has made the monster Godzilla one of the most global...
Greek Cinema
Dan Georgakas
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Greek CinemaIntroductionGreek film studies have followed in the wake of the erratic history of Greek cinema. From 1900 through the end of World War II...
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...
Hammett, Dashiell
Nicolas Pillai
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Dashiell HammettIntroductionDashiell Hammett (b. 27 May 1894–d. 10 January 1961) may lay claim to having invented the modern “hard-boiled” American cr...
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...
Hepburn, Katharine
Steven Rybin
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2018-07-24
Katharine HepburnIntroductionIt is certainly possible to imagine as strong a person as Katharine Hepburn (b. 1907–d. 2003) existing without the Classi...
Herrmann, Bernard
Joan Titus
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2021-06-23
Bernard HerrmannIntroductionBernard Herrmann (b. 1911–d. 1975) was a prolific American composer and conductor, known primarily for his work in film. H...
Herzog, Werner
Brad Prager
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2014-10-28
Werner HerzogIntroductionWerner Herzog was born in Munich in 1942. Before the end of World War II Herzog’s family moved to Sachrang, a small town in B...
Hindi Cinema, Popular
Gohar Siddiqui
Subject: Cinema and Media Studies »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Popular Hindi Cinema Introduction Popular Hindi cinema enjoys mass appeal in a multilingual and multicultural country such as India. It also h...
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