Spanish Cinema - Prijzen

English Heritatge Eng Cinema

The costume drama was one of the important production trends in British cinema during the 1980s and 1990s. Films such as Chariots of Fire , A Room with a View , Howard's End , Sense and Sensibilit...

Star Wars

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE ULTIMATE INTERGALACTIC BATTLEFIELD Like many a great epic, Star Wars is rooted in a rich history of armed conflict. Now, for the first time, the facts, figures, and fascina...

Spanish Cinema

The liveliness and importance of Spanish cinema is increasingly being recognised outside Spain, in film festivals, television exposure, and courses in Institutions of Higher Education. To a large exte...

Studies in Terror

Acclaimed critic and broadcaster Jonathan Rigby brings his trademark wit and insight to bear on 130 of the key moments in screen horror. His scope is wide, ranging from silent masterworks like Nos...

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Hollywood Hex

From the myths of old Hollywood to recent on-screen accidents, the motion picture industry has long been associated with violent and untimely death. Hollywood has always been a magnet for suicides, mu...

Movie Censorship and American Culture

From the earliest days of public outrage over indecent nickelodeon shows, Americans have worried about the power of the movies. The eleven essays in this book examine nearly a century of struggle...

How Will We Get to the Beach?/Como Iremos a la Playa?

The reader is asked to guess what Roxanne must leave behind (ball, umbrella, book, turtle, or baby) as she tries various means of transportation to get to the beach.

Purpose

Touching on the universal themes of poverty, immigration, father/son relationships and the heights of celebrity, the multi-platinum musician, producer and actor details his childhood growing up in Hai...

Dracula

To borrow a phrase used by one of the characters in the novel, Dracula is nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance. In her introduction to this edition Glennis Byron first discusses the famous...

A Touch Of Frost

Detective Inspector Jack Frost, offically on duty, is nevertheless determined to sneak off to a colleague's leaving party. But first the corpse of a well-known local junkie is found blocking the drain...