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The book explores the life and career of British filmmaker Ken Russell, known for his flamboyant and audacious style that challenged the norms of British cinema in the 1970s. It delves into his innovative blend of realism and fictional elements in biographical "docudramas," highlighting his early television work and notable films like Women in Love and Tommy. Russell's journey reflects both his artistic vision and the struggles he faced in securing funding later in his career. His candid interviews reveal his complex relationship with fame and criticism, offering insight into his unique cinematic approach.

Offering an accessible introduction to the study of film genres and genre films, this book examines the use of genre in cinema from its beginnings to the present day.

Learn to believe in yourself and become more confident, with tried and tested tips and tricks from a master mind magician!

Voyages of Discovery is the definitive account of Frederick Wiseman’s career, offering a comprehensive analysis of the work of the leading documentary filmmaker in the United States. In this updated edition, Barry Keith Grant adds new material exploring the documentarian’s works since the 1990s.

A guide to 100 of the most notable American horror movies by leading popular cinema expert Barry Keith Grant in the BFI Screen Guides series.

The book examines the significant impact of CBS's The Twilight Zone on American television and culture during its original airing from 1959 to 1964. It highlights how the series played a crucial role in transitioning science fiction, horror, and fantasy from niche genres to mainstream popularity. Barry Keith Grant places the show within the broader context of changing broadcast television and societal norms, emphasizing its lasting legacy as a seminal work in telefantasy.

Introduces readers to a vast menagerie of movie monsters. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of film history, Grant presents us with an eclectic array of monster movies, from Nosferatu to Get Out. As he discovers, although monster movies might claim to be about Them!, they are really about the capacity for horror that lurks within each of us.

Introduction§1. Aelita §2. Alien §3. Alphaville §4. Altered States §5. Avatar §6. Back to the Future §7. The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms §8. Blade Runner §9. Born in Flames §10. A Boy and his Dog §11. Brazil §12. The Brother From Another Planet §13. The Cabin in the Woods §14. A Clockwork Orange §15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind §16. Colossus: The Forbin Project §17. The Damned §18. Dark City §19. Dark Star §20. The Day the Earth Stood Still §21. Destination Moon §22. District 9 §23. Dune §24. Enemy Mine §25. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial §26. Fahrenheit 451 §27. Fantastic Voyage §28. The Fifth Element §29. Flash Gordon (serial) §30. The Fly §31. Forbidden Planet §32. Frankenstein §33. Frau im mond (Woman in the Moon) §34. Galaxy Quest §35. Ghost in the Shell §36. Gojira (Godzilla) §37. The Host §38. The Incredible Shrinking Man §39. I Am Legend §40. Invaders From Mars §41. Invasion of the Body Snatchers §42. The Invisible Man §43. Island of Lost Souls §44. La Jetée §45. Jurassic Park §46. Just Imagine §47. Last Night §48. Liquid Sky §49. Mad Max §50. The Man Who Fell to Earth §51. Mars Attacks! §52. The Matrix §53. Metropolis §54. Nineteen Eighty-Four §55. Paris qui dort §56. Plan 9 From Outer Space §57. Planet of the Apes §58. Quatermass and the Pit §59. The Quiet Earth §60. The Road §61. Robocop §62. Seconds §63. Signs §64. Silent Running §65. The Silent Star §66. Slaughterhouse-Five §67. Sleep Dealer §68. Sleeper §69. Solaris §70. Soylent Green §71. Star Trek: The Motion Picture §72. Star Wars §73. Starship Troopers §74. Strange Days §75. Superman §76. The Terminator §77. Tetsuo: The Iron Man §78. Them! §79. They Live §80. The Thing From Another World §81. The Thing §82. Things to Come §83. THX 1138 §84. The Time Machine §85. Total Recall §86. Tribulation 99: Alien Anomolies Under America §87. Tron §88. The Tunnel §89. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea §90. 2001: A Space Odyssey §91. Videodrome §92. Village of the Damned §93. Le Voyage dans lune §94. WALL-E §95. The War Game §96. The War of the Worlds §97. Westworld §98. When Worlds Collide §99. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes §100. Zardoz§Notes§Further Reading§Index §

Having emerged from a Swiss glacier and solved his first murder case in more than ninety years (described in The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes), the world’s most famous detective now sleuths through modern London in search of a stolen letter purportedly written by Shakespeare. Holmes displays his usual mental brilliance as he investigates the missing letter and discovers an international plot to arm terrorists. He and his roommate, James Wilson, track the Shakespeare letter and the terrorist arms dealers to a Scottish castle where surprises await . . . and where the two companions quickly find they must be bloody, bold, and resolute if they are to survive.

From reviews of the third edition: "Film Genre Reader III lives up to the high expectations set by its predecessors, providing an accessible and relatively comprehensive look at genre studies. The anthology's consideration of the advantages and challenges of genre studies, as well as its inclusion of various film genres and methodological approaches, presents a pedagogically useful overview." —Scope Since 1986, Film Genre Reader has been the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold. Barry Keith Grant has again revised and updated the book to reflect the most recent developments in genre study. This fourth edition adds new essays on genre definition and cycles, action movies, science fiction, and heritage films, along with a comprehensive and updated bibliography. The volume includes more than thirty essays by some of film's most distinguished critics and scholars of popular cinema, including Charles Ramírez Berg, John G. Cawelti, Celestino Deleyto, David Desser, Thomas Elsaesser, Steve Neale, Thomas Schatz, Paul Schrader, Vivian Sobchack, Janet Staiger, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.