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The Best Film You've Never Seen
Chicago Review Press 2013; US$ 13.99Revealing a festival of guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked or critically savaged gems in this guide. The list includes unsung noir films The Chase and Murder by Contract , famous flops Can?t Stop the Music and Joe Versus the Volcano , art films L?ange... more...
Hollywood on Lake Michigan
Chicago Review Press 2013; US$ 15.99Ranging from the dawn of the silent era to today?s blockbusters and independent films, this revamped second edition chronicles the significant contributions by Chicago and Chicagoans to more than a century of American filmmaking. Among the Windy City?s unique honors in this history are the development of film technology by early major players Essanay... more...
American Jewish Films
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 40.00This is a chronological survey of American films with significant Jewish content that made an important statement about America. Both familiar and lesser known films are included. An introduction discusses why American Jews were attracted to films as audiences, performers and business people, and evaluates how films help audiences think about their... more...
Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 49.95The entertainment world lost several legendary stars and a host of other men and women involved in the performing arts in 2012. Notables who died include actor Larry Hagman, astronaut Neil Armstrong, voice actor Jerry Nelson (The Count of Sesame Street), comedian Phyllis Diller, singer Whitney Houston, and actor George Lindsey. Obituaries of these... more...
Dreams in American Television Narratives
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99Dreams in Television Narratives is the first comprehensive analysis of one of American televisions most frequently utilized tropes, the dream. From its beginning, television has been a storytelling medium. Whether delivered to a live audience or played out on a sound stage, narratives and those who write them have always been the crux of the... more...
Dreams in American Television Narratives
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99Dreams in Television Narratives is the first comprehensive analysis of one of American televisions most frequently utilized tropes, the dream. From its beginning, television has been a storytelling medium. Whether delivered to a live audience or played out on a sound stage, narratives and those who write them have always been the crux of the... more...
More Grandmothers Are Like Snowflakes...No Two Are Alike
Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 11.95No one gives comfort, love, and laughter like a grandma can! ?Your grandma and your dog will always love you no matter what you do,? says Matthew, age ten. From the mouths of babes and grandmas comes this irresistible sequel to the beloved Grandmothers Are Like Snowflakes . Here is an all-new treasury of wise, witty, and wonderful sayings and... more...
Theatrical Liberalism
NYU Press 2013; US$ 75.00"Makes new sense of aspects of popular culture we have all grown up with and thought we knew only too well. Most bridges religious studies and theater, political theory and American studies, high criticism and middlebrow performance. Her book will help us see better how Jews and their Jewishness did not merely enter American popular... more...
Cinema and the Republic
University of Wales Press 2013; US$ 135.00A thought-provoking study of what contemporary French cinema has to say about immigration and social cohesion. more...
A Year at the Movies
HarperCollins 2013; Not AvailableFor some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you. Mr. Murphy, known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, went to the movies every day for a year. That's every single day, people. For a whole fricken' year. And not only did he endure,... more...









