Barry Keith Grant

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Fritz Lang

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

A collection of conversations about the filmmaker whose life and work spanned six decades of film history

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American Cinema of the 1950s

Themes and Variations

Edited by Murray Pomerance; Introduction by Murray Pomerance
Rutgers University Press

Bringing together original essays by ten respected scholars in the field, American Cinema of the 1950s explores the impact of the cultural environment of this decade on film, and the impact of film on the American cultural milieu. Contributors examine the signature films of the decade, including From Here to Eternity,Sunset Blvd., Singin' in the Rain, Shane, Rear Window, and Rebel Without a Cause, as well as lesser-known but equally compelling films, such as Dial 1119, Mystery Street, Suddenly, Summer Stock, The Last Hunt, and many others.

  • Copyright year: 2005
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American Cinema of the 1960s

Themes and Variations

Rutgers University Press

In ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1960s examines a range of films that characterized the decade, including Hollywood movies, documentaries, and independent and experimental films. Among the films discussed are Elmer Gantry, The Apartment,West Side Story, The Manchurian Candidate, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear, Bonnie and Clyde, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Midnight Cowboy, and Easy Rider.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Monster Cinema

Rutgers University Press

Monster Cinema introduces readers to a vast menagerie of movie monsters, from gigantic beasts to microscopic parasites, from grotesque demons to normal-looking serial killers. Film expert Barry Keith Grant considers what each type of movie monster might reveal about how we regard the natural, the supernatural, and the human.  

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Notions of Genre

Writings on Popular Film Before Genre Theory

University of Texas Press

With articles by such luminaries as Susan Sontag, Dwight Macdonald, Siegfried Kracauer, James Agee, André Bazin, Robert Warshow, and Claude Chabrol, this anthology is the only single-volume source for important early writing on genre films.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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The Dread of Difference

Gender and the Horror Film

University of Texas Press

Now updated to include contemporary developments in the horror film genre and the critical thinking about it, Barry Keith Grant’s groundbreaking exploration of the cinema of fear has sold over 8,000 copies.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Comics and Pop Culture

Adaptation from Panel to Frame

University of Texas Press

This engaging collection explores the multi-media intersections of comics, film, television, and popular culture over the last century, ranging from Felix the Cat to Black Panther.

  • Copyright year: 2019
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City That Never Sleeps

New York and the Filmic Imagination

Rutgers University Press

New York, more than any other city, has held a special fascination for filmmakers and viewers. In every decade of Hollywood filmmaking, artists of the screen have fixated upon this fascinating place for its tensions and promises, dazzling illumination and fearsome darkness. From Street Scene and Breakfast at Tiffany's to Rosemary's Baby, The Warriors, and 25th Hour, the sixteen essays in this book explore the cinematic representation of New York as a city of experience, as a locus of ideographic characters and spaces, as a city of moves and traps, and as a site of allurement and danger. 

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Film Genre Reader IV

University of Texas Press

Newly revised and expanded nearly a decade after the third edition, Film Genre Reader is the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Ken Russell

Interviews

University Press of Mississippi

Collected interviews with the unconventional British filmmaker discussing his colorful life and career in movies and television

  • Copyright year: 2024
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