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  • Hitchcock Lost & Found

    The Forgotten Films

    by Alain Kerzoncuf, Charles Barr ...
    Series series Screen Classics
    "It seems there is still plenty to discover and to say about Alfred Hitchcock . . . a host of impressive new research." — Journal of Film PreservationAudiences worldwide know him for Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, and other classics—but in Hitchcock Lost and Found, fans and film students alike can explore forgotten, incomplete, lost, and recovered productions from all stages of Alfred Hitchcock's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Call of the Heart

    John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama

    Edited by Bruce Babington, Charles Barr ...
    A study of an important but neglected director that "fills many gaps and updates our knowledge of a major filmmaker of the silent period and beyond" ( Positif).The profusion of research on film history means that there are now few Hollywood filmmakers in the category of Neglected Master, but John M. Stahl has been stuck in it for far too long. His strong association with melodrama and the "woman's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vertigo

    by Charles Barr ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Vertigo (1958) is widely regarded as not only one of Hitchcock's best films, but one of the greatest films of world cinema. Made at the time when the old studio system was breaking up, it functions both as an embodiment of the supremely seductive visual pleasures that 'classical Hollywood' could offer and – with the help of an elaborate plot twist – as a laying bare of their dangerous dark side. ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • British Cinema

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Barr ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial - often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Call of the Heart

    John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama

    Edited by Bruce Babington, Charles Barr ...
    The profusion of research on film history means that there are now few Hollywood filmmakers in the category of Neglected Master; John M Stahl (1886–1950) has been stuck in it for far too long. His strong association with melodrama and the womans film is a key to this neglect; those mainstays of popular cinema are no longer the object of critical scorn or indifference, but Stahl has until now ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    British Cinema

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Barr ...
    Narrated by Kevin E. Green ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 7 min

    Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial—often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers.In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators

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    Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards.‘Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing.’ The TimesIn the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the ... Read more

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  • The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock

    An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense

    by Edward White ...
    **Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best BiographyAn Economist Best Book of 2021A fresh, innovative biography of the twentieth century’s most iconic filmmaker.**In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world.The book’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Adult Comics

    by Roger Sabin ...
    Series series New Accents
    In a society where a comic equates with knockabout amusement for children, the sudden pre-eminence of adult comics, on everything from political satire to erotic fantasy, has predictably attracted an enormous amount of attention.Adult comics are part of the cultural landscape in a way that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. In this first survey of its kind, Roger Sabin traces the history ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Directory of World Cinema: Britain

    Edited by Emma Bell, Neil Mitchell ...
    Bringing to mind rockers and royals, Buckingham Palace and the Scottish Highlands, Britain holds a special interest for international audiences who have flocked in recent years to quality exports like Fish Tank, Trainspotting and The King's Speech. A series of essays and articles exploring the definitive films of Great Britain, this addition to Intellect's Directory of World Cinema series turns ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Cary Grant

    A Class Apart (Text Only)

    by Graham McCann ...
    The ultimate biography of this ever-popular star and icon, from a young Cambridge don who has already made his name with a much praised biography of Marilyn Monroe.Please note that this edition is text only and does not include illustrations.Cary Grant made men seem like a good idea. Tall, dark and handsome with a rare gift for light comedy, he played a leading man who liked to be led, a man of ... Read more

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