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  • The Tower at Petite Vigne

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    It is the spring of 1943. American and British bombers pound Germany around the clock, disrupting her industry, smashing her transportation network, and driving her urban population underground. The Third Reich rightly interprets the aerial campaign as a prelude to the long-anticipated invasion of France.That May an Organization Todt construction unit wheels into the cobblestone square of the ... Read more

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  • Sex Education

    School's Out for Netflix

    Edited by Deborah Shaw, Rob Stone ...
    This collection maps the origins of the Netflix series Sex Education in relation to the genre of teenage high school dramas and comedies, exploring the four-season narrative arc and analysing the principal themes and characters.The Netflix series Sex Education has been a standout critical and popular success and has featured among Netflix's most watched content in 190 countries throughout its 4 ... Read more

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  • Lady Bird

    Self-Determination for a New Century

    by Rob Stone ...
    Series series Cinema and Youth Cultures
    Examining the ideas, philosophies and strategies that inform and enable a young woman’s self-determination for a new century, this is a detailed, insightful study of Greta Gerwig’s much-loved, influential and critically acclaimed film.Drawing on Transcendentalism, French feminist thought, Californian art and the work of iconic American essayist Joan Didion, Rob Stone approaches Lady Bird as a film ... Read more

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  • Sense8

    Transcending Television

    Edited by Deborah Shaw, Rob Stone ...
    This collection explores the many ways in which the Netflix series Sense8 transcends television. As its characters transcend physical and psychological borders of gender and geography, so the series itself transcends those between television, new media platforms and new screen technologies, while dissolving those between its producers, stars, audiences and fans. Sense8 united, inspired and ... Read more

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  • The Cinema of Richard Linklater

    Walk, Don't Run

    by Rob Stone ...
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    From Slacker (1991), a foundational work of independent American cinema, to the Before trilogy, Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed films and aesthetic ambition have earned him a place as one of the most important contemporary directors. In this second edition of The Cinema of Richard Linklater, Rob Stone shows how Linklater’s latest films have redefined our understanding of his work. He ... Read more

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  • Basque Cinema

    A Cultural and Political History

    Series series World Cinema
    Cinema has always been a vital medium for articulating the Basque region's unique identity and politics. The first definitive study of Basque cinema, this book provides a systematic analysis of the key Basque films, directors and cinematic institutions. Its narrative moves from the romanticised Basque Country travelogues of Pathe to the coded oppositional aesthetics of Franco-era films; from the ... Read more

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  • The Cinema of Richard Linklater

    Walk, Don't Run

    by Rob Stone ...
    Series series Directors' Cuts
    From Slacker (1991), a foundational work of independent American cinema, to the Before trilogy, Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed films and aesthetic ambition have earned him a place as one of the most important contemporary directors. In this second edition of The Cinema of Richard Linklater, Rob Stone shows how Linklater’s latest films have redefined our understanding of his work. He ... Read more

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  • The Cinema of Richard Linklater

    Walk, Don't Run

    by Rob Stone ...
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    From Slacker (1991) to The School of Rock (2003), from Before Sunrise (1995) to Before Sunset (2004), from the walking and talking of his no/low-budget American independent films to conversing with the philosophical traditions of the European art house, Richard Linklater's films are some of the most critical, political, and spiritual achievements of contemporary world cinema. Examinations of ... Read more

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  • Spanish Cinema

    by Rob Stone ...
    Series series Inside Film
    From the surrealist films of Luis Buñuel to the colourful melodramas of Pedro Almodóvar, Spain has produced a wealth of exciting and distinctive film-makers who have consistently provided a condoning or dissenting eye on Spanish history and culture.For modern cinema-goers, it has often been the sexually-charged and colourful nature of many contemporary Spanish films, which has made them popular ... Read more

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  • Screening European Heritage

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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book provides a unique examination of the way Europe’s past is represented on contemporary screens and what this says about contemporary cultural attitudes to history. How do historical dramas come to TV and cinema screens across Europe? How is this shaped by the policies and practices of cultural institutions, from media funding boards to tourist agencies and heritage sites? Who watches ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Luis Buñuel

    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors
    A Companion to Luis Buñuel presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Buñuel’s life, works, and cinematic themes.A collection of critical readings that examine and reassess the controversial filmmaker’s life, works, and cinematic themesFeatures readings from several of the most highly ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to World Cinema

    Series series Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
    The Routledge Companion to World Cinema explores and examines a global range of films and filmmakers, their movements and audiences, comparing their cultural, technological and political dynamics, identifying the impulses that constantly reshape the form and function of the cinemas of the world. Each of the forty chapters provides a survey of a topic, explaining why the issue or area is important, ... Read more

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