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Australian Gothic

A Cinema of Horrors

by Jonathan Rayner ...

Series series Gothic Literary Studies
The term ‘Gothic’ has been applied to examples of Australian cinema since the 1970s, often in arbitrary and divergent ways. This book examines a wide range of Australian films to trace their Gothic resemblances, characteristics and meanings. By concentrating on the occurrence of Gothic motifs, characters, landscapes and narratives, it argues for the recognition and relevance of a coherent Gothic ... Read more

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The term ‘Gothic’ has been applied to examples of Australian cinema since the 1970s, often in arbitrary and divergent ways. This book examines a wide range of Australian films to trace their Gothic resemblances, characteristics and meanings. By concentrating on the occurrence of Gothic motifs, characters, landscapes and narratives, it argues for the recognition and relevance of a coherent Gothic
... Read more
The naval war film

Genre, history and national cinema

by Jonathan Rayner ...

This book undertakes a unique, coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema. The films under discussion encompass all areas of naval operations in war, and highlight varying institutional and aesthetic responses to navies and the sea in popular culture. The examination of these films centres on their similarities to and differences from the conventions ... Read more

$93.99 USD

This book undertakes a unique, coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema. The films under discussion encompass all areas of naval operations in war, and highlight varying institutional and aesthetic responses to navies and the sea in popular culture. The examination of these films centres on their similarities to and differences from the conventions
... Read more
The Cinema of Michael Mann

Vice and Vindication

by Jonathan Rayner ...

Series series Directors' Cuts
Michael Mann is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past forty years. His films exhibit the existential concerns of art cinema, articulated through a conspicuous and recognizable visual style and yet integrated within classical Hollywood narrative and genre frameworks. Since his beginnings as a screenwriter in the 1970s, Mann has become a key figure within contemporary American ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Michael Mann is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past forty years. His films exhibit the existential concerns of art cinema, articulated through a conspicuous and recognizable visual style and yet integrated within classical Hollywood narrative and genre frameworks. Since his beginnings as a screenwriter in the 1970s, Mann has become a key figure within contemporary American
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A new naval history

by Katherine Parker, Elaine Chalus, Evan Wilson, Barbara Korte, Cicely Robinson, Cindy McCreery, Ellie Miles, Mary A. Conley, Jonathan Rayner, Daniel Spence, Emma Hanna, Ulrike Zimmerman, Max Jones, Jan Rüger ...

Series series Cultural History of Modern War
A New Naval History brings together the most significant and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history. The last few decades have witnessed a transformation in how this field is researched and understood and this volume captures the state of a field that continues to develop apace. It examines – through the prism of naval affairs – issues of nationhood and imperialism; the legacy ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A New Naval History brings together the most significant and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history. The last few decades have witnessed a transformation in how this field is researched and understood and this volume captures the state of a field that continues to develop apace. It examines – through the prism of naval affairs – issues of nationhood and imperialism; the legacy
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Mapping Cinematic Norths

International Interpretations in Film and Television

Edited by Julia Dobson, Jonathan Rayner ...

Mapping Cinematic Norths presents an international range of research and enquiry into the significance, representation and manipulation of depictions of the ‘North’ in cinema and television. Northern landscapes, soundscapes, characters and narratives are defined and recognized as distinctive image-spaces within film and television. However, the ‘North’ is portrayed, exploited and interpreted in ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Mapping Cinematic Norths presents an international range of research and enquiry into the significance, representation and manipulation of depictions of the ‘North’ in cinema and television. Northern landscapes, soundscapes, characters and narratives are defined and recognized as distinctive image-spaces within film and television. However, the ‘North’ is portrayed, exploited and interpreted in
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Cinema and Landscape

Film, Nation and Cultural Geography: Film, Nation and Cultural Geography

Edited by Graeme Harper, Jonathan Rayner ...

The notion of landscape is a complex one, but it has been central to the art and artistry of the cinema. After all, what is the French New Wave without Paris? What are the films of Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee without New York? Cinema and Landscape frames contemporary film landscapes across the world, in an exploration of screen aesthetics and national ideology, film ... Read more

$23.99 USD

The notion of landscape is a complex one, but it has been central to the art and artistry of the cinema. After all, what is the French New Wave without Paris? What are the films of Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee without New York? Cinema and Landscape frames contemporary film landscapes across the world, in an exploration of screen aesthetics and national ideology, film
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Filmurbia

Screening the Suburbs

Edited by David Forrest, Graeme Harper, Jonathan Rayner ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
In this book, scholars from across the world explore the appearance, portrayal and significance of the suburb on film. By the mid-20th Century, supported by changes in transportation, suburbs became the primary location of entire national populations and films about the suburbs began to concertedly reflect those suburbs’ significance as well as their increasingly lively cultures! Suburbia very ... Read more

$62.99 USD

In this book, scholars from across the world explore the appearance, portrayal and significance of the suburb on film. By the mid-20th Century, supported by changes in transportation, suburbs became the primary location of entire national populations and films about the suburbs began to concertedly reflect those suburbs’ significance as well as their increasingly lively cultures! Suburbia very
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Desolation Creek [Dramatized Adaptation]

Smoke Jensen, The Beginning 5

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Mort Shelby, James Lewis, Elizabeth Jernigan, Terence Aselford, Mike Carnes, Wyn Delano, Rayner Gabriel, Jonathan David Bullock, Steve Wannall, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Williams ...

Series series Smoke Jensen, The Beginning
Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

Legendary national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone return with the latest gun-blazing installment in their newest Smoke Jensen series.Building a ranch takes heart and grit. Smoke and Sally Jensen are more than capable of meeting the challenges of shaping the land, raising the livestock, and establishing their brand. But Smoke wasn’t always an entrepreneur. He’s ... Read more

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Legendary national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone return with the latest gun-blazing installment in their newest Smoke Jensen series.Building a ranch takes heart and grit. Smoke and Sally Jensen are more than capable of meeting the challenges of shaping the land, raising the livestock, and establishing their brand. But Smoke wasn’t always an entrepreneur. He’s
... Read more
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Red River Vengeance [Dramatized Adaptation]

Perley Gates 5

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Ken Jackson, Chris Stinson, Terence Aselford, Elizabeth Jernigan, Peter Stanley, Nick DePinto, Jacob Yeh, Jonathan Sleep, Danny Gavigan, Rayner Gabriel, Nora Achrati ...

Series series Perley Gates
Unabridged

6 hours 37 min

"A good man like Perley Gates knows that when you race with the devil, you’d better cross the finish line first—or you won’t finish at all.They rode into town like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Four armed outlaws bringing their own brand of hell to Paris, Texas. First they rob the First National Bank. Then they take a woman hostage as insurance. When Perley Gates learns that local waitress ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"A good man like Perley Gates knows that when you race with the devil, you’d better cross the finish line first—or you won’t finish at all.They rode into town like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Four armed outlaws bringing their own brand of hell to Paris, Texas. First they rob the First National Bank. Then they take a woman hostage as insurance. When Perley Gates learns that local waitress
... Read more
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Dark Night of the Mountain Man [Dramatized Adaptation]

Smoke Jensen 51

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Mort Shelby, James Lewis, Tim Carlin, Robb Moreira, Terence Aselford, Bradley Foster Smith, Elizabeth Jernigan, Michael Glenn, Richard Rohan, Jonathan David Bullock, Rayner Gabriel ...

Series series Smoke Jensen
Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

"The bear seems harmless—at first. Just a lost and confused grizzly poking around Big Rock. Then the killings begin. A horse wrangler is mangled. A rancher mauled. Then a bartender in the heart of town is found clawed to a bloody pulp. Now every man in Big Rock is taking up arms to hunt down the beast before it strikes again—which worries the local sheriff. He’s afraid this amateur hunting party ... Read more

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"The bear seems harmless—at first. Just a lost and confused grizzly poking around Big Rock. Then the killings begin. A horse wrangler is mangled. A rancher mauled. Then a bartender in the heart of town is found clawed to a bloody pulp. Now every man in Big Rock is taking up arms to hunt down the beast before it strikes again—which worries the local sheriff. He’s afraid this amateur hunting party
... Read more

Introduction to Film Studies

Edited by Jill Nelmes ...

I**ntroduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema.This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces some of the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from Eisenstein to ... Read more

$76.99 USD

I**ntroduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema.This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces some of the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from Eisenstein to
... Read more
Don't Look Now

British Cinema in the 1970s

Edited by Paul Newland ...

Paul Newland is a lecturer in film studies in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth University. ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Paul Newland is a lecturer in film studies in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth University.
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