Pratt 学院院长，著有The Vision of Robert Flaherty:The Artist as Myth and Filmmaker,Nonfiction Film Theory and Criticism,Filmguide to "Triumph of the Will"及In the Dark:A Primer of the Movies

Film is arguably the dominant art form of the twentieth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Wood offers a wealth of insight into the nature of film, considering its role and impact on society as well as its future in the digital age. As Wood notes, film is many things, but it has become above all a means of telling stories through images and sounds. The stories ar...(展开全部)

For the past twenty-five years, cinema has been a vital terrain on which feminist debates about culture, representation, and identity have been fought. This anthology charts the history of those debates, bringing together the key, classic essays in feminist film theory. "Feminist Film Theory" maps the impact of major theoretical developments on this growing field-from structura...(展开全部)

Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this "no-nonsense" book offers a generously illustrated, concise, and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on American cinema. Eclectic in methodology and written in a plain English style that audiences can relate to, it examines the full scope of traditional ...(展开全部)

A classic returns. The original edition of Amos Vogel's seminal book, Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974, and has been out of print since 1987. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, North America's legendary film society--the book details the "accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthi...(展开全部)

Focusing on the work of four contemporary filmmakers -- Ang Lee, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Tsai Ming-liang -- the authors explore how these filmmakers broke from tradition, creating a cinema that is both personal and insistent on examining Taiwan's complex history. Featuring stills, anecdotes, and close readings of films, the authors consider the influence of Hong Kong ...(展开全部)

2017 ALA/YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens Award Winner Cartoonist Edward Ross uses comics to illuminate the ideas behind our favorite movies. In Filmish, Ross’s cartoon alter ego guides readers through the annals of cinematic history, introducing some of the strange and fascinating concepts at work in the movies. Each chapter focuses on a particular theme—the body, architect...(展开全部)

理查德·席克尔：《时代》杂志资深影评人，亦是三十多部著作的作者或合著者。这些书大多数是关于电影的，包括D.W.格里菲斯和克林特•伊斯特伍德的长篇传记，关于马龙•白兰度、加•格兰特、老道格拉斯•费尔班克斯（Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.）和詹姆斯•卡格尼的篇幅稍短一些的作品，一部关于沃尔特•迪斯尼及其作品的权威论著，以及对名流体制的开拓性思考。此外，席克尔先生还创作、指导并制作了大批电视节目，它们多为有关电影和电影制作人的纪录片。他曾四次获艾美奖提名，获古根海姆研究基金奖（Guggenheim Fellowship）一次，并被授予过英国电影学院（British Film Institute）著作奖，以及影评方面的莫里斯•贝西（Maurice Bessy）奖。他现住洛杉矶。

Brief but sharply honed, this book is an essential book for anyone seeking to understand the life and times of one of the most important--and least understood--American filmmakers of our era.

The Story of Film presents the history of the movies in a way never told before. Mark Cousins's chronological journey through the worldwide history of film is told from the point of view of filmmakers and moviegoers. Weaving personalities, film technology, and production with engaging descriptions of groundbreaking scenes, Cousins uses his experience as film historian, producer...(展开全部)