Slumber Party Massacre. Pet Sematary. Near Dark. American Psycho -- These horror movies have heavily contributed to pop culture and are loved by horror fans everywhere. But so many others have been forgotten by history. From the first silent reels to modern independent films, in this book you’ll discover the creepy, horrible, grotesque, beautiful, wrong, good, and fantastic -- ...(展开全部)

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes invaluable insights and practical instructions on the art of film directing. Mamet looks at every aspect of directing--from script to cutting room--and draws from a wide variety of sources to make his points.

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes invaluable insights and practical instructions on the art of film directing. Mamet looks at every aspect of directing--from script to cutting room--and draws from a wide variety of sources to make his points.

Amazingly, there has never been a book quite like The Art of Horror a celebration of frightful images, compiled and presented by some of the genre's most respected names. While acknowledging the beginnings of horror-related art in legends and folk tales, the focus of the book is on how the genre has presented itself to the world since the creations of Bram Stoker and Mary Shell...(展开全部)

作者簡介 蘇‧勞伊德•羅伯茨（Sue Lloyd-Roberts） 獲獎無數的新聞記者，獲得的榮譽包括歐洲女性成就獎（European Woman of Achievement）、年度國際記者獎（International Reporter of the Year Award）、聯合國「女性行動獎：為女性移民和女性難民而戰」（Move Award），並以紀錄片《深入北韓泡影》（Inside the North Korean Bubble）獲得艾美獎。羅伯茨以其在BBC電視台記者生涯的非凡貢獻與成就於2013年獲頒大英帝國司令勳章一枚。 ●「同世代的電視記者中最為出色的一人。」──休‧愛德華茲（Huw Edwards） ●「才華洋溢、努力不懈。」──傑瑞米‧鮑溫（Jeremy Bowen） ●「她的身上具備著所謂的道德勇氣，並將這項特質傳遞其他的人。」...(展开全部)

作者簡介 蘇‧勞伊德•羅伯茨（Sue Lloyd-Roberts） 獲獎無數的新聞記者，獲得的榮譽包括歐洲女性成就獎（European Woman of Achievement）、年度國際記者獎（International Reporter of the Year Award）、聯合國「女性行動獎：為女性移民和女性難民而戰」（Move Award），並以紀錄片《深入北韓泡影》（Inside the North Korean Bubble）獲得艾美獎。羅伯茨以其在BBC電視台記者生涯的非凡貢獻與成就於2013年獲頒大英帝國司令勳章一枚。 ●「同世代的電視記者中最為出色的一人。」──休‧愛德華茲（Huw Edwards） ●「才華洋溢、努力不懈。」──傑瑞米‧鮑溫（Jeremy Bowen） ●「她的身上具備著所謂的道德勇氣，並將這項特質傳遞其他的人。」...(展开全部)

With its Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, the French Revolution opened a whole new stage in the history of women, despite their conspicuous absence from the playbill. The coming century would see women put in their place as never before, their subordination to men codified in all manner of new laws and rules; and yet the period would also witness the birth of femin...(展开全部)

Two cornerstones of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy John Stuart Mill was a prodigious thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age. In On Liberty —one of the sacred texts of liberalism—he argues that any democracy risks becoming a "tyranny of opinion" in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform to those of the ma...(展开全部)

"Film criticism is exciting just because there is no formula to apply," Pauline Kael once observed, "just because you must use everything you are and everything you know." Between 1968 and 1991, as regular film reviewer for "The New Yorker," Kael used those formidable tools to shape the tastes of a generation, enthralling readers with her gift for capturing, with force and flue...(展开全部)

保利娜·凯尔（Pauline Kael，1919-2001） 美国著名影评人，在1968到1991年期间为《纽约客》撰写影评。20世纪下半叶最具影响力的媒体影评人。她的特点是诙谐、尖锐、一针见血。作为当时少有的女性评论家，她的文风深深影响了一代人对于女性作家的认知。罗杰·伊伯特称她“没有理论、没有规则、没有指导方针，也没有客观标准”，她的一切评论“都是个人化的”；“她远不止是一位伟大的评论家，她革新了这种文体，并且开创了一整套自己的写作美学”。 1970年，凯尔因其在《纽约客》出色的评论工作获得乔治·伯克奖。她的第四本文集《深入电影》（Deeper Into Movies，1973年）是唯一一部以影评写作获得美国国家图书奖的作品。