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Anybody Can Animate is the ultimate beginner-friendly guide to bringing your drawings to lifeーone frame at a time. Whether you're a curious student, creative hobbyist, or aspiring animator, this bo……続きを見る

Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman's ouevre is profoundly philosophical, exploring everything from home and homelessness, work and social reproduction, self and identity, to desire in its many forms. In……続きを見る

Father Knows Best ist eine US-amerikanische Sitcom der 1950er-Jahre. Dieser Titel steht programmatisch für das Familienideal, das in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten die US-amerikanische Serien- und insb……続きを見る

Stage magic unplugged big audience effects without close-up cameras From close-up magic to standing ovationsーcaptivate hundreds at once. Unlock the secrets of commanding a room of 500+ spectators w……続きを見る

Italian-Argentine artist Leonor Fini (1907-1996) can be seen as the original artist-celebrity; her self-mythologization was promulgated by some of the 20th century's most prominent photographers, fr……続きを見る

The book is about comedy, the nation, and resistance in Zimbabwe, following the fall of Robert Mugabe in 2017. It explores how satiric comedies and comic texts in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe contest hegemo……続きを見る

In diesem Open-Access-Buch zeigt Jakob Kelsch, wie sich in der US-amerikanischen TV-Serie der 1950er und 1960er Jahre der Mythos der patriarchal-strukturierten Kernfamilie als Ideal des familiären Z……続きを見る

"Step into the mesmerizing world of Dai Vernon, a legendary figure who transformed the art of magic and left an indelible mark on generations of magicians. Known as 'The Professor,' Vernon redefined……続きを見る

Step into the Illusion, Explore the Legend The Dean of Magic: Harry Kellar's Magical Journey invites you into a world where reality bends and wonder knows no bounds. Harry Kellar, America's first gr……続きを見る

Unmasking a Legend of Illusion Step into the mysterious world of Chung Ling Soo, a man who was both a magician and an enigma. Born William Ellsworth Robinson, he took on the guise of a Chinese conju……続きを見る

Witness the Spectacle of a Lifetime! Step into a world where illusion reigns supreme, and reality bends to the whim of one manーHoward Thurston, the undisputed king of magic's Golden Age. This rivet……続きを見る

Immigrant film festivals are multifaceted events where complex networks of identities and symbolic values are constructed, circulated, and debated through various channels, including program screeni……続きを見る

Anna Kornbluh provides an overview of Marxist approaches to film, with particular attention to three central concepts in Marxist theory in general that have special bearing on film: “the mode of pro……続きを見る

Step into the life of a legendーwhere precision meets enchantment and one man forever reshapes the art of magic. Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin wasn't just a magician; he was a visionary whose work trans……続きを見る

Step into a world of wonder, where reality bends and the impossible takes center stage. In the Hands of a Master: Herrmann the Great's World of Magic invites readers into the life of Alexander Herrm……続きを見る

Ebbe und Flut sind abhängig von den Mondphasen. Unsere Kontostände sind nicht ganz so regelmäßig. Die Beteiligten arbeiten ohne Aufwandsentschädigung. Die Druckkosten tragen sich zum Großteil über A……続きを見る

„Portrety bez upiększeń. Historie (nie)zapomnianych gwiazd Hollywood” to nie tylko biografie legend ekranu. To podróż do czasów świetności amerykańskiego kina i spotkanie z fascynującymi osobowościa……続きを見る

Pasha's talent and determination has taken him to some amazing places all around the world including Moscow, New York, LA and London. However, it was the grey, stark landscape of his Siberian hometo……続きを見る

The book examines the social and cultural role of selfies in India. It looks at how the selfie, unlike the photograph, which was a gesture towards an external reality, remains intimately self-refere……続きを見る

A devastating event and a justice system that tragically failed caused a once united family to fracture. This marked the beginning of their nightmare... Each individual experienced pain and grief in……続きを見る

Creator of the GoFaSt Model, author Greg Takoudes introduces a comprehensive study of the structural models of screenwriting and provides readers with an adaptive framework for writing successful sc……続きを見る

Through a series of carefully designed writing workshops, this book guides the screenwriter through the messy creativity of screenwriting. Drawing on over 20 years’ experience facilitating screenwri……続きを見る

The 1970s has often been hailed as a great moment for American film, as a generation of “New Hollywood” directors like Scorsese, Coppola, and Altman offered idiosyncratic visions of what movies coul……続きを見る

How do people identify, locate, or express home? Displaced, exiled, colonized and disenfranchised people the world over grapple with this question. Dramaturging Personal Narratives explores the rela……続きを見る

The rare woman director working in second-wave exploitation, Stephanie Rothman (b. 1936) directed seven successful feature films, served as the vice president of an independent film company, and was……続きを見る

"This publication assembling the practices and discourses of 'Asian contemporary performance' is assuredly a statement of 'the world we have made' for the now and the future, as well as a means of c……続きを見る

What does it mean to be able to move? The Aging Body in Dance brings together leading scholars and artists from a range of backgrounds to investigate cultural ideas of movement and beauty, expressiv……続きを見る

Close to the Enemy is a seven-part television series, mostly set in a bomb-damaged London hotel in the aftermath of the Second World War. The drama follows intelligence officer Captain Callum Fergus……続きを見る

Essays in part one of Theatre History Studies, Vol. 35 address theatrical production in very specific historical contexts, among them German theatre “from the rubble of Berlin” and German nationalis……続きを見る

Over the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a “crisis of criticism” and mourned the “death of the critic.” Now that well-paying jobs in……続きを見る