A companion to film comedy / edited by Andrew Horton and Joanna E. Rapf.

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Douglas Fairbanks and the American century / John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh ; foreword by Kevin Brownlow. by Tibbetts, John C., Welsh, James M., 1938-2013

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Babel and Babylon : spectatorship in American silent film / Miriam Hansen. by Hansen, Miriam, 1949-2011

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Canyon Cinema : the Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor. by MacDonald, Scott, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Nelson's "Open Letter to Film-makers" [1967]; Bruce Baillie: Bruce Baillie's Prejudiced Guide to Film Festivals [1967]; Emory Menefee: Review of Sheldon Renan's "An Introduction to the American Underground Film" [1967]; Will Hindle: Letter [1967]; Robert Nelson: The Brussels Festival [1968]; Robert Nelson: The Swedish Proposal for New American Cinema, and Some Miscellaneous Notes [1968]; Will Hindle: Letter from San Francisco, April 1968.…”
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Documenting the documentary : close readings of documentary film and video / edited by Barry Keith Grant and Jeannette Sloniowski ; with a foreword by Bill Nichols.

Table of Contents: “…Cook -- "Don't you ever just watch?" : American cinema verité and Dont look back / Jeanne Hall -- "Ethnography in the first person" : Frederick Wiseman's Titicut follies / Barry Keith Grant -- The two avant-gardes : Solanas and Getino's The hour of the furnaces / Robert Stam -- Seeing with experimental eyes : Stan Brakhage's The act of seeing with one's own eyes / Bart Testa -- "A bastard union of several forms" : style and narrative in An American family / Jeffrey K. …”
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A Companion to Luis Buñuel by Stone, Rob

Table of Contents: “…The complicit eye: directorial and ocular paradigms in Luis Buñuel's Mexican films and interdisciplinary visuality (1940s and 1950s) / Erica Segre -- Out of place, out of synch: errant movement and rhythm in Buñuel's Mexican comedies / Tom Whittaker -- Susana, aka Demonio y carne: melodrama and the voluptuosity of destruction / Maria Pilar Rodriguez -- Young outlaws and marginal lives in Latin American cinema: the landmark of Los olvidados / Ana Morana -- Strange passions. …”
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The slanted screen : Asian men in film and television / Asian American Media Mafia Productions presents ; written, directed and produced by Jeff Adachi.

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A companion to Italian cinema / edited by Frank Burke.

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A New History of Documentary Film. by McLane, Betsy A.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 9 Documentary for Television, The 'Golden Years,' 1951-1971 -- Historical Background -- Documentary Series -- Special Characteristics of Television Documentary -- Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 10 British Free Cinema and New American Cinema, 1953-1960 -- Critical Background -- Free Cinema Films -- The United States -- Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 11 Cinéma vérité, direct cinema, 1958-1970 -- Historical Background -- New Technology and First CV/Direct -- Direct cinema vs. cinéma vérité -- Effects on Documentary Subjects and Styles -- Frederick Wiseman -- Conclusion -- Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 12 The 1970s: Power to the People -- Some Established Filmmakers -- New Directions in CV/Direct -- Political Emphases and Vietnam -- Newsreel Collectives -- Feminist Resurgence -- Challenge for Change -- Public Access Television -- Other Emerging Organization -- Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 13 Video Arrives -- Cable and Satellite Technology -- Personal Essay Film -- Compilation -- Strictly Political -- Social and Ethnic Minorities -- Representing Gay and Lesbian Culture -- Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 14 Reality Bytes -- Business and Technology: The Bad and The Good -- American Public Television -- Archival Documentary -- The Ken Burns Phenomenon -- Canada Soldiers On -- Developments in the UK -- American Independents -- Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 15 Documentary Tradition in the Twenty-First Century -- Werner Herzog -- Steve James, Alex Gibney, Davis Guggenheim -- Erroll Morris, Sinofsky &amp -- Berlinger, Stanley Nelson -- Women Documentarians -- Experimental Documentary -- Theatres and Festivals -- Chapter Related Films -- Chapter Related Books -- 16 Now and When.…”
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The player / Avenue Pictures in association with Spelling Entertainment presents ; a David Brown/Addis-Wechsler production ; a Robert Altman film ; co-executive producer, William S...

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A companion to Latin American literature and culture / edited by Sara Castro-Klaren.

Table of Contents: “…onimo Arellano -- The Indigenous "Contact Film" and Its Afterlives in Latin American Cinema / Gustavo Furtado -- Femicide and Feminist Performance / Debra A Castillo -- Screen Time / Matthew Bush -- From Human Rights to Rights beyond the Human / Fernando J Rosenberg -- Imagining Amazonia Cartographically 1 / Amanda M Smith -- The Affective Aesthetics of Fictional Objects 1 / Juan G Ramos -- Wars over Water / Orlando Betancor -- Index…”
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Film manifestos and global cinema cultures : a critical anthology / Scott MacKenzie. by MacKenzie, Scott, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…(France, 1952); The Lettristes Disavow the Insulters of Chaplin (France, 1952); The Only Dynamic Art (USA, 1953); A Statement of Principles (USA, 1961); The First Statement of the New American Cinema Group (USA, 1961); Foundation for the Invention and Creation of Absurd Movies (USA, 1962); From Metaphors on Vision (USA, 1963); Kuchar 8mm Film Manifesto (USA, 1964).…”
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Hollywood Chinese : the Chinese in American feature films / a DeepFocus production ; produced in association with the Center for Asian American Media ; producer, director, and writ...

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The promise of cinema : German film theory, 1907--1933 / edited by Anton Kaes, Nicholas Baer, and Michael Cowan.

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