Tag: Films

Free Download Aysha Viswamohan, "Women in Contemporary Indian Films and Media"
English | ISBN: 1032256834 | 2024 | 206 pages | EPUB | 935 KB
This book investigates the ways in which contemporary Indian cinema, particularly 2010 onwards, has projected and represented women on screen – not just on films and TV but also on new media platforms like OTT and other digital media.

Free Download John Bleasdale, "The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick "
English | ISBN: 1985901196 | 2024 | 292 pages | EPUB | 22 MB
Terrence Malick is the most enigmatic film director currently working. Since the early seventies, his work has won top prizes at film festivals worldwide and brought him wide recognition as the cinematic equivalent of a poet. His life is shrouded in mystery, leaving audiences with rumors, few established facts, and virtual silence from the filmmaker himself following his last published interview in 1979. This has done nothing to dim the luminous quality of his films, from Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978), to later works such as The Thin Red Line (1998), The Tree of Life (2011), and A Hidden Life (2019). The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick is the first true biography of this visionary filmmaker. Through interviews and in-depth research, John Bleasdale reveals the autobiographical grounding of many of Malick’s greatest films as well as the development of an experimental form of filmmaking that constantly expands the language of cinema. It is the essential account for anyone wishing to understand Malick and his work.

Free Download Women in Contemporary Indian Films and Media: Representations and Responses
by Aysha Viswamohan
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032256834 | 206 Pages | True PDF | 3.17 MB

Free Download William Schoell, "Al Pacino: In Films and on Stage, 2d ed. Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0786471964 | 2016 | 200 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
One of our most passionate and gifted actors, Al Pacino has been riveting audiences for decades with performances in everything from The Godfather to Angels in America to Danny Collins. He has also appeared on the stage, tackling such difficult roles as Richard III, King Herod and Shylock, along with parts in contemporary dramas like Glengarry Glen Ross. Pacino has also directed two documentaries and two feature films.

Free Download Gary Don Rhodes, "Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers"
English | ISBN: 0786427655 | 2006 | 430 pages | EPUB | 25 MB
He was born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko on October 20, 1882, in Hungary. He joined Budapest’s National Theater in 1913 and later appeared in several Hungarian films under the pseudonym Arisztid Olt. After World War I, he helped the Communist regime nationalize Hungary’s film industry, but barely escaped arrest when the government was deposed, fleeing to the United States in 1920.

Free Download Robert Nott, "The Films of Randolph Scott"
English | ISBN: 0786437596 | 2007 | 235 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Reclusive American actor Randolph Scott, known for his subtle, dignified performances in almost 60 westerns, has been called the "most genuine Westerner." His career began in 1928 with the first of several bit parts; his first starring role was 1932’s Heritage of the Desert. He fought in World War I, studying horsemanship, shooting, and bayoneting, and acted in a variety of films in every genre from musical to swashbuckler. His final film was Ride the High Country (1962).

Free Download Gregory William Mank, "Women in Horror Films, 1940s"
English | ISBN: 0786423358 | 2005 | 405 pages | PDF | 81 MB
They had more in common than just a scream, whether they faced Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, King Kong, the Wolf Man, or any of the other legendary Hollywood monsters. Some were even monsters themselves, such as Elsa Lanchester as the Bride, and Gloria Holden as Dracula’s Daughter. And while evading the Strangler of the Swamp, former Miss America Rosemary La Planche is allowed to rescue her leading man. This book provides details about the lives and careers of 21 of these cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits, putting into perspective their contributions to the films and folklore of Hollywood terror-and also the sexual harassment, exploitation, and genuine danger they faced on the job.

Free Download Robert K. Klepper, "Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies"
English | ISBN: 0786421649 | 2005 | 596 pages | PDF | 66 MB
This film reference covers 646 silent motion pictures, starting with Eadweard Muybridge’s initial motion photography experiments in 1877 and even including The Taxi Dancer (1996). Among the genres included are classics, dramas, Westerns, light comedies, documentaries and even poorly produced early pornography. Masterpieces such as Joan the Woman (1916), Intolerance (1916) and Faust (1926) can be found, as well as rare titles that have not received critical attention since their original releases.

Free Download Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, "Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study, 2d ed. Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1476686491 | 2021 | 207 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Often considered the lowest depth to which cinema can plummet, the rape-revenge film is broadly dismissed as fundamentally exploitative and sensational, catering only to a demented, regressive demographic. This second edition, ten years after the first, continues the assessment of these films and the discourse they provoke. Included is a new chapter about women-directed rape-revenge films, a phenomenon that-revitalized since #MeToo exploded in late 2017-is a filmmaking tradition with a history that transcends a contemporary context.

Free Download Michael Slade Shull, "Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909-1929: A Filmography and History"
English | ISBN: 0786442476 | 2009 | 355 pages | PDF | 85 MB
This work identifies 436 American silent films released between 1909 and 1929 that engaged the issues of militant labor and revolutionary radicalism. It begins with an extended introduction and analytical chapters that investigate the ways in which the American motion picture industry portrayed the interrelationships between labor radicals, exploitative capitalists, socialist idealists and Bolsheviks during this critical twenty-year period.