Performing Arts

A fascinating collection of revealing and entertaining interviews by the award-winning host of National Public Radio's premier interview program Fresh Air. Over the last twenty years, Terry Gross has interviewed many of our most celebrated writers, actors, musicians, comics, and visual artists. Her show,...

Part pop culture trope, part hypothetical cataclysm, the zombie apocalypse is rooted in modern literature, film and mythology. This collection of new essays considers the implications of this scientifically impossible (but perhaps imminent) event, examining real-world responses to pandemic contagion and civic chaos, as...

During the 1960s, a bushel of B-movies were produced and aimed at the predominantly teenage drive-in movie audience. At first teens couldn't get enough of the bikini-clad beauties dancing on the beach or being wooed by Elvis Presley, but by 1966 young audiences became...

From cops who are paragons of virtue, to cops who are as bad as the bad guys...from surly loners, to upbeat partners...from detectives who pursue painstaking investigation, to loose cannons who just want to kick down the door, the heroes and anti-heroes of TV...

Although food has been part of motion pictures since the silent era, for the most part it has been treated with about as much respect as movie extras: it's always been there on the screen but seldom noticed. For the most part filmmakers have...

Over 150 years after its original composition, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol continues to delight readers. The figure of Ebenezer Scrooge has become a cultural icon, and Tiny Tim's God Bless Us Every One is as familiar as Merry Christmas. It is not surprising...

The films of John Carpenter cover a tremendous range and yet all bear his clear personal stamp. From the horrifying (Halloween) to the touching (Starman) to the controversial (The Thing) to the comic (Big Trouble in little China), his films reflect a unique approach...

Stop-motion puppet animation is one of the most unusual and demanding art forms in the world. It uses a variety of skills, including design, sculpting, metal work, mold making and casting, taxidermy, filmmaking, storytelling and acting, and can be seen in the simplest commercial...

Author: Art LinsonPublisher: Grove PressPublished: 01/07/1998Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.23h x 5.50w x 0.63dISBN: 9780802135513

Way before the advent of social networks, the first, and sometimes only, visual contact you may have had with a movie was its poster. To return to this enlightened approach and escape the hard selling, marketing campaigns of today's releases, this book pays tribute...

The ideal gift book for anyone whose dad makes them laugh -- or roll their eyes. When his son says "I'm hungry," Dad says, "Hello, Hungry. Pleased to meet you." Before slicing a cake for dessert, Dad announces, "There's my piece. What's everybody else...

Aspiring ballerinas, musicians, and lovers of fairy tales will find everything they need to celebrate and reenact the magic of Swan Lake.The perfect gift for dancers and dreamers A gorgeous, fold-out miniature stage, interchangeable scenery, and moveable figures offer hours of fun as children...

Hook. Wet Hot American Summer. Valley of the Dolls. There are some movies that defy traditional critical assessment -- films that are panned by reviewers, but that go on to become beloved classics and cult phenoms anyway. Ever been crushed to learn your favorite...

There is a feeling of pure delight that comes from laughing out loud while watching a hilarious movie or a TV show. Yet as funny as these lines may be, they are the work of people you will never see. The magic behind any...

A New Classic for Today's Dancer The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims...

Los Angeles has reigned for more than a century as the world capital of the film industry, a unique and ever-changing city that has been molded and recast thousands of times through the artistic visions and cinematic dreams of Hollywood's elite. As early as...

The entertainment marketplace is rapidly changing and is forcing writers and producers in all industries to find a new way forward and to stand out in an over-saturated market. Houston Howard's signature Super Story process empowers creative minds to take an initial concept and...

This edition of World Affairs in Foreign Films, 2nd edition is written for high school and college students as well as for adults of all ages. 14 films from around the world offer insights into fascinating countries and cultures. We are all visual learners...

A coloring book of the classic horror film Night of the Living Dead. Since it's release in 1968 this George A Romero classic has been one to shock and scare all who have watched it. Now is the opportunity for you to color it...

"... a glorious retrospective on the film franchise that put the fear of the "Tall Man in every horror fan's heart." - HorrorHound Magazine "Dustin McNeill's PHANTASM EXHUMED is a much-needed, long overdue tribute to these seminal films. Equal parts erudite examination and enthusiastic...