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Dissonant Waves
Ernst Schoen and Experimental Sound in the 20th century
ISBN: 9781913380564
An investigation of the cultures and technologies of early radio and how a generation of cultural operators—with Schoen at the center—addressed crisis and adversity.
Arabian Nights of 1934
ISBN: 9781949597271
A genre-bending novel of 1001 nights of no-holds-barred, pre-code American movies distilled into a single fevered dreamworld.
Cabarets of Death
Death, Dance and Dining in Early Twentieth-Century Paris
ISBN: 9781907222269
Three idiosyncratically macabre cabaret-restaurants in Monmartre, each with its own grotesque portrayal of the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness.
Creative Hustling
Women Making and Distributing Films from Nairobi
ISBN: 9780262544832
The first book-length study of Nairobi-based female filmmakers—and how their dogged pursuit of opportunities, innovation, and cultural support is defining an industry.
Death Lines
Walking London's Horror History
ISBN: 9781913689384
The first walking guide to London's role in the evolution of horror cinema, inspired by the city's dark histories and labyrinthine architectures.
Harry Smith, revised and expanded edition
Harry Smith
American Magus
ISBN: 9781635901641
A privileged look into the life and artistic practice of the experimental filmmaker, music anthologist, and enigmatic polymath Harry Smith.
Halsted Plays Himself, revised and expanded edition
Halsted Plays Himself
ISBN: 9781635901764
Fred Halsted's L.A. Plays Itself (1972) was gay porn's first masterpiece: a sexually explicit, autobiographical, experimental film whose New York screening left even Salvador Dalí repeatedly...
Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image
Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image
ISBN: 9780262544528
Intersectional, intergenerational, and international perspectives on nonfiction filmmaking by women, generously illustrated, with film stills and other images.
The Cinema House and the World
The Cinema House and the World
The Cahiers du Cinema Years, 1962–1981
ISBN: 9781635901610
One of the greatest film critics of his generation on topics ranging from the auteur approach of the French New Wave to a more structural examination of film.
Up Your Ass
Or From the Cradle to the Boat Or The Big Suck Or Up from the Slime
ISBN: 9783956796050
Valerie Solanas's legendary play explodes social and sexual mores and the hypocritical, patriarchal culture that produces them.
Dissonant Waves
Ernst Schoen and Experimental Sound in the 20th century
ISBN: 9781913380564
An investigation of the cultures and technologies of early radio and how a generation of cultural operators—with Schoen at the center—addressed crisis and adversity.
Arabian Nights of 1934
ISBN: 9781949597271
A genre-bending novel of 1001 nights of no-holds-barred, pre-code American movies distilled into a single fevered dreamworld.
Cabarets of Death
Death, Dance and Dining in Early Twentieth-Century Paris
ISBN: 9781907222269
Three idiosyncratically macabre cabaret-restaurants in Monmartre, each with its own grotesque portrayal of the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness.
Creative Hustling
Women Making and Distributing Films from Nairobi
ISBN: 9780262544832
The first book-length study of Nairobi-based female filmmakers—and how their dogged pursuit of opportunities, innovation, and cultural support is defining an industry.
Death Lines
Walking London's Horror History
ISBN: 9781913689384
The first walking guide to London's role in the evolution of horror cinema, inspired by the city's dark histories and labyrinthine architectures.
Harry Smith, revised and expanded edition
Harry Smith
American Magus
ISBN: 9781635901641
A privileged look into the life and artistic practice of the experimental filmmaker, music anthologist, and enigmatic polymath Harry Smith.
Halsted Plays Himself, revised and expanded edition
Halsted Plays Himself
ISBN: 9781635901764
Fred Halsted's L.A. Plays Itself (1972) was gay porn's first masterpiece: a sexually explicit, autobiographical, experimental film whose New York screening left even Salvador Dalí repeatedly...
Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image
Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image
ISBN: 9780262544528
Intersectional, intergenerational, and international perspectives on nonfiction filmmaking by women, generously illustrated, with film stills and other images.
The Cinema House and the World
The Cinema House and the World
The Cahiers du Cinema Years, 1962–1981
ISBN: 9781635901610
One of the greatest film critics of his generation on topics ranging from the auteur approach of the French New Wave to a more structural examination of film.
Up Your Ass
Or From the Cradle to the Boat Or The Big Suck Or Up from the Slime
ISBN: 9783956796050
Valerie Solanas's legendary play explodes social and sexual mores and the hypocritical, patriarchal culture that produces them.