FilmStudies

An in-depth look at the phenomenon of horror film remakes and the cultural fears and forces that shape the incessant reproduction of fictional monsters.

This groundbreaking study explores the antagonistic realist aesthetic generated by the experimental work of Kluge, Schlingensief and Haneke.

Small European cinemas between nation and globalization – politics and aesthetics in the times of global capitalism.

We have never been natural – and neither has nature. »Frankenstein« films offer us glimpses of this unsettling fact about the inherently technological mediation of a world in transition.

»Good Germans« during »bad times«? This study shows that there are also rubble films that provoke a »critical discussion« on German national identity.

There has recently been an astonishing revival of the German Heimat film. This volume describes a vivid film history of this genre from the early Luis Trenker films to Fatih Akin's current works.

This book provides the production history and a contextual interpretation of The Beatles' movies (A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be) and describes their ability to project the group's image at different stages in their career. It also includes a discussion of all of The Beatles' promotional films and videos, as well as their television cartoon series and the self-produced television special Magical Mystery Tour. Along with The Beatles' feature movies and promos, this analysis also contains documentaries, such as The Compleat Beatles and Anthology, as well as dramatizations of the band's history, such as Backbeat, The Hours and Times, and Two of Us.