Cinema is a mosaic of memorable food scenes. Detectives drink alone. Gangsters talk with their mo...

Everyone has heard of Method acting . . . but what about Modern acting? This book makes the simpl...

Screen performances entertain and delight us but we rarely stop to consider actorsreliance on t...

This book illustrates the many ways that actors contribute to American independent cinema. Analyz...

This book examines Black Panther not only as a film grounded i...

American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was...

In this illuminating insight into Denzel Washington''s multifaceted image and remarkable career, ...

Stellar Transformations: Movie Stars of the 2010s circles around questions of stardom, performanc...

The 2010s might be remembered as a time of increased polarization in American life. The decade co...

How twentieth-century Black writers and filmmakers struggled to create authentic adaptations that...

Contributions by Cynthia Baron, Elizabeth Binggeli, Kimberly Nichele Brown, Priscilla Layne, Eric...

Though it is often neglected in cinema scholarship, screen performance is a crucial element in th...