For critics, fans, and scholars of drama and film, the laugh has traditionally been tied to comed...

A provocative, contemporary anthology examining the construction of boys' identity in modern cinema.

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The one thing everybody knows about Jerry Lewis is that he is beloved by the French, those incomp...

George Cukor is one of the studio era's most famous and admired directors, with many of the Ameri...

Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinem...

Michelangelo Antonioni, who died in 2007, was one of cinema’s greatest modernist filmmakers. The ...

John Barrymore's influence on screen and stage in the early twentieth century is incalculable. Hi...

New York, more than any other city, has held a special fascination for filmmakers and viewers. In...

Dogs have been part of motion pictures since the movies began. They have been featured onscreen i...

Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in vir...

Today s film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives they re just as like...