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Keep up with the Eberts "Teach Yourself Film Studies" offers an unpretentious method for learning how to analyze, understand, and evaluate films. It discusses the most recent developments in film scholarship, with in-depth discussion of contemporary films.... More

In The Cognitive Semiotics of Film, Warren Buckland argues that the conflict between cognitive film theory and contemporary film theory is unproductive. He examines and develops the work of "cognitive film semiotics," a neglected branch of film theory that combines the insights of cognitive science ... More

Combining film studies scholarship with the approach taken by many filmmakingmanuals, this is a serious study of the Hollywood blockbuster via the work ofSteven Spielberg.Combining film studies scholarship with the approach taken by many filmmaking manuals, this is a serious study of the Hollywood b... More

What are the most appropriate theories and methods for analyzing contemporary America cinema? This book answers this question by taking an innovative approach to writing about individual movies: in each of the main chapters the authors examine the assumptions behind one traditional theory of film (e... More

This streamlined, abridged edition focuses on the nuts and bolts of administrative law within the context of the political system. Addresses the most recent court decisions, scholarly articles, and related items to present as current a picture as possible of administrative law today. Examines the im... More