Fans and critics alike perceive Wong Kar-wai (b. 1958) as an enigma. His dark glasses, his nonlinear narrations, and his high expectations for actors all contribute to an assumption that he only...więcej »
Thesis of the internship project of the Master in Plastic and Visual Arts Dafne Gonzalez Suarez, who begins with an investigation about the ways in which the processes of Self-evaluation and Accred...więcej »
This edition of the World Cinema Series is a guide to the films of legendary Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, from Reconstruction and The Travelling Players to The Beekeeper and The Dust of Time. ...więcej »
There is much more to writing a book than simply putting pen to paper. Getting started is only the beginning. Once you've written your story, the hard work actually continues. From editing,...więcej »
Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic seek to answer this question by arguing that...więcej »
Writing good songs is not easy-many talented musicians don't know how to do it. No matter what the obstacle might be, constructing a solid song can be an arduous process that frequently causes m...więcej »
One of our most passionate and gifted actors, Al Pacino has been riveting audiences for decades with performances in everything from The Godfather to Angels in America to D...więcej »
A complete and fascinating chronicle of Beatles music and history, "Beatlesongs" details the growth, evolution, and dissolution of the most influential group of out time. Drawing together info...więcej »
The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others. They are nonlinear, complicated, convoluted: a collection of genre movies ranging from...więcej »
The classic situation comedy Bewitched chronicled the everyday lives of Samantha, a witch, and Darrin Stephens, her mortal husband, dramatizing the often-humorous troubles caused by their 'mixed...więcej »
Building the world's most secure and sterile facility is no mean feat. Taking 200 specialists, 700 construction workers, 18000 contract drawings all drawn by hands, 400 inventions, 12 years, and...więcej »
'strong'Master the Timeless Art of Glazing and Firing and Discover How to Effortlessly Craft Aesthetic Ceramic Pieces with This Comprehensive Guide'/strong''p'Have you ever looked at a decorativ...więcej »
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...There is, however, in art another kind of external similarity which is founded on a fundamental truth. When there is a similarity of inner tendency in the whole moral and spiritual atmo...więcej »
2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. An updated version of the Sadleir translation, with considerable re-transl...więcej »
In Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space James Gordon Williams reframes the nature and purpose of jazz improvisation to illuminate the cultural work being done by fi...więcej »
Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors, and distorted perspectives are classic hallmarks of Expressionism, the twentieth century movement that prioritized emotion over objective reality. Though ...więcej »