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Filmandtelevisionhavethusstakedouta progressiveposi�ononneurodiversitybyinsis�ng onscreen�meforau�smbuthavedonesowhile frequentlyignoringthetruediversityofau�s�c experience.Theresultisawelcomecelebra�onof nonjudgmentalapproachestodisability,albeitone thatisfreightedwithstereotypesandelisions. Batman'sBatman AMemoirfromHollywood,Land ofBilkandMoney MichaelE.Uslan March2022184pp20colorillus.,5b&w illus. 9781684351848£21.99/$20.00PB

ACenturyofBrazilian DocumentaryFilm FromNationalismtoProtest DarleneJ.Sadlier July2022328pp 9781477325230£44.00/$55.00HB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS Thefirstcomprehensivestudyof Braziliandocumentaryfilmmaking,offeringa sweepinglookatmorethanacenturyofcinema�c journalism,propaganda,andar�stry.Sadlier iden�fiesBrazilians’uniquecontribu�onstoa diversegenrewhileexploringhowthatgenrehas,in turn,contributedtothemakingandremakingof Brazil. EditedbyMurray Pomerance &R.BartonPalmer March2022328pp 9781477324912£44.00/$55.00HB

9781684351831£72.00/$65.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Allgoodstoriesdeserveasequel.Thisisthesequalto Uslan'smemior.Itoffersaninsider'slookat Hollywoodandtheprocessofhowmoviesand televisionshowsgofromthedrawingboardtoyour screens.Thisbookwillalsoprovetobeaninvaluable resourceforanyaspiringproducers,asheguides readersthroughtheLandofBilkandMoney. BlackPanther ScottBukatman 21stCenturyFilmEssen�als June2022256pp 9781477325353£16.99/$21.95PB 9781477325841£72.00/$90.00HB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS Anexplora�onofthear�s�cand poli�calimportanceofa pioneeringfilm.BlackPantherisescapismofthebest kind,demonstra�ngthepowerofpopularcultureto ar�culateidealsandraiseques�ons—whether broadlyhumanistorwithespecialimportanceforits Blackcreatorsandaudiences. Cinemaasa Worldbuilding MachineintheDigital Era EssayonMultiverseFilmsandTV Series AlainBoillat February2022350pp23colorillus.,37 b&willus. 9780861967490£24.99/$32.00PB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Examinestheprimacyofworldbuildingintheageof CGI,transmediaprac�cesand"highconcept"fic�on bystudyingtheprinciplesthatgovernthecrea�onof amul�verseinawiderangeoffilmandTV produc�ons. CinemaIlluminating Reality MediaPhilosophythrough Buddhism VictorFan March2022328pp39b&willus. 9781517909925£22.99/$30.00PB 9781517909918£95.00/$120.00HB UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS HowcanaphilosophicaldiscoursegeneratedinAsia helpusreframeandrenewcinemaandmedia theory? CinemaIllumina�ngReality providesa possiblewaytodothisbyusingBuddhistideasto examinetheintricaterela�onshipbetweentechnicity andconsciousnessinthecinema. ExcludesJapan&ANZ

2 Cinema'sOriginalSin D.W.Griffith,AmericanRacism, andtheRiseofFilmCulture PaulMcEwan August2022272pp 9781477325483£44.00/$55.00HB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS Examinesthelongandshi�ing historyofitsrecep�on,revealing howthefilmbecamenotjustacinema�clandmark butalsoaninfluen�alforceinAmericanaesthe�cs andintellectuallife.McEwanarguesthat controversiesaboutthisfilmanditsmeaninghave profoundlyshapedourunderstandingsoffilm,race, andart. Crimesploitation Crime,Punishment,and PleasureonRealityTelevision DanielLaChance &PaulKaplan TheCulturalLivesofLaw May2022216pp 9781503631731£18.99/$25.00PB 9781503613683£68.00/$85.00HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS "Duetothegraphicnatureofthisprogram,viewer discre�onisadvised."Mostofushaveencountered thiswarningwhilewatchingtelevisionatsome point.Itistypicallya�achedtoabrandofreality crimeTVthatKaplanandLaChancecall "crimesploita�on":spectaclesdesignedtoentertain massaudiencesbyexhibi�ng"real"criminal behavioranditsconsequences. EthicalEncounters TransnationalFeminism,Human Rights,andWarCinemain Bangladesh EloraHalimChowdhury May2022249pp 9781439922255£24.99/$32.95PB 9781439922248£72.60/$110.50HB TEMPLEUNIVERSITYPRESS EthicalEncounters revealshowBangladeshina�onal cinemacanfosteramuch-neededdialogueamong ordinaryci�zenswhohavegrownupwiththelegacy oflibertyandviolenceofna�onalistandan�-colonial struggles. ExcludesAsiaPacific JewsinContemporary VisualEntertainment Raced,Sexed,andErased CarolSiegel May2022260pp13b&willus. 9780253060235£18.99/$25.00PB 9780253060228£60.00/$75.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Drawingonahostofmoviesandtelevisionseries fromthe1970stopresentday, JewsinContemporary VisualEntertainment exploreshowthemedia sexualizeandracializeAmericanJews.Insigh�uland provoca�ve,thisbookdisturbinglyrevealsthefarreachinginfluenceofpopularvisualmediainshaping howAmericanJewsareperceivedtoday. JiaZhangkeonJia Zhangke MichaelBerry Sinotheory May2022232pp52illus. 9781478018124£19.99/$25.95PB 9781478015499£80.00/$99.95HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS Anextendeddialoguebetween theinterna�onallyacclaimedChinesefilmmakerJia ZhangkeandfilmscholarMichaelBerryinwhichJia offersacomprehensivefirst-handaccountofhislife, art,andapproachtofilmmaking.Fromindustryand economicstoartandpoli�cs,thisbookrepresents thesinglemostcomprehensivedocumentofthe director’scandidthoughtsontheartandchallenges offilmmaking. MakingTheBestYears ofOurLives TheHollywoodClassicThat InspiredaNation AlisonMacor April2022240pp 9781477318911£36.00/$45.00HB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS HowaHollywoodgemtransformedthena�onal discourseonpost-trauma�cstressdisorder.Thisbook illuminatesthefilm’sjourneyfromscripttoscreen anddescribeshowthisauthen�cmo�onpicture movedaudiencesworldwide.Inthisauthorita�ve history,Macorchroniclesthemakingandmeaningof afilmthatchangedAmerica.

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ScreeningNatureand Nation TheEnvironmental DocumentariesoftheNational FilmBoard,1939-1974 MichaelD.Clemens April2022240pp26colourand10b&w illus. 9781771993357£29.99/$37.95PB UBCPRESS ScreeningNatureandNa�on

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Examinesfilmsproducedbyandaboutqueer Africansinthefirsttwodecadesofthetwenty-first century,showinghowthesefilmsrecordthefear, anxiety,andvulnerabilitymanyqueerAfricans experiencewhileatthesame�meimaginingnew hopesandpossibili�es.Green-Simmsemphasizes thatinthesefilmsqueerresistanceiso�en prac�cedfromaposi�onofvulnerability.

TheEmpireofEffects IndustrialLightandMagicand theRenderingofRealism JulieA.Turnock June2022368pp

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ReframingTodd Haynes Feminism’sIndelibleMark EditedbyTheresaL.Geller &JuliaLeyda aCameraObscurabook May2022368pp49illus. 9781478018001£21.99/$28.95PB 9781478015390£84.00/$104.95HB filmmakerToddHaynesinlightofhislongstanding feministcommitmentsandhisexcep�onalposi�onas adirectorofwomen’sfilms.Thevolumeillustrates theinfluenceoffeministtheoryonHaynes’saesthe�c vision. Media EditedbyAliceLovejoy& MariPajala 9780253062192£68.00/$85.00HB

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In NeithertheTimenorthePlace seventeencri�cs considerhowthespace-�medyadhasboth troubledandinvigoratedAmericanistscholarshipin recentdecadesandmakeexplicithow�meand placearebestconsideredintandem,interroga�ng eachother.

QueerAfrican Cinemas LindseyB.Green-Simms aCameraObscurabook April2022272pp49illus. 9781478018018£20.99/$26.95PB 9781478015406£80.00/$99.95HB

4 TheMysterious RomanceofMurder Crime,Detection,andtheSpirit ofNoir DavidLehman May2022296pp 9781501763625£20.99/$27.95HB CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS FromSherlockHolmestoSamSpadeandNickand NoraCharlestoNeroWolfeandArchieGoodwin— crimeandcrime-solvinginfic�onandfilmcap�vate us.WhydowekeepgoingbacktoAgathaChris�e's ingeniouspuzzlesandRaymondChandler'shardboiledmurdermysteries?DavidLehmanexploresa widevarietyofoutstandingbooksandmovieswith style,wit,andpassion. TheWorldsof John Wick TheYear'sWorkatthe ContinentalHotel EditedbyCaitlinG.Watt &StephenWatt TheYear'sWork:StudiesinFanCulture andCulturalTheory May2022425pp38b&willus. 9780253062413£26.99/$35.00PB 9780253062406£72.00/$90.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Contributorsconsidereverythingfromfight sequences,ac�onaesthe�cs,andstuntstogrief, cinema�cspaceand�me,andgenderperformance. TheorizingColonial Cinema ReframingProduction, Circulation,andConsumptionof FilminAsia EditedbyNayoungAimee Kwon,TakushiOdagiri& MoonimBaek NewDirec�onsinNa�onalCinemas February2022306pp34b&wphotos 9780253059758£18.99/$25.00PB 9780253059741£52.00/$65.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Amillennialretrospec�veontheentangledin�macy betweenfilmandcolonialismfromfilm'sglobal incep�ontocontemporarylegaciesinandofAsia. Transnationalismand Imperialism EnduranceoftheGlobalWestern Film HervéMayer&DavidRoche NewDirec�onsinNa�onalCinemas April2022318pp37b&willus. 9780253060754£32.00/$40.00PB 9780253060747£72.00/$90.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS ThisbookrevealsthatWesternfilmsaremorethan cowboys;theyareacri�calintersec�onwhereissues ofpowerandcolonialityarenego�ated.Contributors examinetherecep�onandproduc�onofAmerican WesternsoutsidetheUSalongsidethetransna�onal aspectsofAmericanproduc�ons,andtheyconsider theworkofminoritydirectors. TVSnapshots AnArchiveofEverydayLife LynnSpigel July2022352pp165colorillus. 9781478018285£21.99/$28.95PB 9781478015642£84.00/$104.95HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS Exploreshistoricalsnapshotsof peopleposinginfrontoftheir televisionsetsinthe1950sthroughtheearly1970s, showinghowTVsnapshotswereapopular photographicprac�cethroughwhichpeople visualizedtheirlivesinanincreasinglymediated culture.SpigelhighlightshowTVsnapshots complicateunderstandingsofthesignificanceofTVin everydaylife. VulgarBeauty ActingChineseintheGlobal Sensorium MilaZuo April2022312pp26illus. 9781478018117£20.99/$27.95PB 9781478015475£84.00/$104.95HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS Offersanewtheoriza�onof cinema�cfemininebeautybyshowinghowmediated encounterswithChinesefilmandpopularculture starsproducefeelingsofChinese-ness.Zuousesthe vulgarasananaly�ctotracehowracial,gendered, andculturaliden�tyisimaginedandproduced throughaffect.

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ReginaldRoseandthe Journeyof12Angry Men PhilRosenzweig September2021272pp48b&willus. 9780823297740£22.99/$27.95HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS ReginaldRoseandtheJourneyof 12AngryMen tellstwostories:

RadicalDocumentary theIraqWarandtheoccupa�onofPales�ne.Under thesecondi�ons,ar�stsandac�vistsaspireto document,archive,witness,andtes�fy.Theresultis asetofprac�cesthatturndocumentarymedia towardacommitmenttofeatureandprivilegethe mediamadebythepeoplelivingthroughtheterror. thelifeofagreatwriterandjourneyofhismost famouswork,onethatul�matelythatoutshinedits author.ThisbookbringsReginaldRose’slongand successfulcareer,itsoriginsandaccomplishments, intoviewatlonglast.

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5 WhiteTerror TheHorrorFilmfromObamato Trump RussellMeeuf April2022226pp28colorillus. 9780253060389£16.99/$22.00PB 9780253060372£52.00/$65.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS ExposeshowWhitemainstreamfearaffectsthe horrorfilmindustry,whichinturncashesinonthat fearanddrawsvoterstocandidateslikeTrump.The bookfillsastarkgapinexis�nghorrorliterature whiletacklingatopicfeaturedprominentlyin popularmediabycenteringissuesofracial resentment,whitefragility,andwhiteguiltinour examina�onofhorrorcinema. Women'sVoicesin DigitalMedia TheSonicScreenfromFilmto Memes JenniferO'Meara April2022320pp 9781477324448£22.99/$29.95PB 9781477324431£72.00/$90.00HB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS Anexamina�onofthesoundandsilenceofwomen indigitalmedia.Divesintonewandwellestablishedmediaformatstoshowhow contemporaryscreenmediaandculturalprac�ces policeandfe�shizewomen’svoices,butalso provideexci�ngnewwaystoamplifyandempower them. HollywoodShutdown Production,Distribution,and ExhibitionintheTimeofCOVID KateFortmueller July2021156pp 9781477324608£14.99/$18.95PB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS In2020,thespreadofCOVID-19forcedthefilmand televisionindustriestoadjusttheir�me-honored businessandlaborprac�ces.Inthisbook,Kate Fortmuelleraskswhathappenedwhenthe coronavirusclosedHollywood,andconsidershowthe pandemicwilltransformHollywoodprac�cesinthe twenty-firstcentury. IntroductiontoaTrue HistoryofCinemaand Television Jean-LucGodard TranslatedbyTimothy Barnard December2021558pp 9780981191423£139.00/$175.00

In1978,Jean-LucGodardimprovisedaseriesof fourteentalksforaprojectedhistoryofcinemaon video.Thesetalks,publishedinFrenchin1980and longoutofprint,haveneverbeentranslatedinto English.Thisedi�on,basedonthesolevideotape copiesofthelectures,correctsthefaultyand incompleteFrenchversionandistheonlycomplete edi�oninanylanguage.

andGlobalCrises MilitantEvidenceintheDigital Age RyanWatson October2021254pp28b&willus. 9780253058003£19.99/$26.00PB 9780253057990£60.00/$75.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS In RadicalDocumentaryandGlobalCrises,Watson centersthediscussiononextremeconflict,suchas

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