The Book Company: New Products - Performing Arts

Natalie Wood

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:02:08 +0000

A lucid and engaging study of the enigmatic stardom of Natalie Wood, locating her star persona in the changing production contexts of Hollywood and in the shifting perceptions of female sexuality and agency. This persuasive text seeks to rectify her neglected career by throwing light on her c..

Price: $25.00

Julie Christie

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:02:04 +0000

Julie Christie is one of cinema's most enigmatic stars. Her early Oscar-winning success as the free-spirited heroine in Darling (1965) was followed by roles in a number of landmark films from cinema's leading auteurs. Although she increasingly shunned the media spotlight in favour of p..

Price: $24.00

Howard Hawks (New Perspectives)

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:10:13 +0000

Leading international scholars consider the films and legacy of Howard Hawks. Diverse contributions consider Hawks' work in relation to issues of gender, genre and relationships between the sexes, discuss key films including Rio Bravo, The Big Sleep and Red River, and address Hawks' visual st..

Price: $34.95

Thinking in Images: Film Theory, Feminist Philosophy and Marlene Dietrich

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:09:40 +0000

Thinking in Images addresses the current crisis in film theory by offering a new methodology for interrelating theory and film texts. Drawing on the groundbreaking work of Michele Le Duff, Catherine Constable argues that philosophy is reliant on sociocultural images, such as ..

Price: $37.95

Ratcatcher

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:09:35 +0000

The film-maker Lynne Ramsay has been hailed as one of the finest new talents in world cinema, and Ratcatcher, her first feature, has attracted international acclaim. In this book, the first full-length study of Ramsay’s work, Annette Kuhn considers the director’s backgro..

Price: $18.95

Augusta's WGAC Radio: (The Voice of the Garden City for Seventy Years)

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 16:58:45 +0000

WGAC is the No. 1-rated radio station in Augusta. It has weathered the transition in American radio from local stations with local programming to corporately owned stations that feature syndicated programming, and it has been able to do so without giving up its local character. As a news-talk radi..

Price: $19.99

Dance in Saratoga Springs

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 11:40:42 +0000

Known to aspiring dancers and ballet enthusiasts worldwide, Saratoga Springs is much more than the home of the National Museum of Dance. The arts have always been nurtured in the Spa City, and in 1964, the world-famous founder of the New York City Ballet, George Balanchine, decided to make the new..

Price: $19.99

Elinor Fry: (A Legacy of Dance in Richmond)

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 11:04:00 +0000

In Richmond, no other name is more synonymous with dance than Elinor Fry. Helen Keller, Bill Bojangles" Robinson and author Tom Wolfe were just some of the people with whom Fry connected in five decades of dance. From 1920 to 1970, Fry was involved, often accompanied by her beloved students, in ne..

Price: $19.99

Los Angeles Television

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:41:43 +0000

Los Angeles television history began in the small room of an auto dealership in 1931. Since then, much of the nation’s television history has been made here: the first television helicopter, the first big story that television broke before newspapers, the first live coverage of an atomic bomb, and..

Price: $26.99

Night and the City

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 12:09:46 +0000

Andrew Pulver’s study of Night and the City argues that it is one of the most important noir films ever made. Drawing from biographies, journals and interviews, Pulver traces the film’s development and production history and its reception by British and American critic..

Price: $18.95