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Author: Caputo, Rolando
PhysDes: Article; Bibliography; Illustration(s)
Subject: THRILLERS.ITALY; BAVA, MARIO; STEELE, BARBARA
Summary: Explores the ways French film culture championed Mario Bava's films, his use of actor Barbara Steele, and the Italian 'giallo' (thriller) genre.

Call No: 71(46) JOR
Author: Jordan, Barry, 1950; Morgan-Tamosunas, Rikki
Place: Manchester
Publisher: Manchester University Press
PubDate: 1998
PhysDes: vi, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: SPAIN; COMEDIES. SPAIN; THRILLERS. SPAIN; FANTASTIC FILMS. SPAIN; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. SPAIN; HORROR FILMS. SPAIN; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN IN FILMS; MEN IN FILMS; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. SPAIN; SPAIN: CATALONIA; SPAIN: BASQUE COUNTRY; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. SPAIN; ALMODOVAR, PEDRO; BIGAS LUNA; GARCI, JOSE LUIS; MEDEM, JULIO; MIRO, PILAR; SAURA, CARLOS; TRUEBA, FERNANDO; COLMENA, LA (SP, Mario Camus, 1982); NADIE HABLARA DE NOSOTRAS CUANDO HAYAMOS MUERTO (SP, Agustin Diaz Yanes, 1995)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 071904412X (hbk.); 0719044138 (pbk.)
LON: abn98241412; 14031781

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015)
Author: Dent, Nick
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: DRAMAS; THRILLERS; DISASTER FILMS; CLARKE, JASON; GYLLENHAAL, JAKE; WORTHINGTON, SAM; BROLIN, JOSH; WATSON, EMILY; KNIGHTLEY, KEIRA; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015)
Summary: A review of the recently released film 'Everest' about the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. The review summarises the plot and gives a rundown of the cast members and the characters they play.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Call No: 408 TUR
Author: Graeme Turner (ed.)
Place: London; New York
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2002
PhysDes: 524 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; GENRES; AESTHETICS; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; SPECTATORSHIP; AUDIENCE RECEPTION; AUDIENCE RESEARCH; SOUND; THEORY; CREED, BARBARA; KUHN, ANNETTE; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; GLOBALISATION; USA; MONROE, MARILYN; SEX IN FILMS; HORROR FILMS; ACTION FILMS; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; THRILLERS; COLOR PURPLE, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1985); PIANO, THE (AT, Jane Campion, 1993); AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993); PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975); TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; INDUSTRY, FILM
Summary: This companion reader to Film as Social Practice brings together key writings on contemporary cinema, exploring film as a social and cultural phenomenon. Key features of the reader include: thematic sections, each with an introduction by the editor; a general introduction by Graeme Turner; sections on understanding film, film technology, film industries, meanings and pleasures, identities, audiences and consumption.
ISBN: 0415252822

Call No: 71(94) MOR
Author: Moran, Albert; Vieth, Errol
Source: AT
Place: Port Melbourne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
PubDate: 2006
PhysDes: xii, 219 p. ; 23 cm
Subject: GENRES. AUSTRALIA; ADVENTURE FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ART CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; CRIME FILMS. AUSTRALIA; DETECTIVE FILMS. AUSTRALIA; HORROR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; MUSICALS. AUSTRALIA; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; THRILLERS. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE. AUSTRALIA, FILMS FOR; WOMEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Analyses Australian film from the 1970's in terms of genre.
ISBN: 0816649227

Call No: 722.731 FIL
Source: US/UK
Place: Jefferson, North Carolina, and London
Publisher: McFarland & Company Inc
PubDate: 2007
PhysDes: viii, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: NORTH KOREA; PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS. JAPAN; ARGENTO, DARIO; THRILLERS. SPAIN; HILLS, PAUL; JORDAN, NEIL; LEWIS, HERSCHELL GORDON; MADDIN, GUY; MULLOY, PHIL; SATSUMA, KENPACHIRO; TOMASELLI, DANTE; BARAKU EMPERORU (JA, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1976); GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (JA, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1976); THUNDERCRACK (US, Curt McDowell, 1976)
ISBN: 9780786429707
Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2010
Contents: "Don't stray from the path" : sexuality, dreams and eroticism in Neil Jordan's The company of wolves / Matthew Edwards -- In the company of the wolf : an interview with Neil Jordan / Matthew Edwards -- Close to the bone : an interview with Paul Hills / Matthew Edwards -- The 2001st maniac : an interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis / Matthew Edwards -- Inside pink / Jasper Sharp -- Thundercrack! and a brief overview and appreciation of the golden age of porn / Mark Edwards -- An interview with Melinda McDowell / Mark Edwards -- Animating the extreme : the animation of Phil Mulloy / Matthew Edwards -- Between the frames : an interview with Phil Mulloy / Matthew Edwards -- Writing argento / Maitland McDonagh -- Requiems for abandoned souls : the new wave of Spanish mystery thrillers / Marcus Stiglegger -- The new throwback : the films of Dante Tomaselli / Matthew Edwards -- Godspeed you! black emperor and the Japanese underground biker phenomenon / Matthew Edwards -- A permanent state of war : a short history of North Korean cinema / Johannes Scho¨nherr -- Godzilla goes to North Korea : an interview with Kenpachiro Satsuma / Johannes Scho¨nherr -- The Winnipeg wonder : an interview with Guy Maddin / Matthew Edwards

Call No: 64GEN NEA
Author: Neale, Steve
Place: London
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2000
PhysDes: viii, 336 p. ; 25 cm
Subject: GENRES; FILM NOIR; MELODRAMA; ACTION FILMS; ADVENTURE FILMS; BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS; COMEDIES; CRIME FILMS; DETECTIVE FILMS; EPIC FILMS; FORMALISM; FRONTIERS IN FILMS; GANGSTER FILMS; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; HORROR FILMS; MUSICALS; USA; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS; STUDIO SYSTEM; THRILLERS; WAR FILMS; WESTERNS; WOMEN, FILMS FOR; WOMEN IN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE, FILMS FOR; TODOROV, TZVETAN; ALTMAN, ROBERT; BASINGER, JEANINE; DOHERTY, THOMAS; SCHATZ, THOMAS
Summary: "Steve Neale provides a comprehensive introduction to genre and Hollywood cinema. He discusses all the major concepts, theories and accounts of Hollywood and genre, an the key genres which theorists and critics have tended to write about - from musicals to horror films, from action-adventure to the western. He also offers detailed revisionist accounts of melodrama and 'film noir', and puts forward new arguments about the place and importance of genre in understanding Hollywood cinema." -- Taken from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliography and index
ISBN: 0415026059 : No price; 0415026067(pbk.)
LON: 21413450

Author: Lawson, Sylvia
PhysDes: Article
Subject: CRIME IN FILMS; THRILLERS; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; FRENZY (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1972)
Summary: Article analysing a scene from Alfred Hitchcock film FRENZY

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015)
Author: Dent, Nick
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: ADVENTURE FILMS; DRAMAS; THRILLERS; DISASTER FILMS; CLARKE, JASON; BROLIN, JOSH; GYLLENHAAL, JAKE; WORTHINGTON, SAM; WATSON, EMILY; KNIGHTLEY, KEIRA; EVEREST (US/UK, Baltasar Kormakur, 2015)
Summary: A review of the recently released film 'Everest' by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur documenting the story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (US, Wes Ball, 2015)
Author: Dent, Nick
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: SEQUELS; ACTION FILMS; SCIENCE IN FILMS; THRILLERS; BALL, WES; O'BRIEN, DYLAN; SCODELARIO, KAYA; GILLEN, AIDEN; CLARKSON, PATRICIA; MAZE RUNNER, THE (US, Wes Ball, 2014); MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (US, Wes Ball, 2015)
Summary: Review and film critique of the movie 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,' sequel of 'The Maze Runner,' including plot summary.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Call No: 403 MAR
Author: Martin, Adrian
Place: Ringwood, Vic.
Publisher: McPhee Gribble
PubDate: 1994
PhysDes: xii, 212 p. ; 21 cm
Subject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV; VIETNAM WAR FILMS; THRILLERS; MYTH AND THE CINEMA; COMEDIES; BLOCKBUSTERS; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; CITIES IN FILMS; ENDINGS OF FILMS; CAPRA, FRANK; EDWARDS, BLAKE; SCORSESE, MARTIN; THIRTYSOMETHING [TV] (US, 1987-91); JFK (US, Oliver Stone, 1991); BENNY HILL SHOW, THE [TV] (UK, 1979); DUNLEAVY [TV] (US, 1992?); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946)
Notes: Includes index; CIP confirmed; Subtitle on cover: The dreams and desires at the heart of our popular culture; Bibliography: p. 199-201
ISBN: 0869142917 (pbk.)
LON: 10669030

Call No: 734 DAV
Author: Davis, Brian
Edition: 1973
Place: London
Publisher: Studio Vista
PhysDes: 159 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Subject: THRILLERS
ISBN: 9780289703410
Donation: Paul Anderson

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: THRILLERS

Call No: 62 NEW
Author: Newcomb, Horace
Source: US
Place: Garden City, New York
Publisher: Anchor Press
PubDate: 1974
PhysDes: 272 p. ; 18 cm
Subject: SITUATION COMEDY; WESTERNS, TV; THRILLERS, TV; CRIME ON TV; ADVENTURE, TV; SOAP OPERAS. USA; NEWS PROGRAMMES.USA; SPORT ON TV; AESTHETICS
Summary: A study of television as a popular artform and as a mass entertainment device.
ISBN: 0385036027
Contents: 1. The responses to television -- 2. Situation and domestic comedies: problems, families, and fathers -- 3. Westerns: the television version -- 4. Mysteries: order and authorit -- 5. Doctors and lawyers: counselors and confessors -- 6. Adventure shows: loners, fugitives, and explorers -- 7. Soap opera: approaching the real world -- 8. News, sports, documentary: reality as entertainment -- 9. The new shows -- 10. Toward a television aesthetic

Call No: 734.2(73) MCA
Author: McArthur, Colin, 1934
CorpAuthor: British Film Institute
Place: London
Publisher: Secker and Warburg [for] the British Film Institute
PubDate: 1972
PhysDes: 176 p. illus., ports. 20 cm
Subject: GENRES; GANGSTER FILMS. USA; THRILLERS. USA; LANG, FRITZ; HUSTON, JOHN; DASSIN, JULES; SIODMAK, ROBERT; KAZAN, ELIA; RAY, NICHOLAS; FULLER, SAMUEL; SIEGEL, DON; MELVILLE, JEAN-PIERRE; PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (US, William Wellmen, 1931); BIG HEAT, THE (US, Fritz Lang, 1953); MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941); BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946); LITTLE CAESAR (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1931); SCARFACE (US, Howard Hawks, 1932)
ISBN: 0436098857 0436098849 (pbk.)
LON: 73155714; 541899