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Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; ANIME NERE (IT/FR, Francesco Munzi, 2014)
Author: Bodey, Michael
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: CRIME FILMS; CRIME IN FILMS; BLACK SOULS (IT/FR, Francesco Munzi, 2014); ANIME NERE (IT/FR, Francesco Munzi, 2014)
Summary: Discussion about Black Souls and how it is different from other mafia movies

Call No: 734.1 LAN
Author: Landau, David
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2017
PhysDes: xi, 170 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Subject: FILM NOIR; NEO-NOIR; PRODUCTION; STUDIO SYSTEM; CRIME IN FILMS; GANGSTER FILMS; DETECTIVE FILMS; FEMME FATALE
Summary: "Film Noir Production...is a book for those who like a good character-driven story -- and the noir films always deliver. The book contains behind-the-scenes tales of the productions of hard-boiled film classics and the prime players involved in their creation, from Darryl Zanuck and Raymond Chandler to John Seitz and Billy Wilder." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, appendices and index
ISBN: 9781138201484
Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema
Contents: Noir Comes to Light (The Maltese Falcon) -- The Noir Hero (Murder my sweet) -- The Noir Anti-Hero (This Gun for Hire) -- The Femmes of Noir: They Aren't Always Fatale (Double Indemnity) -- Directors and Studios: A Noir Relationship (Laura) -- The Noir Cast (The Big Sleep) -- Noir Themes (Macao) -- Noir Style; Music, Costumes and Art Direction (My Favorite Brunette) -- Noir Imagery: Lighting and Cinematography (The Big Combo) -- Noir Speak: Dialog & First Person Narrative (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) -- Noir's Rebirth & Neo Noir (House of Games) -- Cross Genre Noir & Noir Influence (Brick)

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: 735.2 CLO
Author: Clover, Carol J., 1940
Place: London
Publisher: B.F.I. Publishing
PubDate: 1992
PhysDes: 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: HORROR FILMS; SLASHER FILMS; CRIME IN FILMS; AUDIENCES; DEVIL IN FILMS; ENDINGS OF FILMS; EXPLOITATION FILMS; FAMILY IN FILMS; LOOK IN FILMS; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; IDENTIFICATION; REPRODUCTION IN FILMS; SADISM / MASOCHISM IN FILMS; SUPERNATURAL IN FILMS; ACCUSED, THE (US, Jonathan Kaplan, 1988); ALIEN [...] (UK/US, 1979-92); DELIVERANCE (US, John Boorman, 1972); EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973); FRIDAY THE 13TH [...] (US, 1980-); HALLOWEEN (US, John Carpenter, 1978); HILLS HAVE EYES, THE (US, Wes Craven, 1978); HUNTER'S BLOOD (US, Robert C. Hughes, 1986); MS 45 (US, Abel Ferrara, 1981); PEEPING TOM (UK, Michael Powell, 1960); POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982); PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960); SCANNERS (CN, David Cronenberg, 1981); TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (US, Tobe Hooper, 1974); WITCHBOARD (US, Kevin S. Tenney, 1987)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-253) and index
ISBN: 0851704190 (pbk.); 0851703313
LON: 8882059

Call No: 626:396 REA
Author: Read, Jacinda
Source: UK
Place: Manchester, UK
Publisher: Manchester University
PubDate: 2000
PhysDes: 290 p; 22 cm
Series: Inside Popular Film
Subject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND TV; CRIME IN FILMS; SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (US, Joesph Ruben, 1991); WESTERNS; SPECTATORSHIP
Summary: In this, the first full-length study of the rape-revenge film, Jacinda Read suggests that the rape-revenge cycle can be read as one of the primary ways in which Hollywood has attempted to make sense of feminism and the changing shape of heterosexual femininity in the post-1970 period. Arguing that rape-revenge is better understood not as a genre, but as a narrative structure, the author analyses the ways in which various deployments of this structure rework the ‘mass cultural fictions of femininity’ inscribed in the genres over which they have been mapped. (from backcover).
ISBN: 0719059054

Call No: 749 HEN
Author: Henry, Claire
Edition: First edition
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: x, 218 pages ; 23 cm
Subject: CRIME IN FILMS; HORROR FILMS; SEX IN FILMS; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; PORNOGRAPHY IN FILMS; LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (US, Wes Craven, 1972); LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THE (US, Dennis Iliadis, 2009); I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (US, Steven R. Monroe, 2010); I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (US, Meir Zarchi, 1978); DESCENT (US, Talia Lugacy, 2007); ACOLYTES (AT, Jon Hewitt, 2007); DEATH PROOF (US, Quentin Tarantino, 2007); SLEEPERS (US, Barry Levinson, 1996); MYSTIC RIVER (US, Clint Eastwood, 2003); KATALIN VARGA (UK/RM, Peter Strickland, 2009); TWILIGHT PORTRAIT (RU, Angelina Nikonova, 2011); PORTRET V SUMERKAKH (RU, Angelina Nikonova, 2011)
Summary: "Considered a notorious subset of horror in the 1970s and 1980s, there has been a massive revitalization and diversification of rape-revenge in recent years. This book analyzes the politics, ethics, and affects at play in the filmic construction of rape and its responses"-- LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA
Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
ISBN: 9781137414168
Contents: -- Introduction: Reapproaching Rape-Revenge -- 1. Remaking Rape-Revenge: The Last House on the Left (1972/2009) and I Spit on Your Grave (1978/2010) -- 2. The Postfeminist Trap of Vagina Dentata for the American Teen Castratrice -- 3. Rape, Racism, and Descent into the Ethical Quagmire of Revenge -- 4. The Shame of Male Acolytes: Negotiating Gender and Sexuality Through Rape-Revenge -- 5. Collective Revenge: Challenging the Individualist Victim-Avenger in Death Proof, Sleepers, and Mystic River -- Conclusion: Challenging the Boundaries of Cinema's Rape-Revenge Genre in Katalin Varga and Twilight Portrait --

Call No: 81REN DAV
Author: Davis, Colin
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Wallflower Press
PubDate: 2009
PhysDes: vii, 159 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA; THEORY; CRIME IN FILMS; RENOIR, JEAN; CAVELL, STANLEY; DELEUZE, GILLES; ZIZEK, SLAVOJ; CHIENNE, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1931); CRIME DE M. LANGE, LE (FR, Jean Renoir, 1936); BETE HUMAINE, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1938); GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937); REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939)
Summary: "This book examines Jean Renoir's films from the 1930s in the light of recent developments in philosophical film criticism. With reference to thinkers such as Aristotle, Wittgenstein, Girard, Derrida and Cavell, it argues that Renoir's work engages with and elucidates some of the great philosophical questions. In particular the films are shown to reflect on the natures of murder and its links with desire, communitiy, ethics and the mystery of other minds." - TAKEN FROM BACK COVER
ISBN: 9781905674633
Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2012
Contents: Film as philosophy: Cavell, Deleuze, Z iz ek and Renoir -- Scepticism and the mystery of other minds: La chienne -- Murderous desires: Le crime de Monsieur Lange and La be^te humaine -- Friendship, fraternity and community: La grande illusion -- Making and breaking rules: La re`gle du jeu -- Conclusion: intimations of otherness.