Digital Reference Shelf: Film & Theater

This book serves as a guide to 100 war films from 1930 to the present, exploring wars set as early as the 13th century Scottish Wars of Independence to those taking place in the 21st century, including the Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. For each movie, it provides background, production, synopsis, reception, and anecdotes as well as addresses the films' historical accuracy.

Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.

Profiles numerous directors, from many different genres and regions. Reviews thousands of movies with each film placed in the context of its director's career.

Provides an introduction to the historical range and scope of cinema produced throughout the world. Includes 200 essays by leading film scholars analyzing the most important, influential, innovative, and interesting films of all time.

An international reference work representing the essential ideas and concepts at the center of film theory from the beginning of the twentieth century to the beginning of the twenty-first.

Includes more than 3,036 essays written or reviewed by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries cover topics and persons in major areas of popular culture: film; music; print culture; social life; sports; television and radio; and art and performance (include theater, dance, stand-up comedy, and other live performance).

Provides a chronological portrait of American film history from its origins to the present day.