Derek Jarman: Dancing Ledge

USA 2010, 256 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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University of Minnesota Press
From his sexual awakening in postwar England to life in the sixties and beyond, Derek Jarman tells his life story with the in-your-face immediacy that became his trademark style in both his films and writing. Accompanied by nearly one hundred photographs of Jarman, his friends, lovers, and inspirations, the candid accounts in »Dancing Ledge« provide intimate and incredibly vivid glimpses ... Weiterlesen

Derek Jarman: Kicking the Pricks

USA 2010, 251 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 16.95
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University of Minnesota Press
The provocative title of the 4th volume of Jarman's journals suggests a look back in anger and defiance of the conventional. It is, but it is also rich in wit, intellect, and a clearly articulated aesthetic. Written while editing his film »The Last of England« and originally entitled that in Britain, this 1st American edition goes by the uncompromising title ... Weiterlesen

Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince: 50 Years of Queer Cinema

500 of the Best GLBTQ Films Ever Made. USA 2010, 502 pp., brochure, € 23.99
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The world's production of 50 years of GLBTQ cinema has shattered the door to the celluloid closet. Thanks to this, and to a flood of classics re-released in DVD format, a brave new world of queer iconography has emerged for film junkies. This book documents these trends. From the tawdry to the beautiful, »The Love That Dared not Speak its ... Weiterlesen

Brad Epps, Despina Kakoudaki (eds.): All About Almodóvar

A Passion for Cinema. USA 2009, 496 S., brochure, € 24.95
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One of the world cinema's most exciting filmmakers, Pedro Almodóvar has been delighting, provoking, arousing, shocking, and - above all - entertaining audiences around the globe since he burst on the film scene in the early 1980s. This book offers new perspectives on the filmmaker's artistic vision and cinematic preoccupations, influences, and techniques. Through overviews of his oeuvre and in-depth ... Weiterlesen

José Quiroga: »Law of Desire«

A Queer Film Classic. CAN 2009, 157 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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»Law of Desire«, the 1987 homoerotic melodrama by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain' smost successful contemporary film director, is a grande tale of love, lust, and amnesia. It features three main characters: a gay film director, his sister, an actress who was once his brother, and a repressed, obsessive stalker. In the twenty-plus years since its first release, »Law of Desire« has ... Weiterlesen

Jon Davies: »Trash«

A Queer Film Classic. CAN 2009, 175 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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The 1970 film »Trash« was arguably the greatest collaboration between director Paul Morrissey and producer Andy Warhol, and a moment of shining glory for their superstars Joe Dallesandro and Holly Woodlawn. It is a satirical melodrama about a decidedly down- and-out couple: Joe, the hunky but impotent junkie, and Holly, his feisty, sexually frustrated girlfriend. While a depleted Joe passively ... Weiterlesen

Laurence Maslon: The Some Like It Hot Companion

USA 2009, 192 pp., hardbound, € 31.30
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»Some like It Hot« remains an undisputed classic 50 years after its release, as it continues to capture three of American culture's great preoccupations - jazz, gangsters, and Marilyn Monroe. The book details the history of this side-splitting farce from its roots as an obscure 1951 German film to its Hollywood conception, where Billy Wilder transposed the material to the ... Weiterlesen

Sean Griffin (ed.): Hetero

Queering Representations of Straightness. USA 2009, 270 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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Just as feminist scholars have turned to considerations of masculinity and scholars of race have begun to consider whiteness as a category, this collection brings the insights of queer theory to bear on cinematic representations of straightness. Spanning decades and cultures, from silent Hollywood films to modern Mumbai cinema, the essays in this book uncover multiple forms of heterosexual desire ... Weiterlesen

David Bret: Clark Gable

Tormented Star. USA 2008, 287 pp., brochure, € 14.89
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Clarke Gable - the archetypal male of his era. He was named »King of Hollywood« in 1938. But as the author of this uncensored biography reveals, the star was not quite who he seemed. One of Gable's best-kept secrets was his bisexuality. Bret recounts Gable's failed marriages to women who turned a blind eye toward his affairs with actors Earl ... Weiterlesen

Stefan Kanfer: Somebody

The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando. USA 2008, 352 pp., hardbound, € 24.95
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For everything we know about Brando as a man as well as an actor and artist, he remains a fascination. What are we to make of someone whose life, both personal and professional, hit such dazzling highs and such abysmal lows? Born in Nebraska in 1924, Brando grew up unaffected by the Depression but scarred by a brutal father and ... Weiterlesen

Peter Gidal: Andy Warhol: Blow Job

UK 2008, 86 pp., brochure, € 13.20
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Andy Warhol's »Blow Job«, made at the Factory in New York in 1964, is a masterpiece of the complexities of voyeurism and duration. The 36-minute film shows a young man apparently receiving oral sex, though the viewer only ever sees his head and shoulders - leaving the person performing the act in our imagination. Sometimes the man looks bored, sometimes ... Weiterlesen

Glyn Davis: Queer as Folk

UK 2007, 160 pp., brochure, € 19.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.  - BFI TV Classics
In the first critical study of this groundbreaking and controversial series - both the British original and the American remake - Glyn Davis examines in detail its conception, production, controversial content, marketing and reception. He situates »Queer as Folk« in relation to the history of »gay TV,« Channel 4's drama output, »New Labour« politics, and the »mainstreaming« of homosexuality in ... Weiterlesen

Cindy de la Hoz: Lucy at the Movies

USA 2007, 368 pp., hardbound, € 23.20
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The world knows her as the First Lady of Television, but Lucille Ball's star also shined on the silver screen in over 80 films spanning five decades, most from Hollywood's glamorous golden age of the 1930s and '40s. »Lucy at the Movies« is a long- overdue showcase for the star's extensive career in cinema, offering behind-the-scenes stories and essential information ... Weiterlesen

Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince: Blood Moon's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film

USA 2007, 474 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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The world has witnessed an explosion, worldwide, in the quality and depth of gay and lesbian-themed films. Here, assembled into one comprehensive volume, is a rundown of the year's most intriguing gay, lesbian, and transgendered films, an illustrated guide what's Out, Outrageous, Provocative, and Proud. With reviews, photos, and commentaries on more than 140 gay and lesbian films, each released ... Weiterlesen

Whitney Crothers Dilley (ed.): The Cinema of Ang Lee

UK 2007, 203 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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Born in Taiwan, Ang Lee is one of cinema's most versatile yet popular directors, whose ability to cut across cultural, national and sexual boundaries has given him recognition in all corners of the world. His astonishingly diverse CV shows him tackling culture clashes and globalisation (»Eat Drink Man Woman«, 1993), period drama (»Sense and Sensibility«, 1995), martial arts (»Hidden Dragon«, ... Weiterlesen

Eric Braun: Frightening the Horses

USA 2007, 256 pp., hardback, € 22.59
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Avoiding an overly dry and theoretical approach, the author celebrates the achievements of cinema's gay icons from the years before gay men and lesbians could be openly depicted on the screen - and carries the story right through the introduction of the Production Code in 1930, through the »undercover« gay icons of the 40s and 50s, to the sexual revolution ... Weiterlesen

William J. Mann: Kate

UK 2007, 621 pp., Pb, € 15.95
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On screen she played society girls, Spencer Tracy's sidekick, lionesses in winter. But the best character Katharine Hepburn ever created was Katharine Hepburn: a Connecticut Yankee, outspoken and elegant, bristling at Hollywood glitter. Hepburn won her 4th Oscar aged 74 and across seven decades in the public eye, she was a cut above the usual screen queen. Now, her biographer ... Weiterlesen

Farley Granger with Robert Calhoun: Include Me Out

USA 2007, 255 pp., hardbound, € 24.89
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Working with such creative visionaries as Alfred Hitchcock, Luchino Visconti, and Nicholas Ray, Farley Granger was a celebrated figure in films like »Strangers on a Train«, »Rope«, »Senso«, and »They Live by Night«, bringing a memorable presence to the big screen. Behind his characters, however, he was and remains a complex man, full of whimsy as well as strength. Now, ... Weiterlesen