The 1960s ushered in a time of creative freedom and idealism reflected in the popular music and films on both sides of the Atlantic. At the forefront of driving that creative change were four mop-topped musicians from Liverpool, The Beatles. While many scholars have examined the…
The 1960s ushered in a time of creative freedom and idealism reflected in the popular music and films on both sides of the Atlantic. At the forefront of driving that creative change were four mop-topped musicians from Liverpool, The Beatles. While many scholars have examined the…
A number of writers have attempted to capture Robert Bresson's style as well as his substance with such terms as ""minimalist, "" ""austere, "" ""ascetic, "" ""elliptical, "" ""autonomous, "" ""pure, "" even ""gentle."" Most famously, Paul Schrader once called Bresson's fil.
Anime: A Critical Introduction maps the genres that have thrived within Japanese animation culture, and shows how a wide range of commentators have made sense of anime through discussions of its generic landscape. From the battling robots that define the mecha genre through to S…