AFTRS Library New Titles. On display 14 September to 28 September 2018: New Books

In his provocative anthology of the writers he most admires, Breton discusses the acerbic aphorisms of Swift, Lichtenberg and Duchamp, the theatrical slapstick of Christian Dietrich Grabbe, the wry missives of Rimbaud and Jacques Vache, the manic paranoia of Dali, the ferocious iconoclasm of Alfred Jarry and Arthur Carvan and the offhand hilarity of Apollinaire.

This collection brings together an exciting group of established and emerging scholars to consider the history of feminist film theory and new developments in the field and in film culture itself. Opening the field up to urgent questions and covering such topics as new experimental film, the digital image, consumerism, activism, and pornography, Feminisms will be essential reading for scholars of both film and feminism.

Dunaway conducts an unforgettably engaging tour through the twists of Huxleys fate in the US from celebrity to despair and isolation, through agonies of conscience and the quest for inner vision. The portrait that emerges is a considerable contribution to literary biography, a view of one of the most forward-looking, original and lucid minds of his generation at work in the Hollywood he once called an adult toy palace Amazon.

In six interconnected, darkly funny stories, Tomine forms a quietly moving portrait of contemporary life. Adrian Tomine is a master of the small gesture, equally deft at signaling emotion via a subtle change of expression or writ large across landscapes illustrated in full color. Killing and Dying is a fraught, realist masterpiece.

A groundbreaking investigation into the early life of the iconic Akira Kurosawa in connection to his most famous film--taking us deeper into Kurosawa and his world. Anderer looks beyond the aura of Kurosawa's fame and leads us deeper into the tragedies and the challenges of his past. Kurosawa's Rashomon uncovers how a film like Rashomon came to be, and why it endures to illuminate the shadows and the challenges of our present.

This selection of McFarlane's writings on film, taken as a whole, tells a story about what has brought us back to the cinema again and again, from recent times to a now more distant past. In his attuned but easy style, sprinkled with wit and insight, this guide will bring back memories, fill gaps in the reader's knowledge, trigger conversations, and inspire delight and enthusiasm. Making a Meal of It is a first-rate resource for film buffs and excellent dinner-table company.

From a selection of photographs compiled by Hopper and gallerist Tony Shafrazi, this extensive volume, finally back in print in a new edition, distills the essence of Hopper's prodigious photographic career. This volume revives an unprecedented exploration of the life and mind of one of America's most fascinating personalities.

Alex Prager is one of the truly original image makers of our time. Working fluidly between photography and film, she creates large-scale projects that combine elaborately built sets, highly staged, complex performances and a 'Hollywood' aesthetic to produce still and moving images that are familiar yet strange, utterly compelling and unerringly memorable.

Speaking in Tongues is a contemporary Australian theatre classic and a unique experience in the theatre: a study of strained relationships wrapped in tangly theatrical riddles and shrouded in mystery.

Television and New Media introduces readers to the ways that new media technologies have transformed contemporary broadcast television production, scheduling, distribution, and reception practices. This book examines the ways that television programming has changed--transforming nearly every TV series into a franchise, whose on-air, online, and on-mobile elements are created simultaneously and held together through a combination of transmedia marketing and storytelling.