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The celebrated, multi-award-winning film critic's intelligent guide to the movies—with more than 2,800 reviews. "A master of synopsis, Pauline Kael has contrived to tell us between the covers of one book what eight decades of film are about and who is in them and behind them, and to reflect, swiftly but astutely, on what they signify. No one else has done that; no one else could have done that." —Wallace Shawn, from the Foreword Look up a movie in this guide, and chances are you'll find yourself reading on about the next movie and the next. Pauline Kael's reviews aren't just provocative—they're addictive. These brief, informative reviews, written for the "Goings On About Town" section of The New Yorker, provide an immense range of listings—a masterly critical history of American and foreign film. This is probably the only movie guide you'll want to read for the sheer pleasure of it.
Loving Music Till It Hurts explores how people's intense love and protectiveness of music can lead to interpersonal conflicts, societal injustices, and violence. But how might we love music, even embrace it as vital to human thriving, without weaponizing this love? What can we do when loving music and loving people seem at odds?
Theatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout the book so that students can better understand the concepts being discussed. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre are explored, from the classical definition of theatre to today’s most avant-garde theatre activities. Types of plays, the elements of drama, and theatre criticism are presented, as well as detailed descriptions of the different jobs in theatre, such as actor, playwright, director, designer, pr...
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Written by two bestselling computer book authors, this guide will help readers maximize all of Netscape's exciting new features. The authors provide extensive, up-to-the-minute coverage of the hottest tools and plug-ins for Netscape Navigator Gold that are revolutionizing the World Wide Web. Features HTML, LiveWire Pro, GGI, Perl, JavaScript, Java, and VRML.