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Gender and Sexuality in East German Film
The first scholarly collection in English or German to fully address the treatment of gender and sexuality in the productions of DEFA across genres and in social, political, and cultural context.
"The Lives of Others" and Contemporary German Film
This volume offers the first book-length academic investigation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others (2006). The aim of this edited collection is twofold. On the one hand, it offers new insight into one of the most successful German films of the past two decades, placing The Lives of Others within its wider historical, political, aesthetic and industrial context. On the other, it offers this group of scholars, which includes many of the leading international figures in the field, opportunity to make a series of interventions on the state of contemporary German film and German film studies.
The Lives of Others
This study offers a fresh approach to the remarkable German film The Lives of Others (2006), known for its compelling representation of a Stasi surveillance officer and the moral and ethical turmoil that results when he begins spying on a playwright and his actress lover. Annie Ring analyses the film's cinematography, mise-en-scène and editing, tracing connections with Hollywood movies such as Casablanca and Hitchcock's Torn Curtain in the film's portrayal of an individual rebelling against a brutal dehumanising regime. Drawing on archival sources, including primary research from the Stasi files themselves, as well as Enlightenment philosophies of art and Brecht's theories on theatre dating...
The German Cinema Book
This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the present day, covering key periods and movements including early and silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema, the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship; film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics, including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections. Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies, including of individual films that illuminate larger histories (Heimat, Downfall, The Lives of Others, The Edge of Heaven and many more); stars from Ossi Oswalda and Hans Albers, to Hanna Schygulla and Nina Hoss; directors including F.W. Murnau, Walter Ruttmann, Wim Wenders and Helke Sander; and film theorists including Siegfried Kracauer and Béla Balázs. The volume provides a methodological template for the study of a national cinema in a transnational horizon.
Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance, 2015 Edition
Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance is a one-volume resource that gives you straightforward instruction on complying with both federal and state laws for all areas of payroll administration: from calculating gross pay to handling garnishments, from taxation of fringe benefits to year-end reporting. Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance helps you take the guesswork out of payroll compliance with current coverage of: Wage and hour laws Taxation and reporting of wages Taxation of fringe benefits and other compensation Tax deposit requirements Garnishments New hire reporting Year end reporting Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance gives you the information you need to ensure federal and state compliance, including: Quick, clear explanations of Federal rules and regulations Easy to read requirements for all 50 states Line-by-line and box-by-box instructions for completing payroll tax forms And much more!
Complete Guide to Federal and State Garnishment, 2016 Edition
Complete Guide to Federal and State Garnishment provides much-needed clarity when the federal and state laws appear to conflict. You'll find plain-English explanations of the laws and how they interact, as well as the specific steps you and your staff need to take to respond to the order properly. Numerous detailed examples and mathematical calculations make it easy to apply the law under different scenarios. Written by Amorette Nelson Bryant, who was recently appointed by the Uniform Law Commission as an observer for the Drafting Committee on a Wage Garnishment Act and was a past chair of both the APA GATF Child Support Subcommittee and Garnishment Subcommittee, Complete Guide to Federal an...
Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance
"Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance"is a one-volume resource that gives you straightforward instruction on complying with both federal and state laws for all areas of payroll administration: from calculating gross pay to handling garnishments, from taxation of fringe benefits to year-end reporting. "Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance" helps you take the guesswork out of payroll compliance with current coverage of: Wage and hour laws Taxation and reporting of wages Taxation of fringe benefits and other compensation Tax deposit requirements Garnishments New hire reporting Year end reporting "Quick Reference to Payroll Compliance" gives you the information you need to ensure federal and state compliance, including: Quick, clear explanations of Federal rules and regulations Easy to read requirements for all 50 states Line-by-line and box-by-box instructions for completing payroll tax forms And much more!
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