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The story of TV's longest-running sitcom and the characters who created it, marking twenty years on the air.

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""The Simpsons"" will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this fall. No other TV show has had the enduring popularity or cultural influence that The Simpsons has. When it premiered in 1989, the enthusiastic reaction to its subversive humor …

Thisaccessible guide takes cult cinema fanatics and academics alike through the 100 most memorable films, showcasing such diverse hits as The Sound of Music, Edward Scissorhands, and The Gods Must Be Crazy. This guide does not limit readers to cinematic favorites of the general public alone, but instead explores the worlds of such cult sub-genres …

100 Documentaries provides concise and authoritative entries on one hundred key non-fiction films, from the Lumiere brothers and the beginnings of film history to the present day, including recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and March of the Penguins. In addition to the Introduction to the volume, which outlines the history, key periods and …

Since its explosion in the 1950s, science fiction has become one of the most popular film genres, with numerous dedicated fan conventions, academic conferences, websites, magazines, journals, book clubs, memorabilia and collectibles. Once relegated to B budget status, today's science fiction films are often blockbuster productions, featuring major …

What do images of the body, which recent poets and filmmakers have given us, tell us about ourselves, about the way we think and about the culture in which we live?

In his new book A Body of Vision, R. Bruce Elder situates contemporary poetic and cinematic body images in their cultural context.

Elder examines how recent artists have tried to rec …

Wedding in White, by William Fruet; Three Women, by Hugh Garner; The Devil's Instrument, by W.O. Mitchell; The Pile, The Store, and Inside Out, by Mavor Moore; Westbound 12:01, by Brock Shoveller.