With his thumbprint on the most ubiquitous films of childhood, Walt Disney is widely considered to be the most conventional of all major American moviemakers. The adjective "Disneyfied" has become sh
Whether you judge by box office receipts, industry awards, or critical accolades, science fiction films are the most popular movies now being produced and distributed around the world. Nor is this phe
Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll analyzes the cultural, political, and social revolution that took place in the U.S. (and in time the world) after World War II, crystalizing between 1955 and 1970. During t
In Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned From Watching John Wayne Movies, author Doug Brode explores the film legacy of the Duke and provides commentary on the lessons learned from the archetypes
Though Elvis Presley's music is widely credited as starting a sea change in American popular culture, his films are often dismissed as superficial. Beyond the formulaic plotlines and the increasingly
In his latest iconoclastic work, Douglas Brode—the only academic author/scholar who dares to defend Disney entertainment—argues that “Uncle Walt's” output of films, television shows, theme parks, and
"From the Globe to the multiplex, this exhaustive study leaves no stone unturned." (Kirkus Reviews) William Shakespeare is currently enjoying his most glorious and popular success since the golden day
Author Douglas Brode has written many books on film and popular culture. In this work for general readers and students of film studies, media studies, and popular culture, he details depictions of you
"Overturns conventional thinking that the Western genre is essentially conservative. Instead, Brode demonstrates that Hollywood liberals used Westerns to espouse a progressive agenda on a range of iss
Shakespeare is now enjoying perhaps his most glorious--certainly his most popular--filmic incarnation. Indeed, the Bard has been splashed across the big screen to great effect in recent adaptations of
