An authoritative guide to the action-packed film genre With 24 incisive, cutting-edge contributions from esteemed scholars and critics, A Companion to the Actio

Includes short entries for actresses, genres, studios and topics.

Broad in scope, this interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on historical film features essays that explore the many facets of this expanding fiel

An authoritative companion that offers a wide-ranging thematic survey of this enduringly popular cultural form and includes scholarship from both established an