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Like Dorothy waking up over the rainbow in the Land of Oz, Hollywood discovered a vivid new world of color in the 1930s. The introduction of three-color Technicolor technology in 1932 gave filmmakers a powerful tool with which to guide viewers' attention, punctuate turning points, and express emotional subtext. Although many producers and filmmakers initially resisted the use of color, Technicolor designers, led by the legendary Natalie Kalmus, developed an aesthetic that complemented the classical Hollywood filmmaking style while still offering innovative novelty. By the end of the 1930s,...

Rudolf Arnheim (1904-2007) was a pioneering figure in film studies, best known for his landmark book on silent cinema Film as Art. He ultimately became more famous as a scholar in the fields of art and art history, largely abandoning his theoretical work on cinema. However, his later aesthetic theories on form, perception and emotion should play an important role in contemporary film and media studies.

In this enlightening new volume in the AFI Film Readers series, an international group of leading scholars revisits Arnheim's legacy for film and media studies. In fourteen...

We live in an era in which humankind is having a devastating imapct on the planet and its environmental systems. The signs are everywhere: between 1970 and 2012 the number of animals living on the planet declined by almost 60%; the world's coral reefs are bleaching; the malaria bearing mosquito is appearing in places it was previously unknown; and Pacific islands are submerging beneath rising seas.

Centuries of misplaced Christian thinking about creation have left us ill-prepared for this era. In this short book and accompanying bible study guide you have the opportunity to reframe...