How can I best learn the French language, grammar, and pronunciation? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2008 - 16 answers

Suggest online or DVD resources for a new filmmaker to learn about lenses, film formats, shot composition, camera moves, dialogue staging, and other aspects of cinematography & directing? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 7 answers

Recursion filter: I recently came across the phrase 'Mise en Abyme' and have become fascinated by recursion in literature, language and film. What writings have used these themes in their form to address the questions they posed? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 18 answers

I'm looking for fictional intragenerational incest narratives -- books, film, television, etc. -- in which the relationship is presented as a tragic love, doomed to failure. I'm not interested in the probably more common (and more realistic) pure trauma narratives. The relationship need not necessarily be physically consummated. [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 49 answers

Stories about healthy, "normal" marriages? [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2008 - 41 answers

I'm doing research (for a writing project) into Film Noirs and Mystery Pulps, and I'm looking for good selections of a certain plot type: the "missing person" scenario. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2007 - 20 answers

Who would sacrifice their reputation for the sake of the world? [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2007 - 71 answers

Does anyone know what this book and these films are? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 9 answers

Looking for books, essays, articles, any resources at all about film's relationship to literature. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2006 - 10 answers

Fiction usually comes in two flavours: 1st person narrative or 3rd person description. What short stories or novels have been written in 2nd person perspective (i.e. from the reader's viewpoint)? Also, are there any movies shot entirely from this angle?
posted on Jan 17, 2006 - 63 answers

Lately I've been on a sort of Africa kick. I'm mostly ignorant of the continent, and think that's a shame. Can you recommend good books and films on Africa? (Any aspect is fine: big or small.) [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2005 - 43 answers

Have the film rights to Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon been sold? In general how does one discover the answer to such a question (what the kids call google-fu is weak with me)?
posted on Apr 23, 2005 - 22 answers

KeepingUpWithTheKidsFilter: How do you keep up with new books, music, films, etc.? More inside.
posted on Jan 12, 2005 - 20 answers