Meynendonckx Fien

From super-evil bad guys like Hannibal Lecter to the heroic adventures of Indiana Jones - in the movies, we find them all: the gangsters and the coppers, the psychos and the superheroes. This book features more than 120 of the greatest heroes and vil lains in the history of the cinema, complete with photographs of the actors playing them, a brief introduction and memorable quotations. And to put everything into scale, every character gets a score out of 10, to establish his or her goodness or evi l. Includes: Gangsters and Coppers; Supergood and Superbad; Fantasy & Horror; Psychos; Science Fiction; Funny Faces; Heroic Heroes; from real life.

The popular image of gangsters is a glamorous one - night clubs, beautiful women, hard men in tailor-made suits. These are the images we have picked up from films, television and advertising. And, real mobsters have themselves been inspired by the portrayal of their (fictional) buddies on the screen. Remember Ray Liotta's first words in the film Goodfellas? "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster - " This book is a celebration of the way life imitates art. In a selection of photographs from films and newspapers, the dazzling traditional image of the gangster comes to life. Notorious mobsters from the USA, the UK and Europe are shown alongside their fictional counterparts from classic crime movies.

Paris by night, city of lights. And among these lights, on the hills of Montmartre, one alluring beacon stands out: the Moulin Rouge. This fascinating book takes you back to the heydays of the legendary cabaret, its dancers, its artists and its surroundings. It takes a look at the history of the cabarets in Montmartre, where you meet artists like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Cheret and even Picasso and stare at stars and legends such as Jane Avril, La Goulue, Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, Mistinguett and Yves Montand. "Moulin Rouge" takes the reader on a photographic journey through space and time: from the provoking can-can to the burlesque outfits and their influence on past and present fashion, shows and events.

Tectum's illustrated Bible series gets another welcome addition with this new volume fully dedicated to street art. Graffiti exists in all shapes and sizes - from stencil and sticker art to old-school spray painting. It appears on bridges, walls and pavements and nowadays in art galleries! This book contains no text but more than 450 amazing colour photographs demonstrating the astonishing skills of the international graffiti artists. These images speak for themselves - and that is exactly what they were meant to do.