Film theory & criticism books

GO BEHIND THE SCENES: Features never-before-seen images, insights, and more from the beloved Disney classic. Also contains interviews...  Read More >>

Explore the profound impact and artistry of Martin Scorsese, one of America's greatest living directors.  Read More >>

The collection explores various methods of screen-writing for essay film, through a diverse set of reflections and...  Read More >>

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the neoliberal self, which, far from being a stable marker of urban, liberal, millennial Indian...  Read More >>

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

Magic Lantern Art celebrates the life and artistry of cinema pioneer, Joseph Boggs Beale (1841–1926). Beale was...  Read More >>

Situates the remake as one of the primary responses to Bollywood's globalization and corporatization.  Read More >>

Argues that the experience of the ordinary film viewer and the investigations of the film scholar or film philosopher...  Read More >>

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This book explores the complex relationship between Indian nationalism and Hindi cinema, examining how film serves...  Read More >>

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How can we make sense of intensifying gender inequalities amid the growing visibility of popular, media-driven feminism?...  Read More >>

A comprehensive reassessment of Weimar culture and Hollywood slapstick, cartoon, and screwball cinemas, highlighting...  Read More >>

Hunting Season: Survival at the Edge of Trust is an electrifying survival thriller novel that takes you deep into...  Read More >>

The Settled Screen: Landscape and National Identity in New Zealand Cinema is the first title to explore the relationship...  Read More >>

Examines the narrative articulation of social invisibility in works by two of the most influential Italian cultural...  Read More >>

Adapted from one of Columbia University’s most popular courses, a smart, timely look at the horror genre from a...  Read More >>

Traces the intellectual history of cinema's aspiration to create a universal language, examining how this vision...  Read More >>

The Female Playback in Bombay Cinema is an authoritative addition to the field of sound studies with implications...  Read More >>

Provides a new, eco-materialist account of the emergence of early Euro-American film aesthetics.  Read More >>

Every generation of actors rewrites the truth on screen. This one must learn to bridge the discipline of the past...  Read More >>

Bakhtin's Adventure: An Essay on Life without Meaning offers a bold rereading of Mikhail Bakhtin's groundbreaking...  Read More >>

Discusses how Romanian cinema represents the development of post-1989 Romanian economy and society.  Read More >>