Film theory & criticism books

Explores the ""torture"" of mannered behavior and the prevalence of etiquette as a theme in classical and contemporary...  Read More >>

Offers the first extended, critical evaluation of all of Brian Desmond Hurst's films, reappraising the reputation...  Read More >>

Using sources from a wide variety of print and digital media, this book discusses the need for ample and healthy...  Read More >>

Situating The Craft within the teen horror revival of the 1990s, Miranda Corcoran analyses the film within the context...  Read More >>

Australian Genre Film interrogates key genres at the core of Australia’s so-called new golden age of genre cinema,...  Read More >>

With the support of Turner Classic Movies and Warner Bros. amid celebrations of the studio's 100th anniversary,...  Read More >>

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Precis de critique sociale recouvert d'un vernis de chansons qui restent en tete et de robes aux couleurs vives,...  Read More >>

Situates the dance craze ‘Salomania’ as a turning point in the history of the modern business of erotic dance. Framing...  Read More >>

This indispensable collection offers 51 chapters, each focused on a distinct American independent film.  Read More >>

Offers the first extended, critical evaluation of all of Brian Desmond Hurst's films, reappraising the reputation...  Read More >>

In this biography, now translated into English for the first time, Bert Rebhandl provides a balanced evaluation...  Read More >>

This book gives Laugier’s response as a philosopher-viewer to selected TV shows from the last 20 years, and their...  Read More >>

The first book to explore the hold of the TV series on ordinary life from a philosophical and ethical perspective....  Read More >>

Offers the first book-length investigation Albert Brooks' more than six-decade comedy career.  Read More >>

Mapping the Rockumentary: Images of Sound and Fury is the first anthology to explore the rockumentary as a central...  Read More >>

Essays in The Oxford Handbook of New Science Fiction Cinemas address the impact of new theoretical approaches and...  Read More >>

The rise of Iranian cinema to world prominence over the years is one of the most fascinating cultural stories. There...  Read More >>

War Crimes and Misdemeanors on Joni Järvi-Laturin kirjoituskokoelma. Kirja sisältää kirjoituksia taiteesta, kulttuurista...  Read More >>

In its entirety, this volume endeavors to examine how 21st-century media presents and contends with the body and...  Read More >>

What was cinema, and what will it be? The Swiss-French director Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022) wrote the history of...  Read More >>

This book, the first scholarly study of Friedkin's films, reveals how they confront the ambiguities of law and morality,...  Read More >>

Analyses how migrants are portrayed in film from different viewpoints.  Read More >>

This fascinating book examines badfilms; a subcategory of 'bad cinema' marked by incompetence, and typically exacerbated...  Read More >>

Examines Francois Ozon, one of France's most prolific and best known international (queer) directors.  Read More >>