Film theory & criticism books

Including chapters on film history, film texts, and the decade’s film theory and criticism, Women and New Hollywood...  Read More >>

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This book is a groundbreaking and comprehensive account of Hollis Frampton’s work in its totality, from his earliest...  Read More >>

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If you already know the Universal Monsters, deadites, cenobites, people under the stairs, silver shamrocks, maniacs...  Read More >>

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that...  Read More >>

This book is a groundbreaking and comprehensive account of Hollis Frampton’s work in its totality, from his earliest...  Read More >>

If you already know the Universal Monsters, deadites, cenobites, people under the stairs, silver shamrocks, maniacs...  Read More >>

Alexander Bakshy (1885-1949) was the first movie critic for the Nation (1927-33) as well as one of America's first...  Read More >>

Best Movie Ever is the product of dozens of hours of interviews with members of Josie and the Pussycats' cast and...  Read More >>

Horror Bulletin Monthly June 2023 (#21) The newest issue of the Horror Bulletin Monthly includes reviews of everything...  Read More >>

Since their inception, motion pictures have brought fantastic imagery to life, mining mythology and folklore to...  Read More >>

Alan J. Pakula’s political thriller All the President’s Men (1976) was met with immediate critical and commercial...  Read More >>

A surreal and darkly humorous vision, David Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977) has been recognised as a cult classic since...  Read More >>

"Universally regarded as the ultimate adventure/fantasy film, 1933's King Kong continues to amaze audiences with...  Read More >>

Uses popular films to reveal the tensions generated during Japan's postwar ""economic miracle,"" challenging the...  Read More >>

""A reinterpretation of Antonioni's most important films as political cinema, engaged with issues which are still...  Read More >>

It's an epic tale that spans more than 30 years. As the Cold War took hold at that dawn of the 1950s the U.S. government...  Read More >>

From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents...  Read More >>

Moreover, Joker is a highly political film that comments in important ways on American political history from roughly...  Read More >>

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From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents...  Read More >>

Through his investigation of Mann's filmography and the personality that flowsthrough it, author Deryck Swan provides...  Read More >>

Kubrick and Control is an examination of authority, order, and independence in the films directed by Stanley Kubrick,...  Read More >>

Both a deep dive into the life of an internationally renowned institution and an exploration of the growth of an...  Read More >>