Film theory & criticism books

An exposé of patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and the labor and activist...  Read More >>

The giallo (yellow) film cycle, characterized by its bloody murders and blending of high art and cinematic sleaze,...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young and his films in English  Read More >>

Examines race and nation in postcolonial, settler-colonial, and Indigenous film adaptation  Read More >>

The giallo (yellow) film cycle, characterized by its bloody murders and blending of high art and cinematic sleaze,...  Read More >>

Revisits Taiwan New Cinema in relation to film festivals from cultural, historical, and geopolitical standpoints....  Read More >>

Ce livre s’impose tel un véritable devoir de mémoire envers les pionniers du cinéma de fiction LGBTQ+ québécois...  Read More >>

Il doppiaggio costituisce per l'Italia un invidiabile primato: è infatti un'invenzione assolutamente italiana. È...  Read More >>

Ce livre s’impose tel un véritable devoir de mémoire envers les pionniers du cinéma de fiction LGBTQ+ québécois...  Read More >>

It's one of the greatest movie romances of all time. Yet the friction and controversy surrounding The Way We Were...  Read More >>

It's one of the greatest movie romances of all time. Yet the friction and controversy surrounding The Way We Were...  Read More >>

From the revered chief film critic for Slate, a fresh and captivating cultural analysis of Buster Keaton—and an...  Read More >>

The 1930s was a magical age in Hollywood, with Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, and Clark Gable lighting...  Read More >>

The 1930s was a magical age in Hollywood, with Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, and Clark Gable lighting...  Read More >>

An examination of Gone With the Wind, the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history...  Read More >>

By focusing on regional film markets in Thessasloniki, Sarajevo, and Tbilisi, Coproduction Europe uses comparative...  Read More >>

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

From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations...  Read More >>

From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations...  Read More >>

About the success of disaster movie, The Towering Inferno.  Read More >>

About the success of disaster movie, The Towering Inferno.  Read More >>

In this book, ten experts in philosophy of film explore the importance of transcendence for cinema as an art form...  Read More >>

This 100th Anniversary Edition of ""The Brothers Warner"" is the definitive family biography and intimate portrait...  Read More >>

Teen films of the 1980s were notorious for treating consent as irrelevant with scenes of boys spying in girls' locker...  Read More >>

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