Film theory & criticism books

With nostalgia for the 1980s at an all-time high, we present the latest in our partnership with Turner Classic Movies,...  Read More >>

The first in-depth analysis of the films of Alexander Payne through the lenses of authorship, tourism, and leisure....  Read More >>

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""A detailed and innovative book which examines weird, eerie and horrifying children's television and literature...  Read More >>

""Provides a historical account of motion picture websites from 1993 to 2008 and their marketing function as industrial...  Read More >>

""An investigation into how Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) significantly contributes to the Body Horrors of mainstream...  Read More >>

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Presents an overview of the collaborative practice of film production, which is broken down into key components...  Read More >>

""A collection of essays by queer writers that explore the complicated legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show along...  Read More >>

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

An analysis of how post-9/11 war movies changed from following soldiers on specific missions to chronicling war...  Read More >>

A comprehensive survey of Jean-Luc Godard's vast body of unrealised projects in film, video and television as well...  Read More >>

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This two-volume work encourages students, fans, and scholars to take an expansive view of Michael Jackson’s art....  Read More >>

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White Screens, Black Dance analyzes the film and television dances of male screen stars in the United States during...  Read More >>

In this book, Molly Geidel traces the rise and fall of the development film, an overlooked film genre that circulated...  Read More >>

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open intiative. Emergent Voices is the first...  Read More >>

Horror noir is cursed. Kubrick is a crime. Cringey men kill. Such is Bernie Dowling's world of film noir.  Read More >>

In this book, Molly Geidel traces the rise and fall of the development film, an overlooked film genre that circulated...  Read More >>

This collection offers close readings on Hammer’s cycle of horror films, analysing key films and placing particular...  Read More >>

Exploring the dynamic genres of animation and comic book films, this book examines the transmedia role of Spider-Man:...  Read More >>

Surveying disaster film from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective, this book explores the disaster film genre from...  Read More >>

""A History of Shock Film"" tells the story of movies that broke taboos in the realms of sex, violence, profanity,...  Read More >>

Newsies has been a self-perpetuating cultural phenomenon for over three decades. Initially a box office flop, the...  Read More >>