Film theory & criticism books

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s emblem, which has opened thousands of movies since 1924, is the most recognized corporate...  Read More >>

In his lively, accessible Some Versions of Cary Grant, author James Naremore argues for the outsized importance...  Read More >>

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Deploys theories of space, mobility, and affect to investigate how war films realize their political projects. Analysing...  Read More >>

Gonzalez shows that this reflects the pessimism and demoralization underlying the Trump phenomenon, and the rise...  Read More >>

A major cultural critic rethinks creativity and the cultural imaginary in a lively exploration of literature, cinema...  Read More >>

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""Explores the ways in which contemporary US cinema engages with the multiple political, social and cultural manifestations...  Read More >>

""An examination of how contemporary film, television, and fan media transform celebrities into fictionalised characters""--...  Read More >>

""A critical exploration of David Bowie's varied works as an actor, revealing who 'Bowie' is while affording the...  Read More >>

""An exciting overview of Costa-Gavras oeuvre, while also attending to the Greek-French filmmaker's life as it weaves...  Read More >>

Through a set of vibrant case studies, this collection investigates rebooting as a practice that seeks to remake...  Read More >>

A searching memoir of a life lived in the flicker of an action film, by the author of I Will Take the Answer In...  Read More >>

English summary: This book traces discourses of post-Fordist transformations of work in contemporary German cinema....  Read More >>

Traces the complex and contradictory representations of Hawai'i in popular film and television programs from the...  Read More >>

Film festivals during the Cold War were fraught with the political and social tensions that dominated the world...  Read More >>

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This collective book analyzes seriality as a major phenomenon increasingly connecting audiovisual narratives (cinematic...  Read More >>

Argues that Nietzsche's idea of the Übermensch was a central concern of filmmakers in the 1920s and 1930s.  Read More >>

Explores Italian filmmakers' representations of China and the Chinese, both at home and abroad.  Read More >>

This book combines urban theory with film studies and cultural theory to explore how twentieth century Los Angeles...  Read More >>

Addresses the creative and often unexpected trajectory of French cinema, which continues to be one of the most provocative...  Read More >>

This book shows the impact of cinema on individuals across the globe, from the 1890s to the present day. It analyses...  Read More >>

In the first book to study the short film using the yin-yang concept, Richard Raskin proposes a new paradigm-describing...  Read More >>

Who Should Have Won the Oscars? If you've ever wondered why the Oscars seem to go to the wrong movies, WHO Won?!?...  Read More >>