Film theory & criticism books

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What are the consequences of how Jews are depicted in movies and television series? Drawing on a host of movies...  Read More >>

In this book, adopting Žižek’s own tactic of counterintuitive observation, we shall read the corpus of Alfred Hitchcock’s...  Read More >>

Offers new insights into the life and career of a determined actress who left an indelible mark on the film industry...  Read More >>

The book identifies and critically analyses Hausa contemporary films known as Kannywood. The focus is on video films...  Read More >>

William Klein’s Mr. Freedom (1969) is one of the most important American satirical films ever produced, the tale...  Read More >>

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The works probed most fully are ones by Theo Angelopoulos, Ingmar Bergman, Harun Farocki, Theodor Fontane, Henry...  Read More >>

This is a collection of twenty-three original interviews with stars of the silent screen, with biographical information...  Read More >>

This is a collection of twenty-three original interviews with stars of the silent screen, with biographical information...  Read More >>

What are the consequences of how Jews are depicted in movies and television series? Drawing on a host of movies...  Read More >>

William Klein’s Mr. Freedom (1969) is one of the most important American satirical films ever produced, the tale...  Read More >>

A unique exploration of contemporary filmmaking from cinema's ultimate insiders.  Read More >>

D. Harlan Wilson's rigorous study of Minority Report recounts the film's inception, production, reception, and afterlife...  Read More >>

Studies the force of action, motion, and vision in the early cinema of Hollywood director Raoul Walsh.  Read More >>

A critical reflection on the power of moviemaking to shape our collective imagination of better futures Through...  Read More >>

The book describes the political background for the events of the year 1956, including the changing Soviet atmosphere...  Read More >>

Examines the role that parenting, as a theme and practice, plays in film and media cultures. Mothers of Invention...  Read More >>

Framing hygiene within the project of national reconstruction after World War I, The Hygienic Apparatus explores...  Read More >>

Examines the role that parenting, as a theme and practice, plays in film and media cultures. Mothers of Invention...  Read More >>

Traces how the environmental effects of industrialization reverberated through the cinema of Germany's Weimar Republic....  Read More >>

A groovy guide to film's weirdest strangeness.  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1954, this was the first factual history of comedy films and the men and women who had since...  Read More >>

Beginning in the 1920s, audiences around the globe were seduced not only by Hollywood films but also by lavish movie...  Read More >>