Film theory & criticism books

An incisive analysis of contemporary crime film in Brazil, this book focuses on how movies in this genre represent...  Read More >>

The first volume to challenge the dismissal of Mexican filmmaking from the 1960s to 1980s, an era long considered...  Read More >>

This book defends an account of ambiguity which illuminates the aesthetic possibilities of film and the nature of...  Read More >>

From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation...  Read More >>

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In A Modernist Cinema, sixteen distinguished scholars in the field of the New Modernist Studies explore the interrelationships...  Read More >>

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Examines George A. Romero's regional production company Laurel Entertainment and its contribution to American cinema....  Read More >>

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David Fincher's Zodiac, the first book-length study of the critically acclaimed 2007 release, offers various critical...  Read More >>

A fascinating read combining film and Asian studies, Theorizing Colonial Cinema reveals new contexts within film...  Read More >>

Cinema from the twenty-first century is then analysed to demonstrate the nuanced position chosen by national directors...  Read More >>

The representation of American martial spirit - particularly in the form of heroines - has a rich history in film...  Read More >>

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Par le prisme d'un cas particulierement emblematique dans le domaine des blockbusters, la double trilogie Star Wars...  Read More >>

Presents fifteen essays about sixteen historically and artistically significant films made between 1920 and 1990....  Read More >>

Sets a new standard for exploring the government-Hollywood relationship as it persuasively documents the critical...  Read More >>

The sixth issue of the Horror Guys Monthly review digest, Horror Bulletin, includes reviews of twenty-five full-length...  Read More >>

Challenging the study of both celebrity and the cinema, Mandy Merck argues that modern fame and film melodrama are...  Read More >>

It's Me Billy: Black Christmas Revisited is a brand-new definitive book chronicling the making of Bob Clark's seminal...  Read More >>

The first book to examine contemporary Portuguese cinema in a global context: its national identity, style, history...  Read More >>

From films that claim the status of harsh realism to others which embody aspects of the tradition of modernism or...  Read More >>

The Art of Czech Animation is the first comprehensive English language account of Czech animation from the 1920s...  Read More >>