Film theory & criticism books

Explores questions of stardom, performance, and their cultural contexts in ways that remind us of the alluring magic...  Read More >>

Assesses and critically responds to Fredric Jameson's remarkable contribution to film theory. The essays explore...  Read More >>

Offers an extensive look at nearly one hundred years of baseball-themed movies, documentaries, and TV shows. The...  Read More >>

Award-winning film historian J.B. Kaufman has been writing articles, essays, and other short-form pieces for more...  Read More >>

Black Mirror is a cultural phenomenon. It is a creative and sometimes shocking examination of modern society and...  Read More >>

Screening Art represents the first full-length study of films about art and artists produced by the state-owned...  Read More >>

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This often-startlingly original book introduces a new way of thinking about color in film as distinct from existing...  Read More >>

Belfast, Beirut and Berlin are notorious for their internal boundaries and borders. As symbols for political disunion,...  Read More >>

This untold origins story of the filmmaker excavates the first true Hitchcock film and explores its transatlantic...  Read More >>

Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 1964.  Read More >>

Federico Fellini (1920-1993), cineaste de Rome par excellence, contribue activement et d'une maniere decisive faire...  Read More >>

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Combining philosophy of art with film criticism, Strohl flips conventional notions of ""good"" and ""bad"" on their...  Read More >>

While the intention of this book is to pay homage to Bryan Forbes’ film, it goes far beyond this, locating it in...  Read More >>

While the intention of this book is to pay homage to Bryan Forbes’ film, it goes far beyond this, locating it in...  Read More >>

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Reading philosophy through the lens of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Andrea Cavalletti shows why, for two centuries,...  Read More >>

Drawing on literary, historical and cultural studies perspectives, this book examines the phenomenon of the “Returned...  Read More >>

A Fan's Look at the Back to the Future Franchise ""Brad Gilmore's book not only offers new perspectives and a...  Read More >>