Film theory & criticism books

The vivid and untold story of the Golden Age of classic animation and the often larger-than-life artists who created...  Read More >>

The book concludes with Logan, Wonder Woman 1984, and Amazon Prime’sThe Boys as distinctly reflective fantasy narratives...  Read More >>

Matthew H. Brown explores the connections between Nigeria's booming film industry, state television, and colonial...  Read More >>

Matthew H. Brown explores the connections between Nigeria's booming film industry, state television, and colonial...  Read More >>

Looks exclusively at high school films as valuable markers of contemporary Japanese culture.  Read More >>

Mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking is a global phenomenon with distinctive festivals, filmmakers and creatives...  Read More >>

This collection of essays offers a critical assessment of Labour in a Single Shot, a groundbreaking documentary...  Read More >>

An in-depth analysis of contemporary cinematic practices in European cinema-thinking, with a focus on Romanian filmmaking....  Read More >>

How do we understand types of cinema that offer experiences of discomfort, awkwardness or disquieting uncertainty?...  Read More >>

An international and interdisciplinary group of film, architecture and urban studies scholars examine the relationship...  Read More >>

With new exclusive input from writer, director and star Alice Lowe, the text also looks at the production’s inception...  Read More >>

Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear (1991) opens with a shot of water andclimaxes on a raging river. The director’s love...  Read More >>

This Devil's Advocate explores Brian Desmond Hurst's much loved 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, through...  Read More >>

Through nearly 1,000 photographs, this picture essay illustrates the day-to-day activities on the set of the greatest...  Read More >>

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Taking advantage of the partial opening of secret police archives in Russia and Romania, Police Aesthetics explores...  Read More >>

What is the importance of film festivals in the context of film culture at large? What logic reigns within the film...  Read More >>

Shrayana Bhattacharya explores diverse Indian women's lives, desires, and struggles through their shared fandom...  Read More >>

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Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear (1991) opens with a shot of water andclimaxes on a raging river. The director’s love...  Read More >>

With new exclusive input from writer, director and star Alice Lowe, the text also looks at the production’s inception...  Read More >>

This Devil's Advocate explores Brian Desmond Hurst's much loved 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, through...  Read More >>

The ultimate guide and review book to the films of Dracula, Frankenstein and other classic monsters from 1910 to...  Read More >>

Demonstrates how transhistorical myths of masculinity are both perpetuated and challenged in recent Mexican cinema....  Read More >>

Der Verein Le Bon Film ist der alteste heute noch existierende Filmclub der Schweiz. Er spielte in den letzten Jahren...  Read More >>