Film theory & criticism books

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Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

Author: David Weir (The Cooper Union, New York, USA)
ISBN: 9781839022036
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Ernst Lubitsch’s Trouble in Paradise (1932) was released at a critical moment in cinema history, just after the...  Read More >>

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

Author: Michael Atkinson (Adjunct Professor of Film at Long Island University, Long Island University, USA)
ISBN: 9781839023712
Format: Paperback
$26.99

New edition includes eight-page afterword on Blue velvet and the passage of time.  Read More >>

The Acoustics of the Social on Page and Screen

The Acoustics of the Social on Page and Screen

Author: Professor or Dr. Nathalie Aghoro (Assistant Professor of American Studies, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany)
ISBN: 9781501361388
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Sound positions individuals as social subjects. The presence of human beings, animals, objects, or technologies...  Read More >>

Hitchcock and the Censors

Hitchcock and the Censors

Author: John Billheimer
ISBN: 9780813180540
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Postcolonial Screen Adaptation and the British Novel

Postcolonial Screen Adaptation and the British Novel...

Author: Vivian Y. Kao
ISBN: 9783030545826
Format: Paperback
$194.04

This book brings film adaptation of literature to bear on the question of how nineteenth-century imperial ideologies...  Read More >>

12 Angry Men: Reginald Rose and the Making of an American Classic

12 Angry Men: Reginald Rose and the Making of an American...

Author: Phil Rosenzweig
ISBN: 9780823297740
Format: Hardback
$162.00

The untold story behind one of America's greatest dramas In early 1957, a low-budget black-and-white movie opened...  Read More >>

Guillermo del Toro: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work

Guillermo del Toro: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work...

Author: Ian Nathan
ISBN: 9780711263284
Format: Hardback
$59.99

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Star Wars Year By Year New Edition

Star Wars Year By Year New Edition

Author: Kristin Baver ,  Pablo Hidalgo
ISBN: 9780744028645
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Discover everything you've ever wanted to know about Star Wars in this complete history of the most famous franchise...  Read More >>

The Paths of Zatoichi: The Global Influence of the Blind Swordsman

The Paths of Zatoichi: The Global Influence of the Blind...

Author: Jonathan Wroot
ISBN: 9781793601216
Format: Hardback
$277.20

The Paths of Zatoichi charts the history and continuing influence of the Japanese film and TV franchise about Zatoichi...  Read More >>

Movie Mavens: US Newspaper Women Take on the Movies, 1914-1923

Movie Mavens: US Newspaper Women Take on the Movies,...

Author: Richard Abel ,  Richard Abel
ISBN: 9780252086045
Format: Paperback
$60.99

During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite...  Read More >>

Moonlight: Screening Black Queer Youth

Moonlight: Screening Black Queer Youth

Author: Maria Flood
ISBN: 9780367151393
Format: Hardback
$110.00

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20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio

20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation...

Author: Scott Eyman
ISBN: 9780762470938
Format: Hardback
$45.00

From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film...  Read More >>

Horror Franchise Cinema

Horror Franchise Cinema

Author: Mark McKenna (Bournemouth University, UK) ,  William Proctor (Staffordshire University, UK)
ISBN: 9780367183271
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book explores horror film franchising from a broad range of interdisciplinary perspectives and considers the...  Read More >>

James Baldwin Review: Volume 7

James Baldwin Review: Volume 7

Author: Douglas Field ,  Justin Joyce
ISBN: 9781526162779
Format: Paperback
$70.00

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Zuzu Bailey's It's a Wonderful Life Cookbook

Zuzu Bailey's It's a Wonderful Life Cookbook

Author: Karolyn Grimes ,  Franklin Dohanyos
ISBN: 9780806541679
Format: Paperback
$55.00

"The actress who played ZuZu in ""It's a Wonderful Life"" serves up old-fashioned recipes and memories that comfort--inspired...  Read More >>

Cinema on the Front Line: British Soldiers and Cinema in the First World War

Cinema on the Front Line: British Soldiers and Cinema...

Author: Chris Grosvenor
ISBN: 9781905816736
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Cinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how British soldiers engaged with...  Read More >>

Screening the Hollywood Rebels in 1950s Britain

Screening the Hollywood Rebels in 1950s Britain

Author: Dr Anna Ariadne Knight
ISBN: 9781526154484
Format: Hardback
$200.00

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The Real James Dean Lib/E: Intimate Memories from Those Who Knew Him Best

The Real James Dean Lib/E: Intimate Memories from Those...

Author: Peter L Winkler ,  Peter L Winkler
ISBN: 9798212116473
Format: Audio
$65.97

In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best--actors, directors, friends, lovers (both...  Read More >>

Our Ideal Selves: 1999 Actors who Became Global Icons of Their Generations

Our Ideal Selves: 1999 Actors who Became Global Icons...

Author: Daniel Kimo
ISBN: 9798754411067
Format: Paperback
$52.77

If you have ever tried acting at an amateur level, you will appreciate what top professional actors go through in...  Read More >>

These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World

These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America...

Author: Grady Hendrix ,  Grady Hendrix
ISBN: 9781665029094
Format: Audio
$113.49

EXPLODING FISTS ... BREAKING BOUNDARIES ... DEFYING ODDS ... BONE-BLASTING ... SPINE-SHATTERING ... BOX-OFFICE-BUSTING...  Read More >>

These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World

These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America...

Author: Grady Hendrix ,  Grady Hendrix
ISBN: 9781665029100
Format: Audio
$105.47

EXPLODING FISTS ... BREAKING BOUNDARIES ... DEFYING ODDS ... BONE-BLASTING ... SPINE-SHATTERING ... BOX-OFFICE-BUSTING...  Read More >>

The Pleasure in/of the Text: About the Joys and Perversities of Reading

The Pleasure in/of the Text: About the Joys and Perversities...

Author: Hugo Azérad ,  Marion Schmid
ISBN: 9781789977004
Format: Paperback
$109.45

Why do we read? What exactly thrills us in the text? Drawing on the work of Roland Barthes, this collection explores...  Read More >>

The Aesthetics of Horror Films: A Santayanan Perspective

The Aesthetics of Horror Films: A Santayanan Perspective...

Author: Forrest Adam Sopuck
ISBN: 9783030843458
Format: Hardback
$142.29

This book analyzes the nature and functions of horror films from the vantage of a theoretical reconstruction of...  Read More >>

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