Film theory & criticism books

Dive into the glamorous, scandalous, and downright fascinating world of Playboy with The Ultimate Book of Playboy...  Read More >>

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Featuring a host of unpublished interviews, this is the first book to explore the greatest year in Hollywood's history...  Read More >>

A biography of af actor-director Clint Eastwood.  Read More >>

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Reactivating the familiar classic for contemporary audiences  Read More >>

This book makes the case that the secret to feature filmmaking is that it is fundamentally the practice of making...  Read More >>

Christmas has long been portrayed as a time of joy, reflection and resolution, balancing sentiment with spectacle....  Read More >>

Unravel the Timeless Romance of Providence Falls Ever wondered if true love can defy time itself? In Providence...  Read More >>

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Scare yourself silly with this look at the Halloween franchise with interviews of the actors who made all the horror...  Read More >>

A study of the Maysles' 1975 documentary Grey Gardens in the BFI Film Classics series.  Read More >>

The upwardly mobile Kim family employs a young woman to help manage their new house. Mr. Kim begins an affair with...  Read More >>

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This transnational study explores gender and sexuality in television programming from across Latin America and the...  Read More >>

Surveying the extraordinary scope of contemporary theory, this book brings together contributors from across the...  Read More >>

An interventional and highly interdisciplinary critical analysis of how work is represented in modern media, including...  Read More >>

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Interrogates contemporary sex panics in the United States, looking especially at popular culture texts to conceptualize...  Read More >>

Hollywood’s Others explores the affective ties between white, non-disabled audiences and the fascinatingly different...  Read More >>

Canada Unscripted: Conversations with Canadian Media Icons showcases 21 of the most influential voices in Canadian...  Read More >>

Combines new archival research with innovative theory to reassess the ship's dramatic voyage and analyze its representation...  Read More >>

John Ford at Work: Production Histories 1927–1939 explores the evolution of John Ford's career in the Hollywood...  Read More >>

Hollywood’s Others explores the affective ties between white, non-disabled audiences and the fascinatingly different...  Read More >>