Film theory & criticism books

The Lure of the Image shows how camera movement, a long-neglected topic of study, challenges key assumptions underlying...  Read More >>

The Cinematic Language of Theo Angelopoulos offers a detailed study and critical discussion of the acclaimed filmmaker’s...  Read More >>

I'm a film director / writer / producer and publisher. I've published SPFX (Special Effects Magazine) since 1976....  Read More >>

The Lure of the Image shows how camera movement, a long-neglected topic of study, challenges key assumptions underlying...  Read More >>

**A New York Times Editor's Choice selection!** This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television...  Read More >>

English summary: The merging of the viewer with the cinematic world, his immersion in fiction, places special demands...  Read More >>

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Combining in-depth textual analyses of selected case studies and broader historical contextualization, Movie Minorities...  Read More >>

Explores the many narrative platforms of the multiverse of Star Wars, including through film, television, fiction,...  Read More >>

Explores the many narrative platforms of the multiverse of Star Wars, including through film, television, fiction,...  Read More >>

Combining in-depth textual analyses of selected case studies and broader historical contextualization, Movie Minorities...  Read More >>

From A New Hope to The Rise of Skywalker and beyond, this book offers the first complete assessment and philosophical...  Read More >>

Sheldon Lu traces how filmmakers and artists from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have addressed questions...  Read More >>

From A New Hope to The Rise of Skywalker and beyond, this book offers the first complete assessment and philosophical...  Read More >>

WINNER of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Best First Book Award 2023 Limit Cinema explores how...  Read More >>

This open access study of the film Grendel Grendel Grendel, directed by Alexander Stitt, presents it as a masterpiece...  Read More >>

Fertile Visions conceptualises the uterus as a narrative space so that the female reproductive body can be understood...  Read More >>

Muslims in the Movies provides an introduction to the subject of Muslims and film for new readers while also serving...  Read More >>

A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy...  Read More >>

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Die untersuchten Beispiele sind einerseits repräsentativ im Hinblick auf typische Elemente, Motive oder Topoi und...  Read More >>

This unique collection focuses on the work of legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.  Read More >>

Anhand paradigmatischer sowjetischer, ost- und westdeutscher Kriegsfilme über den Zweiten Weltkrieg, die die kollektive...  Read More >>

Air Travel Fiction and Film: Cloud People explores how, over the past four decades, fiction and film have transformed...  Read More >>

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