Film theory & criticism books

Journalist Patrick Jankiewicz takes an incisive look at the amazing story of the entire Jaws franchise. Contains...  Read More >>

Journalist Patrick Jankiewicz takes an incisive look at the amazing story of the entire Jaws franchise. Contains...  Read More >>

Fashioning Spanish Cinema provides a critical examination of the intersections between fashion, costume design,...  Read More >>

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Behold the history of a film so scandalous, so outrageous, so explosive it disappeared from print for over a quarter...  Read More >>

Behold the history of a film so scandalous, so outrageous, so explosive it disappeared from print for over a quarter...  Read More >>

Studying The Lord of the Rings is the first book to consider the films in these terms, looking in turn at each of...  Read More >>

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This book maps father failure and redemption through three decades of Hollywood family films, revealing how libertarian...  Read More >>

A concise and timely analysis of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on film and television production, distribution,...  Read More >>

A journey through a variety of tools and technologies from vlogging to drone cinematography to considerations of...  Read More >>

This book is the first definitive publication on Tunde Kelani, and represents a mine of divergent scholarly approaches...  Read More >>

This book is a passionate rendezvous with cinema, the most collaborative of art forms. The essays here explore the...  Read More >>

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Rithy Panh, a survivor of Cambodia's civil war and the Khmer Rouge regime, has earned a world-wide reputation for...  Read More >>

Rithy Panh, a survivor of Cambodia's civil war and the Khmer Rouge regime, has earned a world-wide reputation for...  Read More >>

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Behold the history of a film so scandalous, so outrageous, so explosive it disappeared from print for over a quarter...  Read More >>

An examination of the critical influence of working actors and actors' labor unions on industrial structures and...  Read More >>

It stands on its own as an account of both the war and the major films that have depicted it.Memories of the Cold...  Read More >>

The beginning of the twentieth century evolved out of an era of Freethinking atheists and agnostics who challenged...  Read More >>

From Levi and Cohen, Irish Comedians (1903) to The Irishman (2019), this book is a fascinating journey through the...  Read More >>

This fascinating study is the first comprehensive, interpretive account of Mae West's life and work. It reveals...  Read More >>

Carl Theodor Dreyer was a visionary director whose films were based less on his screenplays than on his preconceptions,...  Read More >>