Film theory & criticism books

Set to generate discussions in the field for years to come, The Poetics of Poetry Film is an encyclopedic work on...  Read More >>

Cognitive Film and Media Ethics provides a grounding in the use of cognitive science to address key questions in...  Read More >>

In this Devil’s Advocates, horror scholar Kevin Wetmore examines what elements in the film are truly terrifying,...  Read More >>

Transgressive both in its narrative and in its filmmaking, Trouble Every Day (2001) envisions the monster inside,...  Read More >>

This Devil's Advocate considers Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965) within the context of familiar horror tropes and...  Read More >>

Provides a new way of thinking about film's relation to theatre.  Read More >>

""Longtime San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle's freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen...  Read More >>

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A master of gritty horror, Tobe Hooper captured on-screen an America in constant crisis and upended myths of prosperity...  Read More >>

Explores how suburban space and the body are racialized in American film.  Read More >>

Offers a distinctive interpretation of The Godfather as a novel and film sequence.  Read More >>

Historical Dictionary of American Cinema, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive...  Read More >>

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Offers both a production history and a close analysis, with a chapter for each of the film's eleven shots.  Read More >>

Representations of passing enabled Americans to express anxieties about who they were and who they imagined their...  Read More >>

"Exploitation Nation #11: CULTURE: CANCLLED! ""The Muppets have been Cancelled! Looney Toons and Seuss! Everything's...  Read More >>

Uncanny computer-generated animations of splashing waves, billowing smoke clouds, and characters’ flowing hair have...  Read More >>

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Uncanny computer-generated animations of splashing waves, billowing smoke clouds, and characters’ flowing hair have...  Read More >>

The first full-length study dedicated to the film since its release, this book in the Devil’s Advocate series provides...  Read More >>

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Of the many astonishing achievements of The Beatles during their career, 1964's A Hard Day's Night was their greatest...  Read More >>

Aimed at newcomers to literature and film, this book is a guide for the analysis of Shakespeare on film. Starting...  Read More >>

Laura Sava critically engages with the filmic representation of theatre, focusing on a selection of art house and...  Read More >>

With an innovative and strongly interdisciplinary theoretical framework, this book offers an extensive investigation...  Read More >>