Film theory & criticism books

Fritz Lang's 'M' (1931) is an undisputed classic of world cinema. Lang considered it his most lasting work. Peter...  Read More >>

A reassessment of the supposed 'crisis' of contemporary film criticism, in light of wider technological, industrial...  Read More >>

Films both reflect and construct social reality, especially in the way they employ, affirm and critique the discourses...  Read More >>

Soviet expedition films from between 1925-1940 are examined as early forms of documentaries with both ideological...  Read More >>

The contributors to Media Crossroads examine space and place in media as they intersect with sexuality, race, ethnicity,...  Read More >>

Streaming auf der Couch: Kinofilme und Blockbuster bequem daheim anschauen, noch bevor sie in die Kinos kamen. Das...  Read More >>

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Analysing the film’s narrative system, issues of genre, authorship, social history, homesickness and ‘family values’,...  Read More >>

Analysing the film’s narrative system, issues of genre, authorship, social history, homesickness and ‘family values’,...  Read More >>

Animating Truth examines the rise of animated documentary in the 21st century, and addresses how non-photorealistic...  Read More >>

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While the first few films about space travel-primarily those by George Pal- were relatively serious and full of...  Read More >>

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Release the Snyder Cut is an entertaining, investigative, and emotional recap of 2017's failed Justice League movie,...  Read More >>

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Release the Snyder Cut is an entertaining, investigative, and emotional recap of 2017's failed Justice League movie,...  Read More >>

Jasmine Nadua Trice examines the politics of cinema circulation in early-2000s Manila, showing how the rising independent...  Read More >>

Jasmine Nadua Trice examines the politics of cinema circulation in early-2000s Manila, showing how the rising independent...  Read More >>

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Die fernsehwissenschaftlichen Aufsätze dieses Bandes leisten einen Beitrag dazu, das Serielle als Kernprinzip des...  Read More >>

""Provides an insightful look at the drafting of one of Hollywood history's greatest scripts, Being There, including...  Read More >>

Television and film have always been connected, but recent years have seen them overlapping, collaborating, and...  Read More >>

Struggles for Recognition traces the emergence of melodrama in Latin American silent film and silent film culture....  Read More >>

This book takes British horror films of the 2000s as a case study to theorise transnational genre hybridity, which...  Read More >>

Studying the careers of popular actors Amedeo Nazzari and Alberto Sordi, Acting Across Borders explores the question...  Read More >>