Film theory & criticism books

This innovative study centres on the body as a centripetal force in Burton's work and considers the array of anomalous,...  Read More >>

This collection the first comprehensive English-language study of Leni's life and career offers new insights into...  Read More >>

Bringing together a range of international scholars, European Film Remakes discusses for the first time the textual,...  Read More >>

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

The annual Beijing Film Academy Yearbook showcases the best academic debates, discussions and research, as previously...  Read More >>

Leading scholars and practitioners, Laura Mulvey and writer/director Sue Clayton, bring together journalists and...  Read More >>

Documentary in Wales has emerged only recently, with a new Welsh-language broadcaster launching in 1982. It has...  Read More >>

Examines the uses of vertical metaphors across a broad canvas of American, English, and European fiction, poetry,...  Read More >>

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This collection of film profiles, comprising 37 discussions, covers a variety of films from the twentieth century....  Read More >>

Presents conceptual parallels between modern cinema and modern architecture. Approaches director Béla Tarr through...  Read More >>

""The preoccupation with ""depth"" and its relevance to cinema and media studies""--  Read More >>

This monograph offers a cutting edge perspective on the study of Chinese film stars by advancing a “linguaphonic”...  Read More >>

""The preoccupation with ""depth"" and its relevance to cinema and media studies""--  Read More >>

Who doesn't love the movies? If there's one thing we all have in common, it's that a few hours of escapism in front...  Read More >>

Students love watching movies. Give them the tools to understand why.  Read More >>

Since the 1960s, the occult in film and television has responded to and reflected society's crises surrounding gender...  Read More >>

Considers how film and related visual media offer insights into the city, looking at the built environment as well...  Read More >>

An ethnographic study of the Egyptian film industry The enormous influence of the Egyptian film industry on popular...  Read More >>

Flash Flaherty, the much-anticipated follow-up volume to The Flaherty: Decades in the Cause of Independent Cinema,...  Read More >>

Since the 1960s, the occult in film and television has responded to and reflected society's crises surrounding gender...  Read More >>

Drawing on recent psychological research, this book proposes a new and clear definition of ""style"" and provides...  Read More >>

Testifies to the cultural, social, and political significance of children's culture in the development of generational...  Read More >>

THE LOST FILMS FANZINE is the premiere digest fanzine specializing in lost films, un-produced scripts, and obscure...  Read More >>

An exploration of black superheroes as a fascinating racial phenomenon and a powerful source of racial meaning,...  Read More >>