Film theory & criticism books

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Transgressive Art Films: Extremity, Ethics, and Controversial Images of Sex and Violence

Transgressive Art Films: Extremity, Ethics, and Controversial...

Author: Oliver Kenny (Lecturer in Film and Media, Institute of Communication Studies (ISTC), Catholic University of Lille.)
ISBN: 9781474483940
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Explores extremity in films and it's ethical, theoretical and film-philosophical implications  Read More >>

Characters in Film and Other Media: Theory, Analysis, Interpretation

Characters in Film and Other Media: Theory, Analysis,...

Author: Jens Eder
ISBN: 9781800642485
Format: Paperback
$298.19

'Film Characters: Theory, Analysis, Interpretation' will therefore be of great value to scholars and students of...  Read More >>

Revulsion: The Paradox of Disgust in the Rape-Revenge Narrative

Revulsion: The Paradox of Disgust in the Rape-Revenge...

Author: Brandon West
ISBN: 9798881903046
Format: Paperback
$121.44

The extant scholarship of the rape-revenge narrative has frequently either upheld this narrative form's feminist...  Read More >>

Screening Adult Cinema

Screening Adult Cinema

Author: Farrah Freibert ,  Peter Alilunas
ISBN: 9781032232225
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Criterion Tuesdays, Vol. 2

Criterion Tuesdays, Vol. 2

Author: Peter Johansson
ISBN: 9798988160830
Format: Paperback
$79.20

The author of Criterion Tuesdays is back with 100 new essays on Criterion Collection films. Spanning over 100 years...  Read More >>

""All I wanna do is go the distance"": Essays on the Rocky Franchise and Its Enduring Cultural Impact

""All I wanna do is go the distance"": Essays on the...

Author: Philip L Simpson ,  Kathy Merlock Jackson
ISBN: 9781476695488
Format: Paperback
$131.87

If any film has gone the distance, it's Rocky (1976), which spawned one of the longest running franchises in film...  Read More >>

Parallel Realities in Russian and Ukrainian Contemporary Cinema

Parallel Realities in Russian and Ukrainian Contemporary...

Author: Tetyana Shlikhar
ISBN: 9798897830145
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This book explores recent Russian and Ukrainian cinema to uncover the roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It...  Read More >>

Lionel Barrymore: Character and Endurance in Hollywood's Golden Age

Lionel Barrymore: Character and Endurance in Hollywood's...

Author: Kathleen Spaltro ,  Coleen Marlo
ISBN: 9798228620582
Format: Audio
$121.41

Once called ""the most gifted character actor of our time"" by Broadway theater producer Arthur Hopkins, Lionel...  Read More >>

Lionel Barrymore: Character and Endurance in Hollywood's Golden Age

Lionel Barrymore: Character and Endurance in Hollywood's...

Author: Kathleen Spaltro ,  Coleen Marlo
ISBN: 9798228620599
Format: Audio
$121.31

Once called ""the most gifted character actor of our time"" by Broadway theater producer Arthur Hopkins, Lionel...  Read More >>

Two-Wheeled Cinema: Motorcycles in Film from The Great Escape to Akira

Two-Wheeled Cinema: Motorcycles in Film from The Great...

Author: Jack Mercer
ISBN: 9781923545830
Format: Paperback
$65.97

From the thundering escape of Steve McQueen to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Tokyo, motorcycles have played an outsized...  Read More >>

Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the Campfire

Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the...

Author: Jeff Hayes
ISBN: 9781948221320
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Softcover edition contains over 100 NEW BONUS PAGES and more than 50 ADDITIONAL IMAGES about Sleepaway Camp II and...  Read More >>

Single and Psycho: How pop culture created the unstable single woman

Single and Psycho: How pop culture created the unstable...

Author: Caroline Young
ISBN: 9781916812543
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A lively, sharp and thought-provoking exploration of the enduring stereotype of the dangerous single woman in popular...  Read More >>

Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema

Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin...

Author: Irina Dzero
ISBN: 9781683405290
Format: Paperback
$80.99

Through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America, this book makes the case that contemporary...  Read More >>

Slavonic & East European Review (103.2) 2025

Slavonic & East European Review (103.2) 2025

Author: Simon Dixon
ISBN: 9781839547119
Format: Paperback
$258.72

Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 103, number 2  Read More >>

Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema

Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin...

Author: Irina Dzero
ISBN: 9781683405146
Format: Hardback
$254.00

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Odd Couples: From the History of Cinema

Odd Couples: From the History of Cinema

Author: P Adams Stney
ISBN: 9781861714268
Format: Hardback
$97.65

ODD COUPLES FROM THE HISTORY OF CINEMA By P. Adams Sitney A new collection of essays from P. Adams Sitney,...  Read More >>

Interface Frictions: How Digital Debility Reshapes Our Bodies

Interface Frictions: How Digital Debility Reshapes Our...

Author: Neta Alexander
ISBN: 9781478032168
Format: Paperback
$66.99

Neta Alexander explores how ubiquitous design features in digital platforms such as playback speed, autoplay, and...  Read More >>

Global Perspectives on Indigenous Film and Literature

Global Perspectives on Indigenous Film and Literature...

Author: Amar Ramesh Wayal ,  A. P. Anupama
ISBN: 9789819671120
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This edited volume comprehensively explores narrative survival in Indigenous film and literature, forging a literary...  Read More >>

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