Film theory & criticism books

This edited collection examines post-2008 developments in Balkan cinema in terms of aesthetics and industry. It...  Read More >>

Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection analyses the depiction offigures of transgression (e.g. traitors,...  Read More >>

This important book fills a gap in the literature on women screen practitioners and is a long overdue response to...  Read More >>

Music in Action Film is the first volume to address the central role of music and sound in action film - arguably...  Read More >>

An hilarious send-up of sex, scandal and the Golden Age of Hollywood by a legendary cartoonist.  Read More >>

Obwohl die fraktale Perspektive unsere Weltwahrnehmung bestimmt und sich nicht nur in unseren Vorstellungen uber...  Read More >>

​James Bond 007 ‒ die erfolgreichste Kinofilmserie der Welt nimmt auf seine Fangemeinde seit über 50 Jahren Einfluss:...  Read More >>

Music in Action Film is the first volume to address the central role of music and sound in action film - arguably...  Read More >>

In Not According to Plan, Maria Belodubrovskaya reveals the limits on the power of even the most repressive totalitarian...  Read More >>

Examines the aesthetic history and relations between Cuban film production and Italian Neorealism. The historical...  Read More >>

This volume looks at how each Star Trek series reflected the cultural landscape of its time—from the original series...  Read More >>

From The Birth of a Nation to Forrest Gump, from the bayou to the Appalachians, American filmmakers have been fascinated...  Read More >>

Reading Shakespeare in the Movies: Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning analyzes the unacknowledged, covert presence...  Read More >>

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A unique collection that offers in-depth analyses of fifteen different films, each by a different director, produced...  Read More >>

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Reviled on its release, Peeping Tom (1960) all-but ended the career of director Michael Powell, previously one of...  Read More >>

In Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Fear Eats the Soul (Angst Essen Seele Auf, 1974) Emma (Brigitte Mira), a working-class...  Read More >>

""First published in 1997 by the British Film Institute""--Copyright page.  Read More >>

One of the greatest collaborations of cinema history, L'Âge d'Or(1930) united the geniuses of Luis Buñuel and Salvador...  Read More >>

The Seventh Seal is probably Bergman's best-known work and the film that most clearly bears the director's unmistakeable...  Read More >>

Sam Rohdie's insightful and compelling analysis of Luchino Visconti's 1960 epic of modern urban life reveals the...  Read More >>

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Asks readers to contemplate what traditionally constitutes a “war story” and how that constitution obscures the...  Read More >>