Film theory & criticism books

This book critically examines how Walt Disney Animation Studios has depicted – and sometimes failed to depict –...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the R. Gapper Book Prize 2020 Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen...  Read More >>

Although ostensibly presented as “light entertainment,” the work of writer-director-producer Joss Whedon takes much...  Read More >>

Certain aspects of American popular culture had a formative influence on early Soviet identity and aspirations....  Read More >>

Takes a long view on the figure of the femme fatale, exploring her style, language, and stories from silent cinema...  Read More >>

Calls into question the historiography on Argentine women filmmakers that has centered on MarÍa Luisa Bemberg to...  Read More >>

Thisbook explores what it meant to be both cosmopolitan and Chinese in the second half of the 20th century.  Read More >>

This book presents the bold and original proposal to replace the general appellation of ‘world cinema’ with the...  Read More >>

Leading and emerging, early career scholars in Classical Reception Studies come together in this volume to explore...  Read More >>

Offers the first book-length study of women filmmakers in horror film, the first all-women edited book on horror...  Read More >>

A bold new account of its subject, Cinema Expanded provides the first scholarly studies of lesser-known avant-garde...  Read More >>

A round-up of the most haunting, spine-chilling, and even family-friendly cinematic spook-fests of all time, Turner...  Read More >>

Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of East Anglia, 2012.  Read More >>

The secular, pluralist culture of the West encourages a subjective approach to spiritual truth where stimulating...  Read More >>

Offers the first book-length study of women filmmakers in horror film, the first all-women edited book on horror...  Read More >>

""A collection offering new research and insights into Steven Spielberg's classic thriller Jaws""--  Read More >>

""This collection re-introduces Marxism into the studies of Third Cinema and World Cinema""--  Read More >>

Author Jonathan Melville looks back at the creation ofHighlanderwith the help of more than 60 cast and crew, including...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

In 1931, Warner Bros. and its sister company, First National, decided to make their own British films, rather than...  Read More >>

Provides an aesthetic and historical overview of and new critical insights into Paul Wegener's great 1920 film,...  Read More >>

Explores Haneke's historically complex film as a reflection on purity, ideology, violence, and child-rearing.  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This book analyses the distinctive screen art of Geraldine Chaplin and uncover parallels between her performances...  Read More >>

Examines disorientation and confusion, and their theoretical implications, in contemporary narrative film  Read More >>