Film theory & criticism books

Australian and New Zealand crime and thriller writing is booming globally, with antipodean authors regularly featuring...  Read More >>

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A história do cinema para quem tem pressa se propõe a contar uma das maiores sagas do século 20 (e deste início...  Read More >>

This study offers close readings of cinematic and literary representations of the contemporary French workplace,...  Read More >>

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Analyzes contemporary superhero-themed cinema, television, and web series in Latin America.  Read More >>

This study investigates the close correlation between politics and mainstream cinema vividly evidenced in Russian...  Read More >>

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Film historian and acclaimed bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, biography of Hollywood...  Read More >>

Many works of American film history only skim the surface of the 1941 investigation of Hollywood. In Hollywood Hates...  Read More >>

The superhero permeates popular culture from comic books to film and television to internet memes, merchandise,...  Read More >>

Many works of American film history only skim the surface of the 1941 investigation of Hollywood. In Hollywood Hates...  Read More >>

The superhero permeates popular culture from comic books to film and television to internet memes, merchandise,...  Read More >>

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Studies the work of British film-maker and writer Patrick Keiller, German writer W. G. Sebald, and Welsh writer...  Read More >>

What are Monsters? Monsters serve as a warning about something amiss in our surroundings. This collection of original...  Read More >>

Based on detailed onsite observation of documentary production, circulation practices and the analysis of film texts,...  Read More >>

This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy...  Read More >>

Dialectics without Synthesis explores Japan’s active but previously unrecognized participation in the global circulation...  Read More >>

The study of amateur filmmaking and media history is a rapidly-growing specialist field, and this ground-breaking...  Read More >>

With case studies of high-profile stars like Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, this ground-breaking book examines...  Read More >>

In Cinema, If You Please, Murray Pomerance explores our ways of watching film in light of socially organized forms...  Read More >>

This book problematises how the sense of self and subjectivities are understood in contemporary China, and provides...  Read More >>

Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and...  Read More >>

Making a compelling argument for the continuing relevance of Brechtian film theory and cinema, this book offers...  Read More >>