Film theory & criticism books

Explores how modernist films use classical music in ways that restore the music's original subversive energy.  Read More >>

Assesses how America's film industry remembered World War I during the interwar period.  Read More >>

Considers how dangerous beasts in horror films illuminate the human-animal relationship.  Read More >>

Drawing on the film-philosophies of Stanley Cavell and Gilles Deleuze, argues that skepticism is an ethical problem...  Read More >>

Engaging essays on a wide spectrum of Hollywood directors and the films they created.  Read More >>

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This book establishes more complex genealogies and revised histories of African film through an extension of the...  Read More >>

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This book, drawing on the work of contemporary French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, investigates the aesthetics and...  Read More >>

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This edited volume on new independent Indian cinema is a comprehensive compendium of diverse theoretical, philosophical,...  Read More >>

This book looks at international film productions using animation techniques to display and/or to elicit emotions,...  Read More >>

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Channelling a focus on the history of cinema into the present and beyond, Persistent Images: Encountering Film History...  Read More >>

Providing a comprehensive exploration of his groundbreaking achievements in cinema, the book considers Schrader's...  Read More >>

From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth...  Read More >>

Uncover the twisted tales that inspired the big screen's greatest screams. Which case of demonic possession inspired...  Read More >>

When we see a murder played out in the movies, we become participants. When artfully crafted, murders become insidious...  Read More >>

This book explores cinema and film theory through classical Indian theories.  Read More >>

No theatre company has been involved in such a broad range of adaptations for television and cinema as the Royal...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive study of Harrison Ford’s stardom in relation to changing ideals of masculinity in Hollywood.  Read More >>

This special issue of Cinéma&Cie aims at pushing the discussion on the relationships between avant-garde arts and...  Read More >>

Here be Kraken! The Squid Cinema From Hell draws upon writers like Vilem Flusser, Donna J. Haraway, Graham Harman...  Read More >>