Film theory & criticism books

There have been many worthy books on the Keystone Film Company, Mack Sennett, and Mabel Normand--not to mention...  Read More >>

Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky theorizes the process genre--filmic genre characterized by its representation of chronologically...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging collection of innovative and leading scholarship on the international film festival.  Read More >>

Explores the importance of Christianity in shaping post-War European cinema.  Read More >>

Weaving together critical analysis and a filmic conversation, this book journeys through the multiple layers of...  Read More >>

Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky theorizes the process genre--filmic genre characterized by its representation of chronologically...  Read More >>

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Towards a Better Understanding of Film, Mental Health, and Modern MasculinityFrom the counselor and YouTube star...  Read More >>

Challenging assumptions around Sixties stardom, the book focuses on creative collaboration and the contribution...  Read More >>

An original reflection on Italy's postwar boom considers potentials for resistance in today's neoliberal (dis)order...  Read More >>

The eco-psychopathologies presented in these essays range from medieval literature to contemporary film. The romantic...  Read More >>

An original reflection on Italy's postwar boom considers potentials for resistance in today's neoliberal (dis)order...  Read More >>

Theorists of the soundtrack have helped us understand how the voice and music in the cinema impact a spectator's...  Read More >>

This is the first book in English on the films of Konrad Wolf (1925-1982), East Germany's greatest filmmaker, and...  Read More >>

This book offers a new way of thinking about film endings. Whereas existing works on the subject concentrate on...  Read More >>

Describes the traditional formulas that have made sports movies such crowd-pleasers, including stock figures like...  Read More >>

Describes the traditional formulas that have made sports movies such crowd-pleasers, including stock figures like...  Read More >>

Eric Smoodin takes readers on a journey through the streets, cinemas, and theaters of Paris to sketch a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Most conventional film histories dismiss the early 1960s as a pallid era, a downtime between the heights of the...  Read More >>

Horror cinema is a genre that is undergoing constant evolution, from the sub-genre of 'found footage,' to post-cinematic...  Read More >>

Arab Modernism as World Cinema explores the radically beautiful films of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi, demonstrating...  Read More >>

A study of how film has continually intervened in our sense of perception, with far-ranging insights into the current...  Read More >>

Arab Modernism as World Cinema explores the radically beautiful films of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi, demonstrating...  Read More >>

A study of how film has continually intervened in our sense of perception, with far-ranging insights into the current...  Read More >>

How is the temporal composition of audiovisual images linked to different modes of affectivity? This volume examines...  Read More >>