Film theory & criticism books

The history of the films, cartoons, toys, and more: The Back to the Future series is a timeless collection that...  Read More >>

The history of the films, cartoons, toys, and more: The Back to the Future series is a timeless collection that...  Read More >>

Joseph McBride analyzes Ernst Lubitsch’s films in rich detail in the first in-depth critical study to consider the...  Read More >>

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The Formation of Chinese Art Cinema: 1990–2003 examines the development of Chinese art film in the People’s Republic...  Read More >>

Ampia aneddotica, curiosita ed esegesi in uno scritto che ruota intorno al capolavoro cinematografico di Walter...  Read More >>

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"""Studying Alien"" surveys all four films (made between 1979 to 1997) and their relationship to genre, narrative,...  Read More >>

Media literacy. This lively pop-culture primer teaching television as a literary genre, written during pre-Watergate...  Read More >>

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Paramount: City of Dreams brings to life the operations of the world’s grandest movie lot as never before by opening...  Read More >>

Intended as much for students of Italian as of Film Studies, ""Studying Italian Cinema"" provides an accessible...  Read More >>

Sensuous Cinema: The Body in Contemporary Maghrebi Film examines a cluster of recent films that feature Maghrebi(-French)...  Read More >>

Re-Viewing the Past: The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan analyzes the complicated relationship between...  Read More >>

Money is Hollywood’s great theme—but money laundered into something else, something more. Money can be given a particular...  Read More >>

"""A thorough reflection on the stylistic and philosophically-profound cinematic work of Ireland's most exciting...  Read More >>

Challenges the division between fiction and nonfiction as the pivotal categories within film criticism, bringing...  Read More >>

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Intended as much for students of Italian as of Film Studies, ""Studying Italian Cinema"" provides an accessible...  Read More >>

Employs a study of Algerian and French cinema to shed light on the two countries' relationship with the Algerian...  Read More >>

Anecdotal Evidence reveals the deep intertwining of history and ecology in culture, extending to the infrastructure...  Read More >>

Celebrated film director Sergio Leone brings to mind spectacle,...  Read More >>

""Assesses the influence and legacy of Stanley Kubrick's films and thought in 21st century cinema and culture""--...  Read More >>

A cultural history of modern lifestyle viewed through film and multimedia experiments of midcentury designers Charles...  Read More >>