Film theory & criticism books

The American Roadside in Émigré Literature, Film, and Photography: 1955–1985 traces the origin of a postmodern iconography...  Read More >>

Lino Brocka (1939–1991) was one of Asia and the Global South’s most celebrated filmmakers. A versatile talent, he...  Read More >>

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Norman McLaren oeuvre dans le domaine onirique de l'animation. David Cronenberg est maitre du genre de l'horreur...  Read More >>

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Analyzes six films as allegories of capitalism's precarious state in the early twenty-first century.  Read More >>

Investigates how musicals, war films, sex comedies, and Westerns dealt with contentious issues during a time of...  Read More >>

Demonstrates that slapstick film comedies display a canny and sometimes profound understanding of their medium....  Read More >>

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Ecocritique is a practice of radical questioning, as essential to the critical armoury as feminism and postcolonialism...  Read More >>

Arguing for the need to understand Gothic cinema as an aesthetic mode, this book explores its long history, from...  Read More >>

How contemporary films transcode popular discontent with global capitalism.  Read More >>

La Segunda Guerra Mundial en Japón fue un evento único y transformador que implicó la reconstrucción física y espiritual...  Read More >>

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The most comprehensive reference text of theoretical and historical discourse on the biopic film The biopic, often...  Read More >>

A book that will take its place alongside classics like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Robert Evans' The Kid Stays...  Read More >>

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Movie LogBook Movie Review journal for Movies Lovers or Film Students or anyone that loves movies. A Film Criticism...  Read More >>

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A collection of essays by the author about films which were important to pop culture and the genre. Each essay includes...  Read More >>

An exploration of black superheroes as a fascinating racial phenomenon and a powerful source of racial meaning,...  Read More >>

The Hollywood careers of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler brought the composers and their high art sensibility into...  Read More >>

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