Film theory & criticism books

In this book Lorraine Mortimer reunites film and anthropology through the works of Roger Sandall, a New Zealand-born...  Read More >>

AMC's Mad Men is a cultural phenomenon. The groundbreaking drama about the inner workings of a 1960s Madison Avenue...  Read More >>

Released in 1932, The Mummy moved Universal horror into a land of deserts, pyramids, and long-lost tombs. This book...  Read More >>

Shivers (1975) was David Cronenberg’s first commercial feature and his first horror film. Luke Aspell’s analysis...  Read More >>

Revisits Herzog's classic film from a decisively contemporary standpoint, bringing into play the development of...  Read More >>

Offers not only a close reading but also a film-historical contextualization of Phoenix, constituting the most significant...  Read More >>

A guide through the many aspects of Wenders's groundbreaking film,...  Read More >>

""Mad movie ad collector Michael Gingold returns with Ad Nauseam II, a deep dive into his personal collection of...  Read More >>

Enjoy a trip down legendary US 66 to visit the 105 drive-in theaters along the way. Historian and Carload.com webmaster...  Read More >>

AMC's Mad Men is a cultural phenomenon. The groundbreaking drama about the inner workings of a 1960s Madison Avenue...  Read More >>

In Osteuropa beschaftigen sich immer mehr Kinofilme und Fernsehserien mit historischen Themen. Dabei wird oft ein...  Read More >>

In this study of the impact and influence of the New Wave in French cinema, Douglas Morrey looks at both the subsequent...  Read More >>

It is the general consensus that in the history of motion pictures, the year 1939 was undoubtedly Hollywood's greatest...  Read More >>

In this study of the impact and influence of the New Wave in French cinema, Douglas Morrey looks at both the subsequent...  Read More >>

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""A generously illustrated, wide-ranging selection of essays on American films helmed by non-American filmmakers.”...  Read More >>

Developing a concept of the image in contemporary art, this title shows how art and politics have always been intrinsically...  Read More >>

"Goddess and the Girl Next Door tells the story of the final days of Marilyn Monroe and how the making of ""Something's...  Read More >>

La projection du monde est un grand classique de la reflexion cinematographique, le premier livre consacre au cinema...  Read More >>

In The Screenwriter's Troubleshooter, Emmanuel Oberg offers a unique and indispensable survival kit for Film and...  Read More >>

Celluloid Classicism provides a rich and detailed history of two important modern South Indian cultural forms: Tamil...  Read More >>

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Celluloid Classicism provides a rich and detailed history of two important modern South Indian cultural forms: Tamil...  Read More >>

Studying Film with André Bazin offers an entirely original interpretation of major concepts from Bazin’s legacy,...  Read More >>

If the sheer diversity of recent hits from Twelve Years a Slave to Get Out, to Black Panther tells us anything,...  Read More >>