Film theory & criticism books

The contributors to The Apartment Complex offer global perspectives on films from a diverse set of genres--from...  Read More >>

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Marek Haltof’s seminal survey takes stock of dramatic shifts in Polish...  Read More >>

""A bold and original theoretical approach to the representation of history on film""--  Read More >>

A biocultural study of the cut-throat world of French noir, a genre which upholds the principle of survival of the...  Read More >>

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Wes Anderson’s Symbolic Storyworld presents a theoretical investigation of whatmakes the films of Wes Anderson distinctive....  Read More >>

""A bold and original theoretical approach to the representation of history on film""--  Read More >>

Approaches the concept of race as a social factor made concrete in popular cultural forms. The essays collectively...  Read More >>

Tracing the connections between humanlike robots and AI at the site of dehumanization and exploited labor.  Read More >>

An integrated look at the political films of the 1960s and '70s and how the New Left transformed cinema.  Read More >>

A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science...  Read More >>

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A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science...  Read More >>

Tracing the connections between human-like robots and AI at the site of dehumanization and exploited labor The word...  Read More >>

An integrated look at the political films of the 1960s and '70s and how the New Left transformed cinema A timely...  Read More >>

As well as offering an in-depth analysis of Brazilian film culture, this book engages with well-known international...  Read More >>

Challenging the conventional understandings of literary naturalism defined primarily through its male writers, Donna...  Read More >>

Analyses the fraught location of Appalachians within the southern and American imaginaries, building on studies...  Read More >>

The only writing guide a film student will ever need.  Read More >>

This book presents a detailed academic study of suspense building in Stephen King’s horror novels The Shining and...  Read More >>

Analyses the fraught location of Appalachians within the southern and American imaginaries, building on studies...  Read More >>

Celebrating the cinema of Alain Guiraudie and Albert Serra: interviews with both filmmakers sit alongside a collection...  Read More >>

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This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy...  Read More >>

In den 1950er Jahren entstanden in Italien und in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland mit der ""Cinema Nuovo"" und der...  Read More >>