Film theory & criticism books

This book looks at international film productions using animation techniques to display and/or to elicit emotions,...  Read More >>

April 2, 2018 was the 50th anniversary of a 1968 premiere screening in Washington, D.C. of Stanley Kubrick's 2001:...  Read More >>

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The book offers a new theory for cinematic metaphor as performative action grounded in the dynamics of viewers'...  Read More >>

A complete introduction to analyzing and enjoying a wide variety of movies, for film students and movie lovers alike...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the underscrutinised topic of cinema newsreels. The book presents a range of current research...  Read More >>

In Screaming for Pleasure, S.A. Bradley takes you on a wild journey exploring horror, where you'll discover what...  Read More >>

Examines the ways childhood was theorized in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century comic strips. Drawing...  Read More >>

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Examines the ways childhood was depicted and theorized in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century comic strips....  Read More >>

"The ""Sons of Godzilla"" covers the Godzilla film sequels (not including those directed by Ishiro Honda which the...  Read More >>

Byronic Heroes in Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing and Screen Adaptation charts a new chapter in the changing...  Read More >>

A simple sentimental gift for fans of the Broadway Musical Hairspray. *** This book alternates 9 LINED pages for...  Read More >>

A simple sentimental gift for fans of the Movie and Musical Hairspray. *** This book alternates 9 LINED pages...  Read More >>

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Ashley Crawford investigates how such figures as Ben Marcus, Matthew Barney, and David Lynch—among other artists,...  Read More >>

Based on detailed onsite observation of documentary production, circulation practices and the analysis of film texts,...  Read More >>

Making a compelling argument for the continuing relevance of Brechtian film theory and cinema, this book offers...  Read More >>

Silent Features is a collection of essays on seventeen feature-length silent films and two silent serial features,...  Read More >>

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Silent Features is a collection of essays on seventeen feature-length silent films and two silent serial features,...  Read More >>

Based on his reading of films, theater and drama, novels, and his own life, Spencer Golub argues that we live an...  Read More >>

Presents the first, full-length scholarly study of Mira Nair’s cinema. Amardeep Singh delves into the complexities...  Read More >>

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