Film theory & criticism books

In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets,...  Read More >>

Transgressive by nature, erotic literature engages the reader in a dialogue informed by the social and aesthetic...  Read More >>

You Don't Know Me, But You Love Me is a biography of beloved American movie actor Dick Miller. Miller's fantastically...  Read More >>

How should the people that initiated a journey be remembered? What obligations arise as a result of their passing...  Read More >>

Japanese Cinema Between Frames is a bold examination of Japanese film aesthetics that reframes the nation’s cinema...  Read More >>

Analyzes how location-shot crime films of the 1970s reflected and influenced understandings of urban crisis.  Read More >>

Assesses how cinematic biographies of key figures reflect and shape what it means to be British.  Read More >>

A quote from the motion picture musical, Sound of Music. *** This journal alternates between 9 LINED pages for...  Read More >>

For fans of the motion picture musical, Sound of Music, especially fans who are sixteen going on seventeen. ***...  Read More >>

A quote from the motion picture musical, Sound of Music. *** This journal alternates between 9 LINED pages for...  Read More >>

A simple sentimental gift for fans of the motion picture musical, Sound of Music. *** This journal alternates...  Read More >>

A quote from the motion picture musical, Sound of Music. *** This journal alternates between 9 LINED pages for...  Read More >>

For fans of the motion picture musical, Sound of Music. *** This journal alternates between 9 LINED pages for...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Cinematography in the Weimar Republic argues that the new medium of film was preeminent among the avant-garde art...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Take one well-oiled effective killing machine, add a familiar hero on the ground, in the air, and on horseback;...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This volume analyses the role of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and its sequels in the evolution of the Gothic.  Read More >>

This groundbreaking edited collection is the first major study to explore the intersection between cognitive theory...  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 >>

This book examines the multi-media explosion of contemporary political satire. This study interrogates the impact...  Read More >>

This book gathers together essays written by leading scholars of adaptation studies to explore the full range of...  Read More >>

Les robots au cinéma...C'est du cinéma de SF, oui, mais aussi du cinéma fantastique...C'est quoi, au fait, un robot...  Read More >>

From the 1920s-1960s, American cinematic architecture underwent a seismic shift: movie theaters were neutralized...  Read More >>