Film theory & criticism books

This book probes the production history, initial reception, aesthetics, and legacy of Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than...  Read More >>

""Architectures of Revolt explores the intertwined stories of cinema and the city in 1968, a year which witnessed...  Read More >>

A collection of essays analyzing the place of women in the films of Danish director Lars von Trier.  Read More >>

A new edition of the first book in the acclaimed Pop Classics series - Nayman's brilliant analysis of Showgirls...  Read More >>

100 Jahre Ottomar Domnick – 50 Jahre JONAS. Zum 100. Geburtstag von Ottomar Domnick (geb. am 20. April 1907 in Greifswald,...  Read More >>

The Charlie Chan film series from 1931-1949 went through three lead actors and two studios over 44 films while still...  Read More >>

This book maps the aesthetic experience of late socialism through Cuban film and media practice. It shows how economic...  Read More >>

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Examining a wide range of forms and media, including sound recording, narrative journalism, drawing, photography,...  Read More >>

Combining brilliant close readings of individual films with thoroughly informed historical and cultural observations,...  Read More >>

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Moving Pictures, Still Lives revisits the cinematic and intellectual atmosphere of the late twentieth century. Against...  Read More >>

A collection of writings by the giant of experimental cinema, Stan Brakhage, that shows him in a completely new...  Read More >>

Examining a wide range of forms and media, including sound recording, narrative journalism, drawing, photography,...  Read More >>

A master sailor when he was barely in his twenties, Sterling Hayden (1916-1986) became an overnight film star despite...  Read More >>

Uncommon Alliances: Cultural Narratives of Migration in the New Europetakes a critical stance toward both assimilationist...  Read More >>

Die Filme des polnischen Regisseurs Andrzej Żuławski sind überbordend und frenetisch, seine Figuren scheinen wie...  Read More >>

Jess Franco was a Spanish director, cinematographer, writer, composer, editor, producer and actor in more than 150...  Read More >>

As a rapidly aging continent, Europe increasingly depends on the successful integration of migrants. Unfortunately,...  Read More >>

Since his release of The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in 1957, Ingmar Bergman has been one of the leading...  Read More >>

Overlooked upon its release in 1995, In the Mouth of Madness has since developed a healthy reputation. While numerous...  Read More >>

Emotion and Postmodernism: is it possible to imagine an odder couple, stranger bedfellows, less bad company? The...  Read More >>

This book offers the first specific application in film studies of what is generally known as ecology theory, shifting...  Read More >>

This collection of essays approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the History of Emotions....  Read More >>

Narrative is everywhere and has unique powers: to enchant and inspire, to make sense of our lives and ourselves...  Read More >>