Film theory & criticism books

"""How Films Tell Stories"" (2nd ed) presents a concise and engaging introduction to the narrative strategies of...  Read More >>

In The Image in Early Cinema, the contributors examine intersections between early cinematic form, technology, theory,...  Read More >>

The first study to contextualise fully the changes brought about by railways and cinema, and demonstrate the resultant...  Read More >>

Politics Goes to the Movies introduces the topic of political representation and ideology by analysing some of the...  Read More >>

This book explores archival restoration, colour film technology, colour theory, and experimental film alongside...  Read More >>

Exploring how the figure of the vampire has been infused with the language of science, disease and apocalypse, while...  Read More >>

Politics Goes to the Movies introduces the topic of political representation and ideology by analysing some of the...  Read More >>

This book is a first step toward a serious reassessment of the mostly unspoken theoretical and aesthetic premises...  Read More >>

Providing a clear, systematic account of the evolution of Bellour's thought on the nature of cinematic representation,...  Read More >>

This book covers central films treated in today's college cinema courses and provides students with practical models...  Read More >>

In this close reading of her films and production methods, E. Dawn Hall defines Reichardt's auteur characteristics,...  Read More >>

Tracking the revitalization of the British horror film industry over the past two decades, media expert Steven Gerrard...  Read More >>

Celluloid Singapore is a ground-breaking study of the three major periods in Singapore's fragmented cinema history,...  Read More >>

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Providing a clear, systematic account of the evolution of Bellour's thought on the nature of cinematic representation,...  Read More >>

Addressing representations of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic cinemas, this ground-breaking...  Read More >>

A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the...  Read More >>

Examines outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with...  Read More >>

Examines outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with...  Read More >>

Barbara Hammer (b. 1939) is an American feminist artist known as a pioneer of queer experimental and documentary...  Read More >>

An expose of Hitler's relationship with film and his influence on the film industry  Read More >>

An expose of Hitler's relationship with film and his influence on the film industry  Read More >>

An expose of Hitler's relationship with film and his influence on the film industry  Read More >>

An essential collection of groundbreaking film writing from the legendary Evergreen Review and its cutting-edge...  Read More >>

A film-centric portrait of the extraordinarily gifted movie director whose decades-long influence on American popular...  Read More >>