Film theory & criticism books

American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11 is a ground-breaking collection of essays by some of the foremost scholars...  Read More >>

Mathew Abbott presents a powerful new film-philosophy through the cinema of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Mathew...  Read More >>

This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood...  Read More >>

Using detailed case studies, this innovative book draws upon new archival research, industrial analysis and close...  Read More >>

By blending film studies and cognitive sciences, Mikls Kiss and Steven Willemsen's study on Impossible PuzzleFilms...  Read More >>

Based on rare archival documents and films, this anthology is the first to focus primarily on the use of official...  Read More >>

Women held more positions of power in the silent film era than at any other time in American motion picture history....  Read More >>

An historically informed reappraisal of the work of Hal Ashby, one of New Hollywood cinemas pioneering yet neglected...  Read More >>

Stephen Frears has a career approaching over half-a-century, directing films of astonishing variety, beauty, and...  Read More >>

Everyone knows Iron Man, Superman, Captain America, and Batman. They are some of the biggest cinematic icons of...  Read More >>

Written to accompany movies screened by the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas, the CinemaTexas...  Read More >>

Indian cinema is the only body of world cinema that depicts courtesans as important characters. In early films courtesan...  Read More >>

The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions. It won five Oscars, including Best Picture,...  Read More >>

Danger: Diabolik (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years....  Read More >>

Written to accompany movies screened by the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas, the CinemaTexas...  Read More >>

Luka Arsenjukconsiders Sergei Eisenstein as a filmmaker and a theorist, drawing onphilosophers such as G.W.F. Hegel...  Read More >>

Federico Fellini is often considered a disengaged filmmaker, more interested in self-referential dreams and grotesquerie...  Read More >>

For fans of the Black Panther American superhero featured in the movie by the same name, consider this artistic...  Read More >>

For fans of the Black Panther American superhero featured in the movie by the same name, consider this artistic...  Read More >>

This book takes an original transnational approach to the theme of Nazism and neo-Nazism in film, media, and popular...  Read More >>

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The third part of a three-volume work devoted to mapping the transnational history of Australian film studies, Volume...  Read More >>

Hong Kong Horror Cinemaoffers new insights into the history of Hong Kong horror through case studies of classic...  Read More >>

With contributions from an international range of specialists, and with considerations of works by contemporary...  Read More >>

Focusing on the social experience of cinema and cinema-going, this collection of essays provides a detailed context...  Read More >>