Film theory & criticism books

This comprehensive volume, “Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers Volume 1930-1935, ” offers a...  Read More >>

""The Cinema; Its Present Position and Future Possibilities"" offers a fascinating glimpse into the nascent years...  Read More >>

Das ""Jahrbuch FÃ1/4r Photographie, Kinematographie Und Reproduktionsverfahren, Siebenter Jahrgang"" bietet einen...  Read More >>

The study analyzes John Ford's films Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950)...  Read More >>

This thesis studies the depiction of military life and actions in war movies. The public's perception of the military...  Read More >>

The American Motion Picture Directory is a cyclopedic directory of the motion picture industry, originally published...  Read More >>

A personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood,...  Read More >>

An in-depth look at the classic 1983 film with many interviews.  Read More >>

An in-depth look at the classic 1983 film with many interviews.  Read More >>

This coursebook is the first full-length study of cinematic ""legal medievalism,"" or the modern interpretation...  Read More >>

How Genre Governs Creation in the Medieval Icelandic Sagas applies theoretical observations on the workings of genre...  Read More >>

With the inclusion of twelve original articles by established and emerging international scholars, this volume offers...  Read More >>

This book explores the new European cinema of precarity, with a particular focus on Western European films, by revisiting...  Read More >>

Building confidence through a careful, step-by-step approach, this book is an essential companion for students undertaking...  Read More >>

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most influential filmmakers to emerge in the last half-century. His films have been...  Read More >>

Alicia Malone-TCM on-air host (including the network's weekly TCM Imports series)-offers movie buffs and streaming...  Read More >>

Sergei Eisenstein's unfinished masterpiece, Ivan the Terrible, was no ordinary movie. Commissioned by Joseph Stalin...  Read More >>

Building confidence through a careful, step-by-step approach, this book is an essential companion for students undertaking...  Read More >>

This is a historical and structural study of the Stalker Film. As a subcategory of the more general Slasher Film,...  Read More >>

The only work investigating and breaking down the contemporary American Survival Film (from Cast Away onwards),...  Read More >>

A biography of af actor-director Clint Eastwood.  Read More >>

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This book focuses on the art and films produced between the years 2002 and 2017 in relation to the Colombian armed...  Read More >>

Step back in time to the golden age of silent film with ""Stars of the Photoplay,"" a captivating glimpse into the...  Read More >>

Travel through time with Marty, Doc, and the unforgettable Back to the Future trilogy-celebrating 40 years of fandom...  Read More >>