Film theory & criticism books

What could movies as diverse as The Last Samurai, Cléo from 5 to 7, or Dr. Strangelove have in common? Filmonomics...  Read More >>

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Featuring work by key figures in international documentary scholarship and talented emerging scholars, the Handbook...  Read More >>

Situating The Craft within the teen horror revival of the 1990s, Miranda Corcoran analyses the film within the context...  Read More >>

The Cabin in the Woods (2012), directed by Drew Goddard and co-authored by Goddard and Joss Whedon of Buffy-fame,...  Read More >>

This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar René Girard from the perspectives...  Read More >>

Out of print for years and newly retitled and expanded, this deluxe new edition of Gifford's celebrated handbook...  Read More >>

Out of print for years and newly retitled and expanded, this deluxe new edition of Gifford's celebrated handbook...  Read More >>

Alters the landscape of Lacanian film theory by revealing an ""emancipatory drive"" in transnational cinema.  Read More >>

Dispels the idea that postwar British comedies were apolitical, arguing instead that they presented subversive,...  Read More >>

This book is a unique collection that reflects critically on the complex, non-unidirectional, and organic relationship...  Read More >>

his book delves into the powerful role of sound and silence in film translation, revealing how acoustic choices...  Read More >>

Analyzes how French and Chinese literary and filmic texts enact a series of feminist affective responses to the...  Read More >>

Through his investigation of Mann's filmography and the personality that flowsthrough it, author Deryck Swan provides...  Read More >>

Exploring film through its living spaces.  Read More >>

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

'Tiempo de amistad' es el primer volumen colectivo en español que se centra en la representación cinematográfica...  Read More >>

A cultural history of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in film and television from early cinema to the present.  Read More >>

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Examines cinema as a cultural venue that constructs and disseminates the sex slave figure on a visual plane.  Read More >>

Explore the art and science of filmmaking with Peter Milne's ""Motion Picture Directing: The Facts and Theories...  Read More >>

Delve into the fascinating world of early motion pictures with ""Film Truth; November, 1920,"" a meticulously restored...  Read More >>

Delve into the history of film with ""Motion Pictures, 1971,"" a fascinating catalog of copyright entries from the...  Read More >>

Delve into the captivating world of early cinema with ""Motion Pictures, 1894-1912,"" a meticulously compiled catalog...  Read More >>