Film theory & criticism books

How changing depictions of pregnancy in comedy from the start of the twentieth century to the present show an evolution...  Read More >>

Breaking Away, released in 1979, is the quintessential underdog movie, earning numerous award nominations and ranking...  Read More >>

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Christmas turns everyone who celebrates it into a classic film fan-at least for that special season. The average...  Read More >>

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Exposes a stylistic tradition of flamboyantly failed passing in queer literature and film. This book posits formal...  Read More >>

Introducing the concepts of d-ecocinema and d-ecocinema criticism, Monani expands the purview of ecocinema studies...  Read More >>

The Financial Image: Finance, Philosophy, and Contemporary Film draws on a broad range of narrative feature films,...  Read More >>

Offers an important insight into the formative moments of transnational film culture in Australia  Read More >>

Uncovers the life and work of a key figure in British cinema, Adrian Brunel  Read More >>

Examines the cinematic strategies that elicit visceral pleasurein the face of content that is crass, politically...  Read More >>

Exploresthe encounter between Emmanuel Levinas' ethical thought and aesthetic realisms of the body  Read More >>

Examines the extensive and diverse oeuvre of American filmmaker William Wyler  Read More >>

Explores the cinematic appeal and star persona of Yul Brynner  Read More >>

The first critical work to emphasize Richard Brook's ""literariness""  Read More >>

Thefirst multi-disciplinary reconsideration of Lynch's uvre  Read More >>

Discusses film adaptations of Russian classics since the 1960s  Read More >>

A new critical perspective on the female auteur that considers her place in the avant-garde tradition of provocation...  Read More >>

Offers the first sustained analysis of films about ageing and dementia through a temporal framework  Read More >>

Offers the first edited collection with an explicit documentary focus on fashion icons, events, cultures and industries...  Read More >>

The first book on the renowned and notorious cult filmmaker Roberta Findlay  Read More >>

Offers a sustained analysis of a cluster of French films made during, and in response to, the Algerian War of Independence...  Read More >>

A critical reassessment of the aesthetic strategies and cultural value of exoticism in contemporary transnational...  Read More >>