Film theory & criticism books

""The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah...  Read More >>

Mobilizing Music in Wartime British Film examines the preoccupation with art music and total war that animated British...  Read More >>

From early cinema to the digital era, Color in Motion explores the vibrant history of color on screen Published...  Read More >>

This volume explores early cinema audience research, tracing how diverse interdisciplinary studies evolved into...  Read More >>

101 lesser-known stories to delight Canadian cinema and television fans. Do you know who was in the first on-screen...  Read More >>

This book offers a timely look at the cinematic adaptations of Japanese writer Murakami Haruki’s fiction over the...  Read More >>

Reveals the story of Ernest Lehman’s life beyond his legendary work in Hollywood.  Read More >>

MIRROR ANDREI TARKOVSKY POCKET MOVIE GUIDE By Jeremy Mark Robinson A new study of Russian filmmaker...  Read More >>

If your alley is Shubert, then Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums is definitely for you, as it will be for...  Read More >>

This book provides an examination of Big Wednesday as an unconventional film that employs a mythic sensibility in...  Read More >>

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Publishers Weekly praises this deep dive into classic noir films, noting, ""Cinephiles will be enthralled.” Booklist...  Read More >>

One with the Force provides an intimate portrait of 18 universal truths in Star Wars—principles that are true for...  Read More >>

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Delving into District 9’s iconic portrayal of Johannesburg, this book offers a distinctive vantage point on visual...  Read More >>

The New Audience for Old TV is the first book to investigate how audiences re-read and re-interpret resurgent shows...  Read More >>

The Untold Story Behind Yellowstone's Finale and Kevin Costner's Departure This book takes readers on an in-depth...  Read More >>

This book provides a complete description of the development of Italian film and cinema from its beginnings in 1895...  Read More >>

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Drawing upon primary documents from the Korean Film Archive's digitized database and framing South Korean film censorship...  Read More >>

A monograph on the work of legendary writer/director David Cronenberg, master of body horror and cinematic provocateur...  Read More >>

A monograph on the work of legendary writer/director David Cronenberg, master of body horror and cinematic provocateur...  Read More >>

Clever Girl by Hannah McGregor examines the most famous of dinosaur movies, Jurassic Park, and its treatment of...  Read More >>

Michael Eaton analyses Chinatown in the context of the figure of the detective in literature and film from Sophocles...  Read More >>