Film theory & criticism books

In 1936 Charles and Lucile Herbert founded Western Ways Features to document the landscape, regional development,...  Read More >>

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Provides a fresh perspective on British fantasy film.  Read More >>

Presents a diverse range of phenomenological approaches that explore and expand the subject of film-phenomenology...  Read More >>

In Boston Mass-Mediated, Stanley Corkin explores the power of mass media to define a place. He examines the tensions...  Read More >>

Since 1934, Donald Duck, one of the most published comic book subjects, has been seen in more films than any other...  Read More >>

A beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated retrospective of Spain's most important filmmaker, Pedro Almodóvar....  Read More >>

The official retrospective for the British cinematic masterpiece The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, written...  Read More >>

This irreverent, balls-out celebration of the greatest matchups in sports movie history includes analysis, maps...  Read More >>

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This book charts emergent geographical imaginaries of the Arctic in twenty-first century cultural production from...  Read More >>

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In this Oxford Guide to Film Musicals, author Hannah Lewis gives readers fascinating new insights into the development,...  Read More >>

Silent cinema was never silent. But from the mid-1920s onwards, the 'sound' part of the cinema experience was transformed...  Read More >>

After WWII, cinema was everywhere: in movie theatres, public squares, factories, schools, trial courts, trains,...  Read More >>

The Works of Shonda Rhimes, the first book in Bloomsbury's Screen Storytellers series, brings together a collection...  Read More >>

Reality and Fantasy in American Indie Films: A Cavellian Approach applies the methods and procedures of Cavellian...  Read More >>

""A collection of essays surrounding pop stars that have forayed into acting, with focus on areas such as industry...  Read More >>

A celebration of the fearless, fabulous actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age — illustrated with stunning photographs...  Read More >>

The Works of Shonda Rhimes, the first book in Bloomsbury's Screen Storytellers series, brings together a collection...  Read More >>

Torture porn, shock-for-shock's sake, violence that doesn't serve the plot, and characters you hate - what was going...  Read More >>

A study of Denis Villeneuve's genre-transcendent film.  Read More >>

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Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema explores disaster as a powerful means for addressing environmental crises. It is...  Read More >>

A new reading of Fassbinder's most popular film that highlights the roles of race and gender.  Read More >>