Film theory & criticism books

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Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality

Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters,...

Author: Jessica Balanzategui (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) ,  Allison Craven (James Cook University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781041183082
Format: Paperback
$111.24

This book examines the monsters and sinister creatures that spawn from folk horror, Gothic fiction, and from various...  Read More >>

Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror: Digital Distribution, Abject Spectrums, and Participatory Cultures

Transmedia Terrors in Post-TV Horror: Digital Distribution,...

Author: James Rendell
ISBN: 9781041189879
Format: Paperback
$111.24

In the 21st century horror television has spread across the digital TV landscape, garnering mainstream appeal. Located...  Read More >>

Beyond the Essay Film: Subjectivity, Textuality and Technology

Beyond the Essay Film: Subjectivity, Textuality and...

Author: Julia Vassilieva ,  Deane Williams
ISBN: 9781041176176
Format: Paperback
$111.24

In the wake of the explosion in the production of essay films over the last 25 years and its subsequent theorization...  Read More >>

Screening the Gothic in Australia and New Zealand: Contemporary Antipodean Film and Television

Screening the Gothic in Australia and New Zealand: Contemporary...

Author: Jessica Gildersleeve ,  Kate Cantrell
ISBN: 9781041185833
Format: Paperback
$111.24

This collection traces representations of the Gothic on both the small and large screens in Australia and New Zealand...  Read More >>

Film's Feisty Femmes: Today's Polish Women

Film's Feisty Femmes: Today's Polish Women

Author: Helena Goscilo ,  Vincent Albarano
ISBN: 9798897830664
Format: Hardback
$270.00

It would be difficult to overestimate the importance, originality, and success of current Polish female directors,...  Read More >>

Troll 2 (The Giant Return of Norway's Legendary Monsters): A Professional Guide to the Epic Sequel, Its Creators, and the Monsters That Changed Cinema Forever with Ine Marie Wilman and Kim Falck

Troll 2 (The Giant Return of Norway's Legendary Monsters):...

Author: Kristle L Hawkins
ISBN: 9798276892436
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Dive into the untold story behind one of the most epic monster films of our time. ""Troll 2"" is not just a sequel;...  Read More >>

Troll 2 Movie Guide: Giants, Folklore & the New Nordic Kaiju Clash

Troll 2 Movie Guide: Giants, Folklore & the New Nordic...

Author: Kate Vallillee
ISBN: 9798276913094
Format: Paperback
$50.13

What happens when ancient giants awaken in modern Norway, and humanity must choose between extermination and coexistence?...  Read More >>

My Secret Santa 2025 (Unmasking a Holiday Romance with Alexandra Breckenridge and Ryan Eggold): Explore the Heartwarming Story of a Single Mom Disguised as Santa to Save Her Daughter's Future

My Secret Santa 2025 (Unmasking a Holiday Romance with...

Author: Kristle L Hawkins
ISBN: 9798276943480
Format: Paperback
$42.21

This holiday season, discover the heartwarming and suspenseful story of Taylor, a single mother with everything...  Read More >>

Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998

Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998

Author: Laura Mayne (Lecturer in Film and Media, University of Hull)
ISBN: 9781474437288
Format: Paperback
$44.99

A comprehensive study of Channel 4's film production, distribution and broadcasting activities from 1982 to 1998....  Read More >>

Beyond Realism: Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice

Beyond Realism: Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice...

Author: Robert Singer (Professor of Liberal Studies, CUNY Graduate Center)
ISBN: 9781474426343
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Examines the unique cultural and critical history of international naturalist cinema.  Read More >>

Filming Death: End-of-Life Documentary Cinema

Filming Death: End-of-Life Documentary Cinema

Author: Outi Hakola (Lecturer, University of Eastern Finland)
ISBN: 9781399523271
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Examines the narratives documentary films construct and mediate about death and dying  Read More >>

ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan

ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan

Author: Brett Davies (Associate Professor, Meiji University, Tokyo)
ISBN: 9781399524087
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Critically examines the work of American filmmaker and screenwriter, Lawrence Kasdan  Read More >>

Theatricality and the Arts: Film, Theatre, Art

Theatricality and the Arts: Film, Theatre, Art

Author: Andrew Quick (Professor of Theatre and Performance, Lancaster University) ,  Richard Rushton (Professor of Film Studies, Lancaster University)
ISBN: 9781399511667
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Examines the notion of theatricality in relation to film, theatre, art, and contemporary media  Read More >>

Mapping Taiwanese Cinema, 2008-20: Environments, Poetics, Practice

Mapping Taiwanese Cinema, 2008-20: Environments, Poetics,...

Author: Christopher Brown (Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex)
ISBN: 9781474478281
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Investigates how geographical environments are mapped in Taiwanese cinema  Read More >>

Demons of the Mind: Psychiatry and Cinema in the Long 1960s

Demons of the Mind: Psychiatry and Cinema in the Long...

Author: Tim Snelson (Associate Professor in Media History, University of East Anglia) ,  William Macauley (Lecturer, University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9781474486422
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Examines the mental health interventions that changed 1960s British and American cinema  Read More >>

Contemporary Thai Horror Film: A Monstrous Hybrid

Contemporary Thai Horror Film: A Monstrous Hybrid

Author: Mary Ainslie (Associate Professor in Film and Media, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Campus)
ISBN: 9781474484466
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Examines Thai horrorfilm and the central role this genre plays in Thailand's film industry  Read More >>

Subjectivity and Decolonisation in the Post-Independence Novel and Film

Subjectivity and Decolonisation in the Post-Independence...

Author: Sarah Jilani (Lecturer in English, City, University of London)
ISBN: 9781399507295
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Discusses the ways in which post-independence novels and films understand the relationship between subjectivity...  Read More >>

AI in the Movies

AI in the Movies

Author: Paula Murphy (Assistant Professor, Dublin City University)
ISBN: 9781474448598
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Analyses the representation of artificially intelligent entities in Hollywood film  Read More >>

Historical Media Memories of the Rwandan Genocide: Documentaries, Films, and Television News

Historical Media Memories of the Rwandan Genocide: Documentaries,...

Author: Tommy Gustafsson (Professor of Film Studies, Linnaeus University)
ISBN: 9781399517348
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Examines the ways in which the Rwandan genocide has been portrayed, used, and re-created in international film and...  Read More >>

French Westerns: On the Frontier of Film Genre and French Cinema

French Westerns: On the Frontier of Film Genre and French...

Author: Timothy Scheie (Associate Professor of French, University of Rochester)
ISBN: 9781399520386
Format: Paperback
$44.99

The first scholarly monograph dedicated to the French Western film  Read More >>

Remediating McLuhan

Remediating McLuhan

Author: Richard Cavell
ISBN: 9781041185307
Format: Paperback
$111.24

This collection of essays considers McLuhan's ground-breaking approach within a number of new contexts and explores...  Read More >>

Korean Cinema in Global Contexts: Post-Colonial Phantom, Blockbuster and Trans-Cinema

Korean Cinema in Global Contexts: Post-Colonial Phantom,...

Author: Soyoung Kim
ISBN: 9781041181859
Format: Paperback
$111.24

Offers comprehensive analysis of Korean cinema from its early history to the present, and including the films of...  Read More >>

Sarah's Oil (2025): Insightful Breakdown of Characters, Themes, Motives, and Emotional Depth Throughout the Film

Sarah's Oil (2025): Insightful Breakdown of Characters,...

Author: Ernest Sancho
ISBN: 9798276973128
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Sarah's Oil (2025) is more than just a historical drama-it is a powerful tale of strength, sacrifice, and one woman's...  Read More >>

Akira: Pocket Movie Guide

Akira: Pocket Movie Guide

Author: Jeremy Mark Robinson
ISBN: 9781861719232
Format: Paperback
$47.49

AKIRA KATSUHIRO OTOMO POCKET MOVIE GUIDE by Jeremy Mark Robinson This is a book about Akira - the manga...  Read More >>

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